Category Archives: Conservation
Alaska Peninsula Wolves Chowing Down on Salmon
Found this interesting piece in the Anchorage Daily News and it resonated with me. I fished the Alaska Peninsula last summer and I didn’t see any wolves, but I saw 34 grizzlies. The Peninsula is wild, wild, wild country and … Continue reading
Bluefin Tuna Sells for $736,700
I’m not sure whether the recent sale of a bluefin tuna for a record $736,700 is good or bad news for the specie. Bluefins are one of the coolest fishes finning on the planet and they’re also one of the … Continue reading
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Wolf Speak from Montana—kill ’em all
Nick Gevock and I share a couple things in common. First, he owns a house in Ennis, Montana that he can’t sell and, secondly, he and I have both had our lives threatened by the same Ennis outfitter. In addition, … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Northern Rockies, Uncategorized
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Forest Fires Have Montana’s Bitterroot Back on Track
I remember the Bitterroot Valley’s major fires in 2000 and 2003 and what that did to the attitudes of anglers—basically, it beat them down and many thought that the Bitterroot and its all important tributary streams would be destroyed, along … Continue reading
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Biologists to Destroy Lake Trout Eggs in Yellowstone
Sounds like the National Park Service may finally have a solution for controlling non-native lake trout numbers in Yellowstone Lake while boosting sagging populations of native cutts. That would be awesome because Yellowstone Lake used to be one of the … Continue reading
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Columbia River Steelhead Run to be Average in 2011
Note: Here’s a recent report as posted on Columbia Basin Bulletin. Recent years have provided record-breaking steelhead returns to the Columbia Basin tributaries, but 2011 isn’t expected to be as phenomenal as past years. In fact, it’s supposed to be
Posted in Conservation, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Steelhead
Tagged Columbia River, Steelhead
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Steelhead and Rainbows May Closer Than We Think
NOTE: I found this fascinating (and surprising) article on Columbia Basin Bulletin, which covers a lot of fish issues in the West. I’ve posted part of the article here. If you’d like to read more, and I suggest you do … Continue reading
Hot Weather? Salmon River Fish Move to Tributaries
Concentrate on Tributary Mouths and You’ll Find Fish I used to interview the chief biologist for every major stream in the northern Rockies—each year—and I learned a ton of useful information from many of them. There were things that we … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Idaho, Northern Rockies
Tagged bull trout, Cutthroat Trout, Salmon River
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Bighorn River Water Battle Heats Up
Bad Blood Boiling in Wyoming and Montana—Bighorn River Fishery at stake. A battle has been brewing between Montana and Wyoming, a fight for water that begins in Wyoming but, subsequently, drains into Montana and supports what many people, including myself, … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged Bighorn River, Troy Letherman
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Ruling Gives Bull Trout More Protection
A new future for bull trout begins I started fishing bull trout back in the early 1990s on western Montana’s Rock Creek. People used to say, “You’re fishing for what?” They only became interested when I would say, “Yea, bull … Continue reading