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1 week ago

Curious how the new WOTUS rule would affect waters in your state? www.popsci.com/new-clean-water-act-changes#page-2 ...

Learn how changes to the Clean Water Act could hurt your region before it’s too late

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You have until April 15 to submit comments on the proposed changes, so we’ve compiled a list of threatened waterways in each region.

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Snake River Waterkeeper

2 months ago

A recent article discusses potential ground-level effects in Idaho of Trump's attempt to reduce waterways covered by the Clean Water Act: waterkeeper.org/changes-to-clean-water-act-would-threaten-idahos-little-lost-river/ ...

Changes to Clean Water Act Would Threaten Idaho's Little Lost River - Waterkeeper Alliance

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Losing protection would expose the Little Lost and its wildlife to the potential for devastation.

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2 months ago

Excited for the latest edition of Super Sad Snake Salmon Situation? Read on... r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001NhbfipJRdHkoAB0p3A385tczwN6whDhQgkrTxYFXMwzyN4oFf2su81Re_pqa-mE88fmly8Um7... ...

For 2019 Columbia/Snake Spring Chinook, Sockeye Returns Forecasted To Be Well Below Average

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Anglers can expect fewer spring chinook salmon returning to the Columbia River this year as fisheries managers are predicting a total run of 157,500 fish. That’s about 11 percent lower than the actual run in 2018 of 177,043 fish.

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Snake River Waterkeeper

2 months ago

"[H]atcheries are major polluters. Each year, much of the roughly six million pounds of fish excrement, uneaten food and dead and decaying fish that I estimate are produced by these hatcheries leach nutrients into wastewater that is often then dumped untreated into the closest stream or river. This wastewater can also contain medicines and antibiotics used to limit diseases in crowded pens, and disinfectants that sterilize holding tanks. Ultimately, these hatcheries may be contributing to the proliferation of “dead zones” — biological wastelands created by excess nutrients — that are choking estuaries and coastal ecosystems downstream." www.nytimes.com/2015/04/11/opinion/the-cost-of-trout-fishing.html ...

Opinion | The Cost of Trout Fishing

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I quit when I saw the environmental damage hatcheries cause.

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2 months ago

How urgent is the Snake River's salmon and steelhead crisis? www.moldychum.com/experts-say-idahos-salmon-steelhead-could-be-gone-in-a-generation/ ...

Experts say Idaho’s salmon, steelhead could be gone in a generation - Moldy Chum

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For the third year in a row, biologists predict that Idaho’s salmon and steelhead runs will be very low in 2019, and many tributaries might ...

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Every individual who derives inner satisfaction from the sight, sound and presence of clear, clean water has a responsibility which cannot and must not be ignored. Our water resources are not limitless and, generally, when lost, are lost forever. None of our resources that are worth saving should be abandoned to industry, development, or just plain carelessness, without inquiry and a proper fight mounted if deemed necessary.
– Stanley Bryer, The Stream Conservation Handbook (1974)