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Building a coalition for a sustainable wild steelhead fishery in southwest Oregon

Across their native range, there are twelve rivers in the lower 48 states and Canada where sport anglers can still legally harvest wild steelhead. All twelve of these rivers are in Oregon, and ten...

| Posted: Oct 2, 2018

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A Long, Hot Summer for the Deschutes

It has been a hard year for the Deschutes River and its native fish. Below average snowpack in the higher elevations followed by an early, hot, and long summer drove water temperatures into lethal...

| Posted: Sep 28, 2018

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Save The Law That Saves Our Fish

Save The Law That Saves Our Fish! Humpback whales; bald eagles; grey wolves; the mighty Oregon chub! These are just a handful of the species that have made it back from the brink of extinction....

| Posted: Sep 20, 2018

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Embracing Advocacy in Science

Marcy Cockrell*, Kate Dubickas, Megan Hepner, Alex Ilich, and Matthew McCarthy | College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL...

| Posted: Aug 16, 2018

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Questions remain for Iron Gate Hatchery as we prepare for Klamath River dam removal in 2021

When the lower four Klamath River dams come out in 2021 we will witness the largest river restoration event in history to benefit wild salmon and steelhead, clean water, and communities throughout...

| Posted: Aug 7, 2018

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Women for Wild Fish Initiative Kick-Off Party

On the scorching hot banks of the Deschutes River July 27th and 28th, there was more going on than just blazing wildfires. A small group of 25 women from all over the northwest gathered on the lush...

| Posted: Aug 6, 2018

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Knock 'em Down: Recreational rock dams pose a challenge to native fish

During the heat of the summer, anglers, campers, hikers, and other outdoor recreation enthusiasts spend time around rivers to cool off and enjoy the natural beauty. Our waterways provide refuges...

| Posted: Aug 1, 2018

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Another perilous year for Spring Chinook in California's Salmon River

This week I joined a small team of volunteers and hiked several miles up one of California’s most remote Wild and Scenic Rivers, the North Fork of the Salmon River, which flows into the rugged...

| Posted: Jul 27, 2018

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Advocacy Tools: Open Source Information on Factory Fish

Factory fish (also known as hatchery fish or artificial fish) negatively impact wild fish populations across the Pacific Northwest. While the catalog of the basic science on the impacts of factory...

| Posted: Jul 6, 2018

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Abundant wild fall Chinook salmon in the Rogue show us what’s possible

There is much to celebrate about this year’s forecast for close to a half million wild fall Chinook salmon returning to the Rogue River in Southern Oregon. At a time when we hear more about the...

| Posted: Jul 6, 2018

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Building a coalition for a sustainable wild steelhead fishery in southwest Oregon

A Long, Hot Summer for the Deschutes

Save The Law That Saves Our Fish

Embracing Advocacy in Science

Questions remain for Iron Gate Hatchery as we prepare for Klamath River dam removal in 2021

​Women for Wild Fish Initiative Kick-Off Party

​Knock 'em Down: Recreational rock dams pose a challenge to native fish

Another perilous year for Spring Chinook in California's Salmon River

Advocacy Tools: Open Source Information on Factory Fish

Abundant wild fall Chinook salmon in the Rogue show us what’s possible

Women for Wild Fish Initiative Kick-Off Party

Knock 'em Down: Recreational rock dams pose a challenge to native fish