Middle Columbia River steelhead is listed as a species threatened with extinction under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).
In 2013, NOAA Fisheries designated a population of Middle Columbia River steelhead as “experimental.” The designation will support the reintroduction of steelhead to historical spawning and rearing habitat in the upper Deschutes, helping to re-establish the population.
As part of ongoing efforts to restore steelhead trout in the watershed, Stearns Dam on the Crooked River has been removed. The dam removal will allow steelheads to access 12 additional miles of quality habitat that was previously inaccessible.
The dam’s removal is the result of collaboration among the Crooked River Watershed Council, NOAA’s Restoration Center, American Rivers, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and the local landowner.
source: NOAA Fisheries
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
How To Make a Fish or Wildlife Pond
When constructing a pond for fish or wildlife, engineers employ a variety of structures that provide essential habitat.
The following list includes several structures that may be required, depending on the size, type and intended use of a pond.
- fish feeders
- pond aerators
- deep channels
- sloping shorelines
- brush piles
- fish attracting devices or artificial reef materials
- shoreline trees-shrubs
- submerged aquatic vegetation (sav)
- lily pads (spatterdock)
Other features such as aerators, brush piles, and populations of fish can be placed and supplemented in later phases.
With almost any pond design, size is the most critical factor. Some designs, such as stock tank type ponds, provide some ability to expand the pond size or increase depth.
In some applications, nearby structures will also be required such as food plots for attracting and sustaining migratory waterfowl.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
NOAA Columbia-Snake River Salmon BiOp Fails
On August 2, 2011, U.S. District Court Judge James Redden ruled that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service failed for the third time in ten years to produce a legal and scientifically adequate plan to protect imperiled Columbia-Snake River salmon from extinction.
Fishing and conservation groups, the state of Oregon, the Nez Perce Tribe, and the Spokane Tribe opposed the federal biological opinion, or BiOp, in court.
This is the third time Judge Redden has found a BiOp for the Columbia-Snake Basin inadequate and illegal. Today, salmon populations are critically low, lingering near just 1 percent of their historic levels.
In finding the current plan’s heavy reliance on unidentified and uncertain habitat actions illegal, the court wrote: “Coupled with the significant uncertainty surrounding the reliability of NOAA Fisheries' habitat methodologies, the evidence that habitat actions are falling behind schedule, and that benefits are not accruing as promised, NOAA Fisheries' approach to these issues is neither cautious nor rational.”
Endangered Snake River salmon and steelhead tackle a migration like no other salmon on earth. Some swim more than 900 miles and climb almost 7,000 feet to reach their spawning grounds, scaling eight dams along the way.
source: wildsalmon.org
Fishing and conservation groups, the state of Oregon, the Nez Perce Tribe, and the Spokane Tribe opposed the federal biological opinion, or BiOp, in court.
This is the third time Judge Redden has found a BiOp for the Columbia-Snake Basin inadequate and illegal. Today, salmon populations are critically low, lingering near just 1 percent of their historic levels.
In finding the current plan’s heavy reliance on unidentified and uncertain habitat actions illegal, the court wrote: “Coupled with the significant uncertainty surrounding the reliability of NOAA Fisheries' habitat methodologies, the evidence that habitat actions are falling behind schedule, and that benefits are not accruing as promised, NOAA Fisheries' approach to these issues is neither cautious nor rational.”
Endangered Snake River salmon and steelhead tackle a migration like no other salmon on earth. Some swim more than 900 miles and climb almost 7,000 feet to reach their spawning grounds, scaling eight dams along the way.
source: wildsalmon.org
Monday, April 11, 2011
A Fishing Novel: Brook Trout and the Writing Life
Author Craig Nova intermingles tales of fishing, family and writing in Brook Trout and the Writing Life. This exceptional book will appeal to anglers, fathers, daughters, writers, and readers of outdoor adventures.
Described in the book are the rivers and streams of New England, with fishing for brook trout being the central theme.
The author began Brook Trout and the Writing Life as a letter to his children, but it soon became an essay on American family life in the modern age.
A new, expanded edition of Brook Trout and the Writing Life by Craig Nova is available in paperback and e-book. (Eno Publishers, May 2011).
The new book includes a foreword by Ann Beattie, a new introduction by Nova and several additional fish tales.
The new book can be found at:
Amazon: Brook Trout and the Writing Life
Eno Publishers: www.enopublishers.org;
and other on-line and brick and mortar stores.
Craig Nova is the award-winning author of twelve novels, including The Good Son, Cruisers, The Congressman’s Daughter, Trombone, and most recently, The Informer, published by Shaye Areheart Books.
His writing has appeared in Esquire, The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazine, and Men’s Journal, among other publications.
Described in the book are the rivers and streams of New England, with fishing for brook trout being the central theme.
The author began Brook Trout and the Writing Life as a letter to his children, but it soon became an essay on American family life in the modern age.
A new, expanded edition of Brook Trout and the Writing Life by Craig Nova is available in paperback and e-book. (Eno Publishers, May 2011).
The new book includes a foreword by Ann Beattie, a new introduction by Nova and several additional fish tales.
The new book can be found at:
Amazon: Brook Trout and the Writing Life
Eno Publishers: www.enopublishers.org;
and other on-line and brick and mortar stores.
Craig Nova is the award-winning author of twelve novels, including The Good Son, Cruisers, The Congressman’s Daughter, Trombone, and most recently, The Informer, published by Shaye Areheart Books.
His writing has appeared in Esquire, The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazine, and Men’s Journal, among other publications.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
USFWS National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it will soon be conducting the 12th National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
The survey is conducted every five years, polling American hunters, anglers and other wildlife enthusiasts. The survey provides important statistics about hunting, fishing and wildlife-watching in all 50 states.
The information is collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, primarily through telephone interviews to be conducted April to June and September to October in 2011, and January to March in 2012.
As part of the survey, outdoor stakeholders will be asked about their participation and expenditures in several categories of wildlife-associated recreation. The results will be available in a national report and in 50 individual state reports.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, participation is voluntary and all responses are strictly confidential. Data collected is used for statistical purposes only and no participant can be identified from information contained in the database and follow-up reports.
Sampling is to include 19,000 anglers and hunters and 10,000 wildlife watchers (wildlife photographers, feeders, and observers).
Preliminary survey findings will be available in the spring of 2012. Final reports will be issued beginning in the fall of 2012. The reports, when completed, will be available on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website.
source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The survey is conducted every five years, polling American hunters, anglers and other wildlife enthusiasts. The survey provides important statistics about hunting, fishing and wildlife-watching in all 50 states.
The information is collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, primarily through telephone interviews to be conducted April to June and September to October in 2011, and January to March in 2012.
As part of the survey, outdoor stakeholders will be asked about their participation and expenditures in several categories of wildlife-associated recreation. The results will be available in a national report and in 50 individual state reports.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, participation is voluntary and all responses are strictly confidential. Data collected is used for statistical purposes only and no participant can be identified from information contained in the database and follow-up reports.
Sampling is to include 19,000 anglers and hunters and 10,000 wildlife watchers (wildlife photographers, feeders, and observers).
Preliminary survey findings will be available in the spring of 2012. Final reports will be issued beginning in the fall of 2012. The reports, when completed, will be available on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website.
source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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