Now it's up to you.
Now it's up to you.
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Regional Salmon Update: The state of imperiled fishes and community efforts at recovery
As once abundant salmonids have suffered due to cumulative anthropogenic impacts, restoring watersheds has become a priority for North Coast residents. The grassroots movement to recover salmon has often been the difference between existence and extirpation for these unique and esteemed creatures.
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Salmon Trapped In A Blocked Estuary
The Mattole estuary is the gateway through which all Mattole salmonid populations pass to enter and leave the river. Historically, the estuary likely functioned as a nursery where juvenile steelhead and Chinook salmon thrived in deep pools, a well-developed slough system, and complex, shaded streambank habitats. These conditions once nurtured thousands of juvenile Chinook salmon and steelhead. They spent their first summers in the lagoon's protected and productive waters until autumn rains forced the mouth open.
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Grassroots Activism and the Stand for Central California's Wild Coho Salmon
It can be safely said that without the grassroots action that has characterized Marin County's environmental movement over many decades, salmon would already be long gone from the Lagunitas Creek Watershed.
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Eel River Salmon Restoration Project
The Eel River Salmon Restoration Project has monitored portions of the South Fork Eel River since 1983. Our survey work focused mainly on salmon and steelhead populations. Walking the creeks during spawning season (November through March) and counting fish and redds (fish nests) is one way to track adult population trends. As well, we used various "downstream migrant" (DSM) fish-trap designs, allowing us to monitor natural production of salmon and steelhead in their native habitats. In addition, the DSM trap allows us to study "nongame" species (fish, amphibians, reptiles and crayfish) as well. From 1983 to 2005 we operated a fyke-entrance adult fish trap and weir system on Redwood Creek. This adult trap site allowed us to gather measurements from steelhead, coho salmon, Chinook salmon, and chum salmon returning to spawn. This fish trap allowed us to take fertilized eggs for our small-scale natal conservation hatchery and enabled us to supply fertilized salmon eggs to local school children for educational purposes. Sadly, due to recent government policy decisions, we are no longer operating the adult fish trap to collect data and provide salmon eggs to local area school children.
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Salmon River Restoration Council: Please Welcome Our New Partner
The Salmon River watershed is 751 square miles and 98.7% federally owned. It is one of the most biologically intact sub-basins of the Klamath River Basin and is entirely within Karuk Ancestral Territory. The Salmon River is known for its high-value fisheries as well as boasting one of the richest regions of species diversity in the temperate zones. It is the largest cold-water contributor to the Klamath River of any tributary in the system. It is home to several species of fish at risk of extinction: summer and winter runs of wild Klamath Mountains Province Steelhead, spring and fall Chinook salmon, and coho salmon.
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DIGGIN' IN: The Gienger Report
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Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy Update
After nearly two decades of destructive and unsustainable logging, driven in part by the need to make the interest payments on its crippling debt, Pacific Lumber (PL, PALCO, and its affiliate ScoPac) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2007. In October PALCO presented its strategy for continuing operations to the US Bankruptcy Court in Corpus Christi, Texas. In an effort to repay its creditors PL proposes to: take on even more debt, subdivide and sell valuable forestland, and double its income.
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Southern Humboldt Response to Global Warming
Southern Humboldt Response to Global Warming is pursuing a low-key and low-cost communications campaign to promote local responsibility on the part of organizations and individuals for reduction of carbon footprints through changes in behavior and infrastructure. The response has been gratifying. It is our impression that many people are ready to make changes. Our role has been to remind people that changes now are necessary, and to help people to see what immediate changes they can take charge of.
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