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Posts Tagged ‘salmon’
Animals, Conservation, Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Jul 17th, 2012,
In Port Angeles, Washington State, USA a rare wildlife success story is taking place. The first wild steelhead trout has been seen in 100 years, since the construction of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams. Efforts by government scientists and members of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe to repopulate fish in the Elwha river (previously obstructed by the dams) have included releasing coho salmon and steelhead trout into the wild. But what surprised them most was not spotting the released fish, but discovering a wild steelhead that had found its own way to the previously cut off territory. In September,…
Tags: dam, fish, northwest, salmon, steelhead trout
Nature, Politics, Jun 14th, 2011,
With over 37 million inhabitants, California is by far the most populated state in the US. Despite its enormous physical area of 160,000 miles (414,000 square km) California still has 6 times the population density of its northern neighbor, Oregon. Oregon is lush, diverse and wild, with mountains, rugged coastline, forests and desert. Long known as a state with strong environmental policies, Oregon is increasingly becoming a large supplier of renewable energy to California. An area that spans parts of Oregon and Washington State is soon to become home the largest wind farm in the world. Who will buy all…
Tags: Bonneville Power Administration, BPA, California, hydro, northwest, Oregon, renewable energy, salmon, turbines, wind, wind farm
Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 25th, 2009,
A river on Canada’s Pacific Coast, once known for it’s most fertile spawning ground for sockeye, has seen millions of sockeye salmon disappear mysteriously. This summer, no less than 10.6 million bright-red sockeye salmon were expected to return to spawn on the Fraser River. The latest estimates however say fewer than 1 million have returned. Read the full article here
Tags: Nature, rivers, salmon, Wildlife & Flora
