If the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has its way, a new steelhead hatchery will be built on the moss-covered ruins of an abandoned federal hatchery. But the agency’s plan for the $4 million Grandy Creek steelhead hatchery – the state’s 91st – faces stiff opposition. Many conservation and fishing groups, as well as […]
John Rosapepe
Posted inJune 10, 1996: Outdoor Education
Salmon find a friend
Endangered Snake River salmon recently found a northern ally in their battle against Columbia River dams. Republican Gov. Tony Knowles of Alaska announced April 28 that his state had begun legal action to join a lawsuit brought by environmental and fishing groups against the National Marine Fisheries Service. The groups sued the agency this spring […]
Posted inFebruary 6, 1995: The wolves are back, big time
Behemoth sturgeon struggle to survive
At the turn of the century, horses were sometimes needed to haul 20-foot white sturgeon from Idaho’s Snake River. Today, fish behemoths like that are found only in historical photo archives, although nine-foot-long lunkers are known to survive. The story of the demise of America’s largest freshwater fish reads much like that of the Snake […]
Posted inAugust 8, 1994: Glitz and growth take a major hit in Santa Fe
Wetlands program wasn’t
Although designed to prevent the loss of Oregon’s wetlands, mitigation projects in the state destroyed more wetlands than they created, according to a state study. While Oregon has some of the strongest wetland protection laws in the nation, it still allows wetlands to be drained and developed if their destruction is offset by creating, restoring […]
Posted inFebruary 7, 1994: Can she save ecosystems?
Idaho’s unsettling sediment
A new government study shows that Idaho’s Lake Coeur d’Alene is one of the most contaminated bodies of water in the world. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that 85 percent of the 50-square-mile lake bed is contaminated with 75 million metric tons of sediments containing silver, copper, lead, zinc, cadmium, mercury and arsenic. The contamination […]
Posted inFebruary 8, 1993: Lawmakers turn the Fifth into sharp-pointed sword
Flawed in Oregon
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Flawed in Oregon.