Conservation

Bonneville Cutthroat Spawning Runs Being Restored

June 23, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

Working hard to restore important Bonneville cutthroat spawning runs at Bear Lake.

Tribal Governments & USFWS Work Together

June 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Many sovereign tribes in the US are working cooperatively on fisheries management. There are some interesting articles regarding this in the current (Spring 2009) issue of “Eddies” (USFWS’s quarterly concerning fisheries conservation).

Eastern Oregon Cattle Grazing Injunction

June 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Court orders cattle grazing to temporarily stop in Oregon’s eastern Malheur National Forest. The measure is to help protect native trout species (including steelhead).

Paiute Cutthroat – Get Involved!

April 27, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

The Paiute cutthroat trout is limited to 10.5 miles of it’s native range. Let’s help protect its habitat.

Is What’s Lost, Lost Forever?

April 3, 2009 ⋅ 19 comments

Examining what happens when water resources disappear, such as on the Big Lost River in Idaho.

Exterminating Cutthroat – Part 3

November 15, 2008 ⋅ 5 comments

Part 3 of more than 3. Part 2 is found here and should be read before part 3. Another take on the utilitarian/anthropocentric view is that all life depends upon each other in a great “web of life,” and the extinction of any one species affects every other species in one way or another, including [...]

Exterminating Cutthroat – Part 2

November 6, 2008 ⋅ 18 comments

Part 2 of more than 3. Part 1 is found here. It’s not mandatory to read, but it might give a little background. This is going to be “Talk Me Down” time. I plan on presenting different reasons why we should allow the extinction of cutthroat. I want you to talk me down (or agree, [...]

Exterminating Cutthroat – Sneak Peak – The Tease

October 30, 2008 ⋅ 11 comments

Part 1 of a (probably) 3 part post. This is “The Tease” (hopefully something to get the blood boiling flowing). Who needs them? Cutthroat, that is. Specifically, Bonneville cutthroat—Oncorhynchus clarki utah. Who needs another subspecies of a fairly healthy species of trout? Really, I truly mean that. Are they needed on planet earth? How about [...]

The Extreminization of Fly Fishing

October 14, 2008 ⋅ 27 comments

“This is not your father’s Oldsmobile.” Remember that little slogan? GM rolled that out a couple of decades ago. It was meant to bring in a younger demographic-younger, brasher, self-aggrandizing twenty-somethings. Sporty vehicles to help stoke the speed and stroke vanity of the newest “Me-Generation.” This is the same generation that gave us the X-Games [...]

Tagged Fish – They Aren’t Playing Hide and Seek

October 8, 2008 ⋅ 9 comments

During my fishing two weeks ago I caught a tagged fish. Out of curiosity I emailed the director of the National Aquatic Monitoring Center (he lives and works in my hometown) to see if he knew what the tag was about. He sent my email on to Gary Thiede, a fishery biologist at our local [...]

Utah’s New Public Easement Ruling

July 21, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

Now, who has the cojones to take up the gauntlet the Utah Supreme Court has dropped? Anyone for testing Utah’s new public easement ruling to determine what is “reasonable and cause[s] no unnecessary injury to the landowner”?

USFWS – New Magazine – “Eddies”

June 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The US Fish and Wildlife Services has a new fish magazine, Eddies, to tout their successes (as they perceive them). A lot of the magazine is devoted to management issues, especially regarding hatcheries. I would like to see more dealing with conserving habitat instead of just hatchery issues. I found the brief essays on Gila [...]

Cutts or Browns: Conservation and the Better Sport Fish

June 17, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

I tried writing this post last night, but it didn’t really jell for me until I got an email from Shane over at The Quiet Pool. Yesterday morning I fired up the motorcycle (I love this non-rainy weather!) about 8:00 AM and headed out. Generally I haven’t had a lot of success fishing the Blacksmith [...]