July 4, 2020 at Pitchstone Waters Ranch in Idaho. July 4th Fishing Picnic at Pitchstone Waters from Christopher Gill on Vimeo.
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All posts tagged: fisheries
Late 2019 Fall River Fish Numbers Available
Fish populations in the upper Fall River, above and below Pitchstone Waters Ranch, were surveyed in the summer of 2019, as reported below.
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The Elwha’s Living Laboratory: Lessons From the World’s Largest Dam-removal Project
“Quoting the article below: “A river can be restored. They are resilient and we know what they need.”
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How Long Before These Salmon Are Gone? ‘Maybe 20 Years’
The eight dams discussed in the article below are artifacts of a well-intentioned, big-government mega-project that backfired. On the Columbia and Snake rivers, this mindset wiped out a 60-million fish salmon run. . This massive […]
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Fall River Trout. 32 Pounds – not Inches
Just kidding. This is an early-run king salmon taken June 6, 2019, way out on the Alaska Peninsula, Caught on a barbless single-hook, then, released to make babies. There’s nothing better than swinging a fly […]
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To Restore Salmon, Think Like a Beaver
When Europeans arrived in North America about 500 years ago, it is estimated there were 300 million beavers and 50 million acres of beaver ponds. Within 200 years, 98 percent of this was destroyed, profoundly […]
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Needed: A Safer Way to Fight Wildfire
Recently I was touring ranches near Ruidosa, New Mexico, and learned that toxic chemicals contained in fire-retardants like these had washed into their river systems, killing the fisheries which they are now trying to detoxify […]
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