Posted in environment, fish, restoration on Apr 23rd, 2013
The Seattle Times reported that a federal judge has ordered culvert repairs to ensure tribes have fish to catch, as guaranteed by their treaty rights. The ruling could have broader impact on other types of development. A long-awaited tribal fishing-rights decision by a federal judge means the state must immediately accelerate more than $1 billion [...]
Posted in water on Feb 19th, 2013
From Triple Pundit Todd Gartner is a Senior Associate for the World Resources Institute’s People and Ecosystems Program. This post was co-written with James Mulligan, Executive Director at Green Community Ventures.Natural ecosystems provide essential services for our communities. Forests and wetlands, for example, filter the water we drink, protect neighborhoods from floods and droughts, and shade aquatic habitat for fish populations.While [...]
Posted in fish on Feb 5th, 2013
A new research study featured in the latest issue of the American Fisheries Society’s Fisheries Magazine explores how a warming climate is affecting trout streams throughout the Rocky Mountains, and urges quick action if native trout populations are to persist in diminishing cold-water habitats. One important point of the article is that even with better [...]
Posted in fish on Jan 30th, 2012
Restoring endangered steelhead trout to the Southern California rivers and streams where they once swam in abundance will cost as much as $2.1 billion over the next 100 years, according to a new federal report. The 600-page Southern California Steelhead Recovery Plan, recently released by the National Marine Fisheries, warns that along with a financial [...]
Posted in stewardship on Jan 5th, 2012
Overgrazing of riparian areas by livestock is one of the most common impacts THI sees when conducting stream assessments on rural lands. Depending upon the length and severity of improper livestock access, overgrazing in riparian areas cause a decrease in woody vegetation, an increase in streambank erosion and noxious weed colonization , and an overall [...]
Posted in water on Dec 26th, 2011
Fresh water topped much of the news in 2011 as flooding, as well as drought and water shortages, continued to splash the nation’s headlines. Our Top Ten Water Wishes for 2012 includes quick look back at some of those stories that streamed our network over the past year. #10: Wishing that the use of expensive, [...]
Posted in fish on Sep 1st, 2011
Predictions note that trout habitat likely will be slashed in half due to climate change by the year 2080, according to a recent study, with native cutthroat trout expected to see the most severe decline. The study, published in the science journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also predicts a decline in introduced [...]
Posted in planning on Jun 30th, 2011
Before you start that fisheries enhancement project or erosion control project, you need to ask the right questions. Our free consumer report “Buyer Beware: A Warning to Consumers about the Industry” will give you the Top 10 Questions to Ask Your Aquatic Resource Consultant. In the report, we also identify the five most common problems in [...]
Posted in fish on May 1st, 2011
The recent release of a report on the status of fish habitats in the United States titled THROUGH A FISH’S EYE: The Status of Fish Habitats In The United States 2010 is accompanied by the release of a map viewer, which offers the maps that are in the report in greater detail. The National Fish [...]
Posted in fish on Apr 29th, 2011
The National Fish Habitat Board ( www.fishhabitat.org ) has released a status of fish habitats in the United States report titled THROUGH A FISH’S EYE: The Status of Fish Habitats In The United States 2010. The first of its kind to synthesize information on a national level, the goal of the national assessment was to estimate [...]
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