In November 2017 two Washington State congressmen introduced HR 4419, named Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act of 2017. Sometimes it’s hard to immediately ascertain exactly the purpose of proposed legislation. This time the …
From the Helm – Fall 2017
From the Helm is a new column from Larry De Ridder who covers a variety of topics related to marine fishing. Klamath River Renewal Project November 9 from six to eight o’clock pm there was an informal presentation at …
Eel River Recovery Project Tracks Sacramento Pikeminnow and Wants to Help Manage Them
The Eel River Recovery Project (ERRP) is non-profit grassroots group that employs citizen assisted monitoring to take the pulse of the Eel River ecosystem, including assessing fish populations. ERRP was formed after community scoping meetings in September 2011 all over …
Eel River 2015-2016 Chinook Salmon Run Dry Start but Wet Finish
The Eel River Recovery Project (ERRP) has successfully estimated the Eel River fall Chinook run since 2012, and each year is unique and has different challenges. The 2015-2016 citizen assisted monitoring project was the most difficult, however, because early rains …
Odds and Ends of California Water, Salmon, and the Courts
In our last three issues we’ve explored some of the scientific expectations regarding what the removal of the four PacifiCorp Klamath River dams would produce. In this issue we’re going to look at some of the political and legal activity …
The Klamath River – Past and …Future? (Part 3)
In our last two issues we looked at possible Klamath River dam removal options under discussion, and what an actual dam removal could look like. Given the uncertainties of a blow-and-go removal, it’s likely that the four dams would be …
The Klamath River – Past and …Future? (Part 2)
By Larry De Ridder In our last issue we looked at some of the issues surrounding the proposed removal of four large dams on the Upper Klamath River, particularly at what an actual dam removal might look like. The government …
Klamath River Basin Fall Run Chinook Salmon Update
By Bob Smith (aka RBob) – HASA Salmon Representative While it’s still too soon to really know for sure how the 2016 ocean salmon season will shake out, we are beginning to get a clearer picture of last fall’s Klamath …
The Klamath River – Past and …Future?
By Larry De Ridder The Klamath River hosts the third largest salmon run on the west coast of the United States, behind only the Columbia and Sacramento systems. We, as salt water anglers, harvest many fish which originate in this …
Pending Golden State Water Projects
On the North Coast we are far enough away from two pending State water projects that we don’t hear much of them. Nevertheless, both have the potential to seriously impact our salmon fishing. As to whether the impacts will be …