1,000,000 steelhead in the Yakima?
Posted in Dam Porn, Ditch Fishing, Fish Local, Think-global-fish-local, turning back the clock to 1900, whisky's fer drinkin water's fer fightin, Why do we make this so complicated? on September 30th, 2008 by thee
A brainy science guy says it could happen.
Money Quote:
“It is possible to approach 1 million fish. Restored habitat from augmentation is on par with rivers we are studying that have those numbers,” he said. “It is so much different than the status quo. There aren’t hardly any fish in this river and there should be…”…Stanford said the Yakima River was once the primary producer of wild fish in the Columbia River Basin and could be again with additional water….
…He said in addition to water, the river system needs more river side channels and a bigger flood plain, a diversity of fish stocks, and a way to reduce the impacts of commercial fishing in the ocean…
