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Wild Game Fish Conservation International (WGFCI): Established to
advocate for wild game fish, their fragile ecosystems and the cultures and economies that rely on their robust populations.
LEGACY – Journal of Wild Game Fish Conservation: Complimentary, no-
nonsense, monthly publication by conservationists for conservationists
LEGACY, the WGFCI Facebook page and the WGFCI website are utilized
to better equip fellow conservationists, elected officials, business owners and others regarding wild game fish, their contributions to society and the varied and complex issues impacting them and those who rely on their sustainability.
LEGACY exposes impacts to wild game fish while featuring wild game fish
conservation projects, fishing adventures, wildlife art, accommodations, equipment and more. Your photos and articles featuring wild game fish from around planet earth are
welcome for possible inclusion in an upcoming issue of LEGACY. E-mail them with
captions and credits to Jim ([email protected]).
Successful wild game fish conservation efforts around planet earth will ensure existence of these precious natural resources and their ecosystems for future
generations to enjoy and appreciate. This is our LEGACY.
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Wild Game Fish Conservation International
Founders
Bruce Treichler Jim Wilcox
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Contents WGFCI Outreach via Legacy and Facebook _________________________________________________________ 5
Conservationist Extraordinaire – Walking the Talk ___________________________________________________ 6
Shirley Samples _______________________________________________________________________________________ 6
Featured Fishing Adventures, Photos, “Funnies” and Not so Funny: __________________________________ 9
Fish for Peacock Bass on Brazil’s Aqua Boa River with host Camille Egdorf _______________________________ 9
Fly Gal Ventures Hosted Travel: New Zealand – December 2014 _________________________________________ 10
Seafood consumption: Public health risks and benefits _____________________________________________ 11
Warning: Eating Farmed Salmon May Affect Your Baby _________________________________________________ 11
Enjoy seasonal wild salmon dinners at these fine restaurants:___________________________________________ 12
Organic Farm-raised Chinook Salmon – NEVER! _______________________________________________________ 13
Sushi lover's entire body left riddled with WORMS after eating contaminated sashimi _____________________ 14
WGFCI: Writing to protect what needs protected ___________________________________________________ 16
Commission for Environmental Cooperation ___________________________________________________________ 16
Washington State 35th Legislative District ______________________________________________________________ 18
Community Activism, Education, Litigation and Outreach ___________________________________________ 19
Stopping Farmed Salmon at the Cash Register _________________________________________________________ 20
October 12 - Ocean Farmed Salmon Boycott - a Huge Success!__________________________________________ 21
SALISH SEA MARINE SANCTUARY YOUTH COUNCIL __________________________________________________ 23
People’s Climate March – Vancouver, BC, September 21, 2014___________________________________________ 25
After People’s Climate March, Thousands Re-Kindle Occupy Wall Street _________________________________ 26
Save the Baltic Salmon _______________________________________________________________________________ 27
Wild Salmon Warrior Radio with Jay Peachy – Tuesday Mornings ________________________________________ 29
Wild Salmon Warrior Radio – Recent Archives _________________________________________________________ 30
FISHING TECHNIQUES FOR FALL COHO ______________________________________________________________ 31
Salmon feedlots __________________________________________________________________________________ 32
TUC Responds to Proposed Aquaculture Activities Regulations _________________________________________ 33
Salmon Farms can have Significant Impact on Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Stocks ________________________ 34
Energy Generation: Oil, Coal, Geothermal, Hydropower, Natural Gas, Solar, Tidal, Wind _______________ 35
Petroleum – Drilled, Refined, Tar Sands, Fracked _________________________________________________________ 36
Petropolis - Rape and pillage of Canada and Canadians for toxic bitumen ________________________________ 36
Harper government under fire after ‘blind luck’ keeps drifting ship afloat near Haida Gwaii ________________ 37
The oil boom in one slick infographic __________________________________________________________________ 37
Crude oil spills into Caddo bayou, kills wildlife _________________________________________________________ 39
Oil trains: BNSF to fund training for state’s first responders _____________________________________________ 42
Coal ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 43
TransAlta Power Plant Leads State in Greenhouse Gas Pollution ________________________________________ 43
Hydropower ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 45
OSU study: Rivers recover fast after dam removal ______________________________________________________ 45
Large hydro dams aren’t “green” – they actually drive climate change ___________________________________ 48
Canadian government concludes Site C dam should proceed despite environmental consequences
(updated) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 50
Pe Ell Meeting Addresses Potential Dam _______________________________________________________________ 53
Solar __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 56
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Wild Game Fish Management _____________________________________________________________________ 57
OUTDOORS: West End guides commit to keeping just one chinook, ask anglers to do the same ___________ 57
Gov. Brown signs bill banning commercial production of genetically modified salmon ____________________ 59
Miramichi River salmon numbers hit record low in 2014 _________________________________________________ 60
British Columbia stonewalls on mine disaster: America take note ________________________________________ 63
Wildlife Artists: __________________________________________________________________________________ 66
Derek DeYoung Art: “Dream Double 2” (SOLD) _________________________________________________________ 67
Diane Michelin - Fly Fishing Fine Art: "GET’EM" ________________________________________________________ 68
Dan Wallace: Passion for Authenticity _________________________________________________________________ 69
Conservation-minded businesses – please support these fine businesses ___________________________ 70
Kingfish West Coast Adventure Tours _________________________________________________________________ 70
Dave and Kim Egdorf's Western Alaska Sport Fishing __________________________________________________ 71
Hidden Paths - Slovenia ______________________________________________________________________________ 72
ProFishGuide: Coastal Fishing at its Best ______________________________________________________________ 73
Silversides Fishing Adventures _______________________________________________________________________ 74
UWET "STAY-DRY" UNDERWATER TOURS ____________________________________________________________ 75
Rhett Weber’s Charterboat “Slammer” _________________________________________________________________ 76
Riverman Guide Service – since 1969 __________________________________________________________________ 77
Learn to fish: experienced, conservation-minded professional instructors ________________________________ 78
Forward The November 2014 issue of Legacy marks thirty seven consecutive months of our complimentary eMagazine; the no-holds-barred, watchdog journal published by Wild
Game Fish Conservation International. Legacy is published each month to expose risks to the future of wild game fish and
their fragile ecosystems around planet earth. This unique magazine also introduces leading edge alternatives to today’s unsustainable practices. Each month Legacy selects wildlife artists to feature, several conservation-minded businesses to promote and several fishing photos from around planet Earth. We continue to urge our readers to speak out passionately and to demonstrate peacefully for wild game fish and their ecosystems; ecosystems that we are but one
small component of. As recreational fishermen, conservation of wild game fish is our passion. Publishing
“Legacy” each month is our self imposed responsibility to help ensure the future of these precious gifts that have been entrusted for safekeeping to our generation.
Bruce Treichler James E. Wilcox Wild Game Fish Conservation International
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Shirley Samples
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Featured Fishing Adventures, Photos, “Funnies” and Not so Funny:
Fish for Peacock Bass on Brazil’s Aqua Boa River with host Camille Egdorf
Base camp: Aqua Boa Amazon Lodge Dates: December 18-27. 2014 Est. cost: $4,000
Book your Peacock Bass fishing adventure with Fishing with Larry
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There is a giant reserve area – birds, wildlife, no people, no mosquitoes. There is one guide per two anglers per boat.
Includes: airport reception, all transfers in Brazil, 240-mile deluxe roundtrip flight Manaus, Brazil to lodge, lodging, daily laundry service, meals, soft drinks, beer, wine, and local liquor, fishing license, free copy of Larry’s 40-page book Fly fishing for Peacock Bass. We also supply all flies, and fly patterns. Plus, courtesy of Agua Boa Amazon Lodge - Free 8-day Global Rescue Insurance, a $119.00 value.
Does not include: international airfare, Brazilian visa, satellite telephone calls, liquor, airport taxes, overnight hotel and meals in Manaus, and tackle. (Our hosted groups usually stay together at a nicer hotel in Manaus.)
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Fly Gal Ventures Hosted Travel: New Zealand – December 2014
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Seafood consumption: Public health risks and benefits
Warning: Eating Farmed Salmon May Affect Your Baby
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Enjoy seasonal wild salmon dinners at these fine restaurants:
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Organic Farm-raised Chinook Salmon – NEVER!
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Sushi lover's entire body left riddled with WORMS after eating contaminated
sashimi
Chinese man went to his doctor with stomach ache and itchy skin. Scans revealed his entire body had been infected with tapeworm Doctors say this is due to the large amount of raw fish he had eaten. Cases such as this have increased due to the soaring popularity of sushi
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It is the most expensive - and many would argue delicious - part of a sushi menu.
But one man's love of sashimi nearly killed him after it led to his body becoming riddled with tapeworm.
The Chinese man had gone to his doctor complaining of stomach ache and itchy skin.
To his horror, scans revealed his entire body had been infected with tapeworm after eating too much sashimi - raw slices of fish.
Doctors believe some of the uncooked Japanese delicacy of raw meat or fish must have become contaminated.
He was treated at the Guangzhou No. 8 People's Hospital in Guangdong Province, in eastern China.
Research has shown that eating raw or undercooked fish can lead to a variety of parasitic infections.
Tapeworm infections occur after ingesting the larvae of diphyllobothrium, found in freshwater fish such as salmon, although marinated and smoked fish can also transmit the worm.
While cases have increased in poorer areas due to improved sanitation, cases have increased in more developed countries,.
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This is most likely due to the soaring popularity of sushi, say doctors writing in the journal Canadian Family Physician.
Study author Nancy Craig wrote: 'The widespread popularity of Japanese sushi and sashimi (slices of raw fish) is a contributor.
'But other popular dishes might also be implicated, such as raw salted or marinated fillets - which originate from Baltic and Scandinavian countries - carpaccio - very thin slices of raw fish common in Italy, raw salmon and ceviche - lightly marinated fish.'
Dr Yin, of Guangzhou No. 8 People’s Hospital, told the website that'smags.com that eating uncooked food contaminated with tapeworms' eggs could eventually cause cysticercosis, when the adult worms enters a person’s blood stream.
This type of infection is life-threatening once it reaches the brain.
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WGFCI: Writing to protect what needs protected
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Anne Berns (United States)
Lainy Destin (Canada)
Rodrigo García Galindo (Mexico)
Re: Vote on Factual Record for BC Salmon Farms Submittal (SEM-12-001)
On February 10, 2012, the Center for Biological Diversity (U.S.), Pacific Coast Wild Salmon Society
(Canada), Kwikwasu’tinuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation (Canada), and Pacific Coast Federation of
Fishermen’s Associations (U.S.) filed Submission SEM-12-001 (BC Salmon Farms) with the
Secretariat of the CEC, a submission on enforcement matters pursuant to Article 14 of the North
American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
On May 12, 2014 the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (“CEC”) Council responded to this
submission recommending that a formal investigation be conducted into whether Canada is failing in
its responsibility to NAFTA to protect wild salmon from disease and parasites from industrial salmon
farms.
Article 15(2) of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation provided the
commission 60 days to vote on whether to instruct the Secretariat to prepare a factual record
regarding submittal SEM-12-001(BC Salmon Farms). Reporting on this vote is now 2 months
overdue; in all it has been 32 months since the petition was filed.
Submission SEM-12-001 documented the Government of Canada’s
failure to effectively enforce sections 35 and 36 of the federal
Fisheries Act in relation to salmon aquaculture operations, allowing
harmful pollutants, viruses and parasites from industrial fish farms to
pollute waters used by wild salmon in British Columbia.
On May 7, 2014 the Secretariat issued a determination that it was proceeding with its consideration,
pursuant to Article 15(1), in relation to the Submitters’ assertions involving section 36 (but not section
35) of the Fisheries Act.
On May 12, 2014 The CEC Secretariat issued a determination that the preparation of a factual
record is warranted in order to gather additional information concerning the matters raised in the
submission.
Editorial Comment:
We at Wild Game Fish Conservation International are honored to co-sign this
internationally-important letter along with concerned First Nations, scientists,
other organizations and individuals
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“The preparation of a factual record is therefore warranted in order to gather additional information
concerning the matters raised in Submission SEM-12-001 (BC Salmon Farms), and is necessary for
a thorough consideration of the assertions that Canada is failing to effectively enforce section 36 of
Canada’s Fisheries Act.”
The CEC Secretariat noted that in accordance with Article 15(2) and Guideline 19.4 the Council had
60 working days, that is, until 12 August, 2014, to vote on whether to instruct the Secretariat to
prepare a factual record.
The CEC Secretariat specifically noted CEC Council guidelines, including target deadlines for
completing various steps in the submissions process to “improve the timeliness, accessibility, and
transparency of the SEM process.”
Since Submission SEM-12-001 was filed:
More than half a million Atlantic salmon were culled and quarantined in BC due to an IHN viral outbreak.
The Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River concluded that salmon farms have the potential for “serious or irreversible” harm to wild salmon through disease transfer. The Cohen Commission recommended a freeze on farmed salmon production along part of the Fraser sockeye migration route until 2020, at which time all farms should be removed unless Canada produces hard evidence that the farms are doing no more than minimal harm.
Research was published reporting a Norwegian strain of piscine virus that appears to have entered BC around 2007. This virus, known to spread easily and associated with a disease that weakens the heart muscle of salmon, has been identified in nearly 100% of farmed salmon raised and sold in BC.
In a letter to one of the petitioners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency revealed that there had been no follow-up testing on the internationally reportable ISA virus, despite positive test results in BC farmed salmon.
In January 2014, without any response to the Cohen Commission recommendations, Canada opened the BC coast to more salmon farms.
Canada is considering removal of section 36 from the Fisheries Act to accommodate the salmon farmers’ need for stronger de-lousing drugs.
In June 2014, Canada’s Aquaculture Licence was challenged in federal court to determine if it is in fact legal to give salmon farming companies the power to transfer diseased salmon into net pens in the ocean. A decision is pending.
We request that the CEC Council vote to instruct the Secretariat to prepare a factual record in
this matter, as soon as possible.
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Washington State 35th Legislative District
Senator Tim Sheldon Representative Kathy Haigh Representative Drew MacEwen
I’m writing as a 35th Legislative District constituent and as the co-founder of Wild Game Fish Conservation International in response to the following articles published last week in regional newspapers:
Seattle Times: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024666021_chehalisfloodingxml.html
Daily World: http://thedailyworld.com/news/local/debate-still-strong-over-eminent-domain-
wishkah-road
Olympian: http://www.theolympian.com/2014/10/01/3348778_funding-for-chehalis-flood-
fix.html?sp=/99/224/&rh=1
These articles touch on a variety of complex topics including climate change, carbon dioxide
emission reduction, statewide water bill, Washington state education funding deficiency, cap and
trade, logging enforcement, etc.
I’m concerned that, if implemented, the proposed statewide water bill will do more harm than good. In
fact, the costs to taxpayers will far outweigh the purported benefits. This proposed statewide water
legislation was originally estimated to cost taxpayers $1.5 billion with $400,000 specified for Chehalis
River basin flood damage reduction (ie Chehalis River dam). The cost of implementing this proposed
legislation in its current version is estimated to be $3 billion - $4 billion.
As previously stated, the proposed Chehalis River dam is not supported by federal or state agencies,
tribes, environmental organizations or concerned citizens. As such, the proposed water legislation
will have little support, especially given that it’s bundled with other costly and complex legislation.
Cost effective, Chehalis River basin flood damage reduction actions shall include:
Responsible, science-based and enforced timber management practices
Responsible, science-based and enforced flood plain management practices
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Stopping Farmed Salmon at the Cash Register
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October 12 - Ocean Farmed Salmon Boycott - a Huge Success!
Much to the chagrin of Costco management, the formidable Fraser Valley Farmed Salmon Boycott
team was in front of their store in Abbotsford to educate fellow Costco customers about the
contamination levels in ocean farmed salmon products they are selling. It is unethical to do this, yet
they continue, as other big box stores like Walmart, Superstore and Overweatea stores, to use Best
Aquaculture Practices and Aquaculture Stewardship Certifications as rationale for selling an inferior
product that is bad for the marine environment, bad for wild salmon and bad for human health. We
are very pleased with the cooperation we receive from all the stores who cooperate with us, in sharp
contrast to Costco. This company is on the unceded territory of the Sto:lo people and they don't listen
to their members who simply want to provide information to fellow customers at Costco.
Although they were polite, they insisted that we leave before we were ready. We continued to share
"What do my kids and I need to know about farmed salmon?" brochure to interested Costco
customers, and drum and sing. This was a peaceful rally, and we were polite to both Costco staff and
Costco customers. We will return in greater numbers as this store is uncooperative. We will create
bigger signs to attract more attention, and call upon Costco to quit selling ocean farmed salmon.
I am very proud of the people who come to the rallies! Today, we are very happy to have Jessica
Gilbert join us! Welcome to the big and growing team Jessica! Kai Stevenson, Tracy Lyster, Don,
Terry Wilkinson, Bobbie Jackson, Gary Hagguist and Chris Gadsden! Hats off to Gary and Chris for
the photography and videos they do at our rallies! Like wild salmon, we never give up! Other towns
can join the boycott by going to www.farmed-salmon-boycott.com!
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SALISH SEA MARINE SANCTUARY YOUTH COUNCIL
TA'KAIYA BLANEY
Ta’kaiya Blaney is a world renowned Sliammon
youth environmental leader who is carrying the
voice of children and youth in working with the
Salish Sea Marine Sanctuary. She is also a
singer-songwriter and actress, and has
produced a CD “Shallow Waters,” a music
video. She played the lead role in several short
films about Native children being taken to
residential schools.
She has spoken internationally, advocating for
protection of indigenous traditional lands from
the threat of extractive industries. Building on
the importance of protecting Indigenous land,
cultural and foods,
Ta’kaiya is an Advisor to the Indigenous Research Advisory Committee for the Southwest BC
Bioregional Food Systems Design and Planning Project. She has appeared in the media numerous
times including CBC’s “The National,” in 2011. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and
environmental events. She is an Ambassador for Native Children’s Survival. She has received
Ta’Kaiya, at age 10, was a presenter TUNZA, a United Nations Children and Youth Conference on
the Environment in Bandung Indonesia, a panelist the Rio+20 UN Conference on the Environment in
Rio de Janeiro. She was the youngest Indigenous Youth to speak at the United Nations in New York
City at The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in 2013 and 2014. In 2013, she addressed the
ECOSOC Chamber as a panelist with Chief Orin R. Lyons.
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Due to her young age, on May 16, 2014,
Ta’Kaiya received a special exception to
present an intervention she had written on
behalf of Native Children’s to establish an
Indigenous Children's Fund in collaboration
with the Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues. This fund would to assist in ensuring
the survival and well-being of Indigenous
Children and Youth in the areas of
health, education, poverty, and human rights.
Ta’Kaiya writes: “I advocate changing not only
the human condition, but also in the condition
of our planet. In my culture it’s a fact, and an
understanding of life, that everything is
connected, and we were put on this earth to be
stewards and caretakers of the environment.
In my culture, it’s a teaching to do more than connect the dots, to see the picture as a whole. In
my song Earth Revolution, I state, 'Actions speak louder than words.'
I come from the Sliammon First Nation, on the coast of British Columbia, Canada, and I am 13 years
old. I believe that as humans, as participants and beings that walk upon this earth, it is our
responsibility to help the earth. We all need to take steps towards a clean and healthy future
regarding animals, humans, plants, and the various ecosystems. Our earth is our home. Over the
past four years I’ve been an advocate for providing better qualities of living in Indigenous First
Nations territories, and ending the oppression, racism, and corruption we face from our government
and within our community.
It is our responsibility to speak for those who have no voice, to share our gifts, and to work together
for our Mother Earth, giving the message of protection and change, and broadcasting to the many
generations the message of love for each other and all our relations. Emote (Thank you)."
SALISH SEA MARINE SANCTUARY
YOUTH COUNCIL
“Igniting the youth community to restore and protect the Salish Sea through the training, leadership and
mentorship of First Nations Youth Cultural Ambassadors.”
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People’s Climate March – Vancouver, BC, September 21, 2014
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Ta’Kaiya Blaney, a 13-year-old singer-songwriter from the Sliammon First Nation in Canada.
After People’s Climate March, Thousands Re-Kindle Occupy Wall Street
September 23, 2014
Read Entire Moyers and Company Article HERE
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Save the Baltic Salmon
Save The Baltic Salmon, we have the purpose to save the Baltic Sea and tributaries. Our goal and
vision is that with the blog we created, who won the 2012 best sport fishing blog voted by Swedish
people.
A collaboration with you we see as an opportunity to get our message out and make people aware
and make an active choice to support biodiversity and living water.
http://www.fisheco.se/news.php?modulID=2&newsID=3576
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Target
Focus on biodiversity and the wild salmon
Preserve them last living rivers.
Stop exploitation of our headwaters.
Preserve the living river valleys and mountains for future generations.
Ban the toxins in our water.
Ghost nets can be prevented if you have transmitters on them.
Sediment passages in hydroelectric.
Building clear portal for all Baltic Sea countries.
We participate in sport fishing fair every year.
We appoint laxhjältar for our waters.
We manifest in demonstrations.
We build custom fishing hiking paths for biodiversity.
Building portal for all Baltic Sea countries! a blog for all countries, like the one we have.
Collaborate across borders and build an international Baltic forum.
We will work for an expanded eco-tourism industry. This contributes to local and national
protection of the environment and biodiversity.
Stop unethical export of fatty fish from the Baltic Sea.
Teach for people equal values.
Visions
Save the Baltic Sea.
The target is 96 000 Baltic members in a future, 1% of the Baltic members.
Parliamentary influence future decisions.
Europe more influence future decisions.
Equal rules for fishing in the Baltic Sea.
We are responsible for the seven generations to come and should be animal and nature's
guardian under the surface.
Helping countries around the Baltic Sea with their work for our common resource.
Help build up the Baltic Centre, which could eventually be built in all Member States.
http://savethebaltic.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/jantelagen-2014fiskvandringsvagar/
http://savethebaltic.wordpress.com/category/mr-mrs-save-the-baltic-salmon/
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Wild Salmon Warrior Radio with Jay Peachy – Tuesday Mornings
“Streaming like wild Pacific salmon”
http://wildsalmonwarriorradio.org/
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Wild Salmon Warrior Radio – Recent Archives
September 23, 2014: Wood Fiber LNG
September 30, 2014: Kinder Morgan Evictions
October 7, 2014: “Don’t Give UP”
October 21, 2014: GE Salmon, Cohen update, Aquaculture regulation
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OLYMPIA CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED October 22, 2014 7:00PM
NORTH OLYMPIA FIRE STATION 5046 BOSTON HARBOR ROAD NE
FISHING TECHNIQUES FOR FALL COHO
The public is invited to attend the October 22nd meeting of the Olympia Chapter of Trout Unlimited
for a presentation by Terry Wiest on Fishing Techniques for Fall Coho. With his vast experience on
fishing for silvers and other salmon species, he considers himself very knowledgeable on this
subject. He has taught and demonstrated his techniques at numerous seminars the Pacific
Northwest. Terry’s presentation on Fishing Techniques for Fall Coho will include drift fishing, float
fishing, twitching, spinners and more. Be sure and attend to find out how to catch the great Coho
using these new techniques. If these methods are new to you, or you would like to be more
successful using them, come to the meeting and get all your questions answered.
Join us for light refreshments and a fabulous raffle.
Bio: Terry Wiest
Terry Wiest has over 37 years of experience fishing for salmon and steelhead and has the natural
ability to teach people how to catch more fish, whether it be in writing or speaking at seminars. Terry
has published numerous magazine articles, mostly on salmon and steelhead, but also on his many
adventures around the Pacific Northwest, Canada, and Alaska. He has also contributed to the book
“Pro Tactics for Salmon and Steelhead”. Terry writes a bi-monthly column, “Westside”, for Northwest
Sportsman Magazine, and a featured writer for Salmon, Trout, Steelheader. Since 2008, Terry has
been the Webmaster and Chief Instructor for Salmon University, the largest salmon fishing website
on the West Coast. Terry also hosts and serves as Chief Instructor for Steelhead University. Terry’s
first book—“Steelhead University: Your Guide to Salmon and Steelhead Success was published in
late 2012.
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TUC Responds to Proposed Aquaculture Activities Regulations
On October 3, 2014 the Department of Fisheries and Oceans provided proposed regulation changes
and amendments to the Aquaculture Activities Regulations (Please click here to read the proposed
changes). Trout Unlimited Canada, along with other conservation organizations is concerned with
these changes and the long term effects fish farming has Canada's coldwater ecosystems.
Upon reviewing the proposed regulations, TUC is concerned that Canada's aquatic resources may
be compromised due to:
Loss of accuracy and diligence with a change to self-reporting
Lack of inspections
Lack of assessments regarding cumulative impacts on receiving waters
Delayed reporting
Industry self-regulation
TUC understands the need for an efficient process for both government and industry, but stresses
that the protection of the natural water is of the utmost importance. The long term health and stability
of Canada’s natural ecosystems are critical to the health and wellbeing of our communities.
TUC is concerned that the proposed change to industry self-regulation puts sustainability of the wild
fisheries and their habitats at risk. Trout Unlimited Canada has asked on behalf of its chapters,
members, supporters and volunteers for clarity on how DFO will balance private economic gain
against the protection of Canadian resources
TUC urges all chapters, members, supporters and volunteers to submit their own comments to
D.F.O. no later than October 22, 2014 by email or by fax to 613-993-8607 or by mail to:
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
C/O Ed Porter
Manager, Aquaculture Policy and Regulatory Initiatives
200 Kent Street, Room 8N187
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E6.
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Salmon Farms can have Significant Impact on Wild Salmon and Sea Trout
Stocks
September 18, 2014
The Chairman and Board of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) have today (18.09.14) welcomed a
definitive review of over 300 scientific publications, which has just been published, on the effects sea
lice can have on sea trout stocks. A team of top international scientists from Norway, Scotland and
Ireland reviewed all available published studies on the effects of sea lice and have now concluded
that sea lice have negatively impacted wild sea trout stocks in salmon farming areas in Ireland,
Scotland and Norway.
Previously research was based on individually published studies but this new review reached its
conclusions based on comprehensive studies of the effects of salmon lice from over 300 scientific
publications. The project was funded by the Norwegian Seafood Research Fund which provides
investment in Norwegian seafood industry-based R&D with the objective of creating added value for
the seafood industry.
The study also examined the potential effect of sea lice on salmon and concluded that sea lice have
a potential significant and detrimental effect on marine survival of Atlantic salmon with potentially 12-
44% fewer salmon spawning in salmon farming areas. Chairman Brendan O’Mahony commented,
“These conclusions concur with previously published Inland Fisheries Ireland research on the
potential impact of sea lice from marine salmon farms on salmon survival.”
The studies reviewed indicate that salmon farming increases the abundance of lice in marine habitats
and that sea lice in intensively farmed areas have negatively impacted wild sea trout populations.
The effects of sea lice on sea trout are increased marine mortality and reduced marine growth. This
new study confirms the evidence collected since the early 1990’s in Ireland regarding the impact of
sea lice on wild sea trout stocks, particularly in relation to the collapse of Connemara’s sea trout
stocks. The Board of IFI has consistently called for marine salmon farms to maintain sea lice levels
close to zero prior to and during the wild sea trout and salmon smolt migration period in spring. IFI
has also raised concerns regarding the location of salmon farms in the estuaries of salmon and sea
trout rivers.
The Board of IFI believes this new review confirms the need for very tight regulation of sea lice levels
on salmon farms and raises legitimate concerns with regard to the potential impact of new, large
scale salmon farms, proposed along Ireland’s west coast, on salmon and sea trout stocks.
Regulators will now need to consider the results of this comprehensive review when making
decisions on the sustainability and approval of future marine salmon aquaculture licences and the
regulation of sea lice at existing sites so as to ensure no negative impact on salmon and sea trout
stocks.
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Petroleum – Drilled, Refined, Tar Sands, Fracked
Petropolis - Rape and pillage of Canada and Canadians for toxic bitumen
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Harper government under fire after ‘blind luck’ keeps drifting ship afloat near
Haida Gwaii
October 21, 2014
OTTAWA - B.C.’s northern coast dodged a bullet this week when a disabled cargo ship drifted
dangerously close to the shores of Haida Gwaii, opposition critics charged Monday in the House of
Commons.
The Russian-flagged Simushir has been safely towed to Prince Rupert by a commercial U.S. tug but
New Democrats and Liberals say the incident doesn’t bode well for a dramatic increase in
supertankers plying the same waters.
NDP finance critic Nathan Cullen demanded in the Commons to know whether the Conservative
government is comfortable with a marine safety plan he said is based on “blind luck” and American
intervention.
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea responded that “luck had nothing to do with the situation.”
Shea thanked the Canadian Coast Guard, which took just under 14 hours to reach the disabled ship,
and noted the Conservatives have promised a $6.8 billion shipbuilding program for the future.
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Cullen says a truly grateful government wouldn’t have cut the coast guard budget by $20 million
and let go 300 personnel.
A Canadian Coast Guard vessel that first reached the Simushir had its tow line break three times in
stormy seas, but did manage to move the disabled ship away from the marine sanctuary off the
Haida Gwaii islands.
The Fisheries minister repeatedly stressed that the Simushir had become disabled in international
waters.
“The private sector provides towing service to the marine industry but we are grateful that the
Canadian Coast Guard was able to keep the situation under control, which was in very difficult
conditions, until the (U.S.) tug arrived from Prince Rupert,” said Shea.
According to the U.S. company, the tug Barbara Foss usually tows a cargo barge between Prince
Rupert and Whittier, Alaska, and was arriving back in Rupert when the Simushir call came in. It
dropped its barge and headed out to aid the stricken vessel, a trip that took it almost two days.
“Foss left soon after getting the call and travelled as fast and as safely as they could in poor weather
conditions,” company spokeswoman Megan Aukema said in an email.
Mary Polak, B.C.’s environment minister, was less reassuring about how the incident played out
than her federal counterpart in Ottawa.
“We’ve said that there is more that needs to be done on our West Coast, we know that, we’ve said
that from the beginning and it’s been a consistent position of ours, we continue to hold that view,”
Polak said at the B.C. legislature in Victoria.
“This incident underlines the fact that we need to do more on our West Coast to be prepared.”
The Conservatives have conditionally approved a plan by Enbridge to build the Northern Gateway
pipeline to Kitimat, B.C., which will send hundreds of supertankers annually down the same storm-
tossed coast. Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline to Vancouver,
and a proposed LNG plant in the province, would further increase marine traffic.
Cullen, who represents a northern B.C. riding, demanded to know how anyone can back a
“government plan to put hundreds of oil supertankers off the B.C. coast when we don’t even have
the capacity to protect ourselves right now?”
Liberal MP Joyce Murray said the lesson from the incident is that “we cannot ever say that a major
oil spill will not occur on the coast of British Columbia.”
The Vancouver MP called it “pathetic” that Shea repeatedly cited future ship building, given the
government’s record on major military and naval procurement projects.
Cullen maintains that only good fortune prevented a disaster before help could arrive. Local
fishermen say the usual wind patterns following storms in the region are westerlies.
“If that had happened like it normally does, that ship would have run aground and we’d be having a
very different conversation this morning,” said Cullen.
“If dodging a bullet doesn’t wake you up, I don’t know what will. It’s important for Canadians to
understand how close this was.”
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Workers clean up the 4,000 barrels of crude oil that spilled in Tete Bayou. Sunoco Logistics, operator of the Mid-Valley Pipeline, has responded with more than 250 personnel to the site to contain and recover the oil, which entered Tete Bayou but did not reach Caddo Lake
Crude oil spills into Caddo bayou, kills wildlife
October 18, 2014
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MOORINGSPORT – A major crude oil spill discovered near here Monday that stopped just shy of
Caddo Lake has already killed dozens of fish and some reptiles and will keep cleanup crews and
regulatory agencies on site likely for months to come.
"I would call it a significant size spill," Bill Rhotenberry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
federal on-scene coordinator said of the oil that leaked in a rural Caddo Parish bayou from a Mid-
Valley Pipeline.
The pipeline's owner, Sunoco Logistics, roughly estimated 4,000 barrels of crude oil had flowed into
Tete Bayou when control operators noticed a drop in pressure around 8 a.m. Monday. The line,
stretching 1,000 miles from Longview, Texas, to major oil refineries in Ohio and Michigan, was shut
down within 20 minutes, Sunoco spokesman Jeff Shields said.
Shortly before noon, contractors searching from air and by foot tracked the source of the leak and
began immediate efforts to stop if from getting into Caddo Lake. "That was a priority," Shields said.
No oil sheens have been detected on the lake, but it will be monitored by air and boat as the cleanup
continues.
The spill area off Hereford Road, which dead ends at the lake, is sparsely inhabited where workers
are concentrating their efforts. Evacuations were not ordered; however, three families voluntarily left.
Sunoco is paying their expenses for the duration of the time they want to be away from their homes.
The company has approximately 250 contractors on scene mopping up the spilled crude. To work in
the area, the contractors must wear flame retardant clothing, hard hats, safety goggles and
respirators.
The pungent odor of oil fills the air closer to the work site. Air monitors are spaced throughout the
heavily wooded area and readings are taken to make sure the volatile organic contaminants, or
VOCs, do not reach a certain level to where it would cause a health risk. EPA is monitoring the air
quality independent of Sunoco.
"The only risk of VOCs is in the immediate area of the oil," Rhotenberry said. "Out of the spill's
pathway it's not as much of an issue." Readings have been low so far.
Shields estimates about 1,900 barrels of crude had been recovered from the bayou through
Saturday. Neither he nor Rhotenberry could offer a timeline for full removal, other than said it will take
months. A spill from the same pipeline in March in Cincinnati is still in the remediation phase.
Once the majority of the oil is removed then the focus will turn to remediation and restoration. Jeffrey
Meyers, spill response specialist with the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office, said the time-
consuming task moving forward will be to locate the pockets of residual oil that can become trapped
in the soil and even in crawfish holes.
"After we get the black up we'll be looking for the sheen," Meyers said.
Natural bacteria aids in eating the oil but it's not as effective in the fall and winter months. So the
maintenance phase will include constant placement and exchange of oil-absorbing materials.
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It will take a joint effort of Louisiana Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Louisiana Department
of Wildlife and Fisheries, the oil spill coordinator's office and the Louisiana Department of
Environment Quality to keep an eye on the area long term.
Trees, vegetation and wildlife in a neighboring bayou will be used as a baseline to determine if Tete
Bayou is showing any unusual signs of damage. Through Saturday, the spill has proven deadly to
about 66 animals, Shields said, including 30 fish, crawfish and 10 reptiles. A wood duck was rescued
and is in the hands of a wildlife specialist that will stay on scene to assist with animal rehabilitation
needs.
Sunoco "understands its obligations well and understands it is liable for the cost," Shields said.
The U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
regulates pipeline spills and will oversee the investigation into how the leak occurred and if any action
will be taken against Sonoco.
The line was built in 1949-50.
For the short term and long term Sonoco will have to mitigate, Meyers said. "Nobody is walking away
from this so to speak."
Fortunately, the weather is cooperating. Heavy rains or warmer temperatures would only add to the
cleanup woes by increasing the harmful vapors.
In the meantime, travel on Hereford Road has limited access as workers are moving around in ATVs,
pickups and large trucks from the bridge to a staging area. Louisiana State Police Troop G
spokesman Matt Harris also cautions hunters to stay away because of the number of people who are
working in the woods.
"It's a safety concern, also because of their equipment," he said.
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Oil trains: BNSF to fund training for state’s first responders
BNSF Railway will pay for training Washington state firefighters to respond to any mishaps
in crude-oil shipments.
September 23, 2014
BNSF Railway is paying for 142 Washington firefighters to attend specialized training in Pueblo,
Colo., to help them prepare for any mishaps involving crude oil shipped by train.
Those classes began in July and will continue through the end of the year. This represents a stepped-
up training effort by BNSF Railway at a time of increased shipments of crude oil through the region,
which have raised safety concerns about oil spills or fires in the event of a derailment.
BNSF will also provide hazardous-materials training for some 600 Washington first responders by
early October, and for 800 by the end of the year, according to Gus Melonas, a BNSF spokesman.
Earlier this year, BNSF reported that as many
as 19 trains of crude oil from the Bakken fields
in North Dakota had moved through
Washington in a single week. Gov. Jay Inslee
directed state agencies to examine the risks of
accidents along the rail lines.
Rail safety also has drawn the attention of
Congress. U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Lake
Stevens, said Tuesday that he is pushing the
U.S. Transportation Department to raise the
standards on railcars that carry crude to get the
most dangerous ones off the tracks.
Editorial Comment:
How may train loads of diluted bitumen
(dilbit) from Alberta’s Tarsands will
travel on these rail lines?
Will first responders receive training
specific to dilbit?
Will resources (specialized equipment,
trained personnel and finances) be
available when oil train accidents occur?
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TransAlta Power Plant Leads State in Greenhouse Gas Pollution
October 16, 2014
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SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state's major industrial sources released about 6 million more metric
tons of greenhouse gases in 2013, a 30 percent jump from the previous year, according to the latest
data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The state's only coal burning power plant in Centralia topped the list, emitting 7.5 million metric tons
of carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for global warming. Emissions from the plant spiked up
about 82 percent from 2012, after experiencing a big drop the previous year.
TransAlta spokeswoman Leanne Yohemas said in an email that carbon dioxide emissions at the
company's Centralia plant were substantially below normal levels in 2012, which explains the
increase. In that year, she said, hydropower production was running high in the Northwest and the
Centralia plant also experienced "extended downtime" as a result of poor market conditions driven by
low natural gas prices.
Yohemas said the plant's emissions in 2013 were closer to normal levels and reduced from prior
years.
The Centralia power plant, the single largest source of carbon pollution in the state, is scheduled to
completely shut down by 2025 under a state law passed in 2011.
Facilities that release 25,000 metric tons or more of carbon dioxide or its equivalent are required to
report emissions to the EPA each year. The federal agency has collected such data for four years.
Last year in Washington state, 92 large facilities such as power plants, pulp and paper mills and steel
mills released a total of 25.7 million metric tons of greenhouse gases, compared with 19.6 million
metric tons in 2012. Total emissions from reporting facilities increased about 18 percent between
2011 and 2013.
The state's 14 power plants accounted for about 46 percent of that pollution. Many of them also
reported some of the largest emission hikes between 2012 and 2013.
Puget Sound Energy's generating stations in Ferndale, Bellingham and near Mount Vernon, for
example, more than doubled in emissions last year, after posting previous declines.
PSE spokesman Ray Lane said the utility reported much lower emissions in 2011 and 2012 because
hydropower operations were running high, well beyond normal levels. When hydroelectric power is
up, emissions are low, he said.
"We're currently running at more normal levels, which are similar to the figures seen in 2013," Lane
said in an email.
BP's Cherry Point Refinery was the second-highest single source of emissions in the state. It was
followed by Shell Puget Sound Refinery in Anacortes, Alcoa Intalco Works in Ferndale, Tesoro
Refinery in Anacortes, Phillips 66 refinery in Ferndale, Berkshire Hathaway's Chehalis Generation
plant, Clark Public Utilities River Road plant in Vancouver, and Puget Sound Energy's Mint Farm
power plant in Longview, Wash.
A Washington state law requires facilities that emit more than 10,000 metric tons of greenhouse
gases per year to report their pollution to the state Department of Ecology. Those sources have
reported their 2012 emissions to the Department of Ecology. Reports for 2013 emissions are due
later this month.
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Workers dismantle the Savage Rapids Dam on the Rogue River in southern Oregon
OSU study: Rivers recover fast after dam removal
Researchers examined Rogue, Calapooia Rivers
October 8, 2014
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A study of the removal of two dams in Oregon suggests that rivers can return surprisingly fast to a
condition close to their natural state, both physically and biologically, and that the biological recovery
might outpace the physical recovery, Oregon State University reported Wednesday.
The analysis, published by researchers from OSU in the journal PLOS One, examined portions of
two rivers – the Calapooia River and Rogue River. It illustrated how rapidly rivers can recover, both
from the long-term impact of the dam and from the short-term impact of releasing stored sediment
when the dam is removed.
Most dams have decades of accumulated sediment behind them, and a primary concern has been
whether the sudden release of all that sediment could cause significant damage to river ecology or
infrastructure.
However, this study concluded that the continued presence of a dam on the river constituted more of
a sustained and significant alteration of river status than did the sediment pulse caused by dam
removal.
“The processes of ecological and physical recovery of river systems following dam removal are
important, because thousands of dams are being removed all over the world,” said Desirée Tullos, an
associate professor in the OSU Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering.
“Dams are a significant element in our nation’s aging infrastructure,” she said. “In many cases, the
dams haven’t been adequately maintained and they are literally falling apart. Depending on the
benefits provided by the dam, it’s often cheaper to remove them than to repair them.”
According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the United States has 84,000 dams with an
average age of 52 years. Almost 2,000 are now considered both deficient and “high hazard,” and it
would take $21 billion to repair them. Rehabilitating all dams would cost $57 billion. Thus, the
removal of older dams that generate only modest benefits is happening at an increasing rate.
In this study, the scientists examined the two rivers both before and after removal of the Brownsville
Dam on the Calapooia River and the Savage Rapids Dam on the Rogue River. Within about one year
after dam removal, the river ecology at both sites, as assessed by aquatic insect populations, was
similar to the conditions upstream where there had been no dam impact.
Recovery of the physical structure of the river took a little longer. Following dam removal, some river
pools downstream weren’t as deep as they used to be, some bars became thicker and larger, and
the grain size of river beds changed. But those geomorphic changes diminished quickly as periodic
floods flushed the river system, scientists said.
Within about two years, surveys indicated that the river was returning to the pre-removal structure,
indicating that the impacts of the sediment released with dam removal were temporary and didn’t
appear to do any long-term damage.
Instead, it was the presence of the dam that appeared to have the most persistent impact on the river
biology and structure – what scientists call a “press” disturbance that will remain in place so long as
the dam is there.
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This press disturbance of dams can increase water temperatures, change sediment flow, and alter
the types of fish, plants and insects that live in portions of rivers. But the river also recovered rapidly
from those impacts once the dam was gone.
It’s likely, the researchers said, that the rapid recovery found at these sites will mirror recovery on
rivers with much larger dams, but more studies are needed.
For example, large scale and rapid changes are now taking place on the Elwha River in Washington
state, following the largest dam removal project in the world. The ecological recovery there appears
to be occurring rapidly as well. In 2014, Chinook salmon were observed in the area formerly occupied
by one of the reservoirs, the first salmon to see that spot in 102 years.
“Disturbance is a natural river process,” Tullos said. “In the end, most of these large pulses of
sediment aren’t that big of a deal, and there’s often no need to panic. The most surprising finding to
us was that indicators of the biological recovery appeared to happen faster than our indicators of the
physical recovery.”
The rates of recovery will vary across sites, though. Rivers with steeper gradients, more energetic
flow patterns, and non-cohesive sediments will recover more quickly than flatter rivers with cohesive
sediments, researchers said.
This research was supported by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Association and the National Marine Fisheries Service. It was a collaboration of
researchers from the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences, College of Engineering, and College of
Science.
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BC’s WAC Bennett Dam (Photo: Damien Gillis)
Large hydro dams aren’t “green” – they actually drive climate change
September 23, 2014
Read this August 14 EcoWatch column by Gary Wockner, which explodes the myth of “green” hydro
dams – food for thought as Canada considers building Site C Dam atop some of the country’s best
farmland.
People believe hydroelectric dams provide clean energy. It’s not true.
I don’t blame the public or the media for making this false claim—I’ve heard it come out of the mouth
of the biggest dam operator in the Southwest U.S. (see CRWUA presentation, Dec. 2013, slide 13),
and the media often repeats it (see E&E article June 30). Unfortunately, it was further repeated in a
horribly misguided “study” put out by the U.S. Dept of Energy in April.
But when I heard it quoted three months ago in this May 12 New Yorker story out of the mouth of
Mark Tercek who is CEO of The Nature Conservancy to rationalize his organization’s support of new
dams in Columbia, I knew it’s time to once-again address this disastrous myth.
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Tercek is quoted as saying: “Environmentalists generally hate dams, even though they’re clean
energy.”
Dams are not “clean energy.” Dams are, in fact, causing climate change. A growing body of science
is studying just how bad dams are. Here are the issues:
Organic material—vegetation, sediment and soil—flows from rivers into reservoirs and
decomposes emitting methane and carbon dioxide into the water and then the air throughout
the hydro-electric generation cycle. Studies indicate that where organic material is the highest
(in the tropics or in high sediment areas) hydro-electric dams can actually emit more
greenhouse gases than coal-fired powerplants. (See this report from International Rivers, this
peer-reviewed article reported in Science Daily, this news report on Nature World News
and this report about the Belo Monte dam). These methane emissions are not limited to
tropical areas; they occur in the U.S. too. “Methane springs” are widely reported on the mud
flats of Lake Powell which is a reservoir behind Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River
(Living Rivers, slide 41), and “trains” of “methane bubbles” have been reported floating on
Lake Powell (High Country News, page 5, May 17, 2011). As far back as 1948, the U.S.
Geological Survey examined what they then called “gas pits” in the mud flats of Lake Mead
which is a reservoir behind Hoover Dam on the Colorado River (USGS, page 162 and 180).
As a real conversation ender, Brazil’s National Institute of Space Research estimates
that “dams are the largest single [human-caused] source of methane, being responsible for
23 percent of all methane emissions due to human activities.”
Large dams contain enormous amounts of cement which during the construction process uses
massive amounts of energy that emits greenhouse gas emissions. For one medium-sized dam
project proposed for the Cache la Poudre River in Colorado, it is estimated that the
construction would emit 218,000 metric tons CO2-equivalents which equals the emissions
from almost 46,000 automobiles on the road for one year. Larger dams, such as Hoover Dam
which contains 4.36 million cubic yards of concrete, would have exponentially higher climate
change impacts from construction. The largest hydro-electric dam on the planet—the Three
Gorges Dam in China—contains 27.15 million cubic meters of cement.
Dams that divert water out of rivers may have significant additional climate change impacts
because they drain and dry up downstream wetlands that are “carbon sinks” holding vast
amounts of greenhouse gases in soils. This draining and dry-up causes carbon and methane
to be released and emitted into the air. A proposal for a dam on the Cache la Poudre River in
Colorado would dry up 1,700 acres of wetlands thus emitting about 7,000 metric tons of CO2
equivalents. As just one more example, when the Colorado River was diverted and drained,
the dams and diversions dried up about 2 million acres of wetlands in the former Colorado
River Delta—the climate change impact of destroying those wetlands was likely staggering.
Some dams, like the proposed massive ecosystem-wide Belo Monte dams on the Amazon
River in Brazil, also include massive deforestation plans on areas that will be flooded by
behind the reservoirs. The deforestation itself would release enormous amounts of
greenhouse gas emissions.
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Peace River islands, valley and farms would be covered with water if BC Hydro gets to build the site C dam near Fort St. John
Canadian government concludes Site C dam should proceed despite
environmental consequences (updated)
Meanwhile, the B.C. government approves environmental certificate for Site C dam
October 14, 2014
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BC Hydro’s planned $7.9-billion Site C dam on the Peace River passed two governmental hurdles
Tuesday, meaning construction could begin in January.
The federal government announced that the 1,100-megawatt dam
should proceed, with conditions, despite the likelihood of “significant
adverse environmental effects.”
The fate of the controversial megaproject now rests with the province, which has supported the dam
from the start. A cabinet decision is expected within weeks.
In announcing Ottawa’s decision, Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq said that environmental
damages “are justified in the circumstances” due to the considerable economic impact in northeast
B.C.
Noting BC Hydro must fulfill more than 80
“legally binding conditions” throughout the life
of the project, Aglukkaq said Site C will provide
a source of “clean, renewable energy over the
next 100 years” and will create about 10,000
direct person-years of employment through
2024.
“The Site C project ... underwent a thorough
independent federal-provincial review by an
independent panel,” she added in a press
release.
“The environmental assessment process provided the scientific and technical expertise and the
effective engagement of the public and aboriginal groups to enable an informed decision by both
governments.”
Mary Polak, the B.C. environment minister, and Steve Thomson, minister of forests, lands and
natural resource operations, also announced Tuesday that they had issued an environmental
assessment certificate to BC Hydro, with 77 conditions. They include a $20-million compensation
fund for lost agricultural lands and activities, the development of an aboriginal business participation
plan, and protocols to reduce harm to wildlife and its habitat.
BC Hydro spokesman Dave Conway said the Crown corporation is pleased with Tuesday’s
government decisions. He said the federal and provincial conditions for the project appear to be
similar and Hydro expects “we could meet those conditions.”
Should Hydro receive “financial investment” approval from the province this fall, as well as required
federal fisheries and navigable waters authorizations, site preparation work could begin as early as
January, Conway said. Construction is expected to take eight years.
Andrea Morison, coordinator of the Peace Valley Environment Association, said she is disappointed
by the federal government decision, but said that pressure would now ramp up on the provincial
cabinet to reject the project.
Editorial Comment:
Hydropower dams do not provide clean energy:
“Significant adverse environmental effects”
“Lost agricultural lands and activities”
You Can’t Eat Money!
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“We don’t see it as a fait accompli,” she said. “This project is not in the interest of British Columbians.
It’s not something we need.”
The joint review panel described Site C in May as the best and cheapest alternative for new energy
in the province, but said the Crown corporation had not proven that the project should proceed at this
time.
The panel recommended the B.C. Utilities Commission, which ruled in 1983 that Site C was not
needed, look at the issue of need. But the province has rejected that suggestion.
Morison noted that Treaty 8 First Nations in the Peace River have repeatedly warned they will resort
to legal action to stop the project. “They have every intention of taking them to court on this if cabinet
does decide to approve the project. We’ll be backing them up.”
Last month, First Nations told the provincial government it could have either the Site C dam or
liquefied natural gas from the northeast, but not both.
Chief Roland Willson of the West Moberly First Nation said a recent decision from the Supreme Court
of Canada has bolstered their say in any industrial development on that land. “If you want to push
Site C, we’re not going to be in favour of any LNG projects, any of the pipeline projects up there.”
In a brief news conference Tuesday, Polak said she believed there had been adequate consultation
with aboriginal groups.
Polak said the government has yet to decide to go ahead with the project.
“Government, broadly, still needs to make a decision with respect to a final investment decision,” she
said.
Paul Kariya, executive director of Clean Energy BC, said independent power producers “offer a
robust, cost-effective alternative” to “adding another $8 billion of public debt” for Site C.
During the panel hearings, however, BC Hydro stated: “Intermittent resources such as wind and run-
of-river provide little dependable capacity.”
At 1,050 metres long and 60 metres high, the dam would flood 83 kilometres of the Peace River
Valley from approximately Fort St. John to Hudson’s Hope.
Site C is downstream of the W.A.C. Bennett and Peace Canyon dams and would also flood 14
kilometres of the Halfway River, 10 kilometres of the Moberly River, eight kilometres of Cache Creek,
three kilometres of Farrell Creek and one kilometre of Lynx Creek.
BC Hydro says about 5,550 hectares of land would be submerged, including the loss of about 3,800
hectares of land capable of agricultural production.
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Pe Ell Meeting Addresses Potential Dam
Community Input: Attendants Voice Opinions on Water Retention Facility on Chehalis River
October 16, 2014
Tensions ran high and residents filled the Pe Ell School’s small gymnasium Tuesday during a
presentation that depicted a strategy for reducing flood damage and restoring aquatic life in the
Chehalis River Basin.
The highly contentious topic that filled the gymnasium to standing
room only was the possibility of a dam that may be built near Pe Ell.
Jim Kramer, project manager for the research conducted by the William D. Ruckelshaus Center,
presented information to those in attendance on the history of flood damage in the area, and the
habitat degradation taking place affecting salmon.
“There has been a lot of information produced in the last couple of years and this is a brief summary
of that information with the focus for the end part of the presentation on the specifics of the potential
dam that is being considered upstream from the town of Pe Ell,” Kramer said.
There are three possibilities to the types of dam that may potentially be built. If the decision to build a
dam is approved by Gov. Jay Inslee, options are a flood retention dam, a multi-purpose dam or a
multipurpose rockfill dam.
Kramer said the problem is the Chehalis Basin continues to see large floods with little to no action
preventing future damage.
“You can see the trend … is that the five largest floods in the historical record of the basin have
occurred in the last 25 years or so,” he said, adding that the increasing magnitude of floods is
changing the prediction of what the largest floods in the basin are likely to be in the future.
With the prediction of future climate change, the range of possible changes in the magnitude of floods
is anywhere from an 18 to 90 percent increase in the size of floods predicted in the basin.
Not only is the basin plagued with flooding, but
in recent years a significant decline in salmon
populations and other species has been noted,
said Kramer. He said it is a problem that needs
to be addressed.
Editorial Comment:
Many who rely on Chehalis River basin flooding
rightly believe that flooding is a blessing, not a
plague, as Chehalis River floods deliver vital
nutrients to fertile farmlands and replenish
aquifers.
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There is potential to increase salmon populations by 50 percent
through habitat restoration actions that would include the removal of
barriers to fish passage and would reap the benefits of riparian
enhancement, Kramer said.
The discussion is timely because the Governor’s Chehalis Basin Work Group, a sub-group of the
Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority, is tasked with providing the governor a recommendation for a
long-term strategy and budget that will help reduce flood damage and enhance aquatic species. The
recommendations are due by mid-November.
A variety of options were presented to reduce flooding, some of which proved cost prohibitive, such
as protecting Interstate 5 with walls and levees. Flood proofing was found to be one of the most cost-
effective measures that could be taken, although Kramer said the question remains of whether it
would be a sufficient enough action.
The objectives of a potential dam were listed as providing a reduction
to flooding downstream, while minimizing fish and downstream
environmental impacts.
The smallest of the dams, the flood retention only dam would have a height of 227 feet and the
reservoir would stretch almost 7 miles, covering an area of 860 acres. This dam would only hold
water at times of flooding, creating a reservoir only 1 percent of the time based on the historic record.
The dam would cost $300 million to build.
The multipurpose dam would be 60 feet taller. The reservoir would be almost a mile longer and would
cover an extra 500 acres, but would also store water during the winter months, slowly releasing it in
the spring and summer.
A multipurpose rockfill dam has a much larger footprint and would have to include a separate bypass
structure, Kramer said.
The potential dam would help reduce flooding,
although he said it is important to note that it
would not eliminate flooding. A dam would
decrease fish populations by a total of 2
percent; however, if a dam was combined with
a high level of restoration, populations of
returning adult salmon would increase by 42
percent, Kramer said.
Participants at the meeting both supported and opposed the proposed dam.
“One thing to say, which is concerning to the people who live in Pe Ell, which is part of this whole
process, that for us to wake up every morning and look south and see a big concrete structure, a rock
structure, whatever you got that is holding that river back from inundating us, I think that everyone
else downstream ought to give us a little bit,” one audience member said.
Editorial Comment:
With no effective fish passage designed
for these proposed dams, salmon and
steelhead that rely on upper Chehalis
River spawning and rearing habitat will
be forever lost.
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“How are you going to help us? How does this dam help the people
who live in the city of Pe Ell, but have never been affected by this?
That is my major issue.”
Other audience members noted the large cost of the project would be better spent on funding
education instead.
While some opposed the idea of a dam, many spoke out in support of the ongoing research into the
possibility.
“I don’t want to lose my property to a flood, but there are ways to save our livelihood, our children’s
future and our property,” said one attendee. “Why wouldn’t we explore those opportunities?”
If a dam is approved, the permit process from
both the state and federal government would
take approximately three to five years at a
minimum, and the construction of the dam,
depending on the type, would take another two
to four years.
Kramer said next month’s recommendations will be provided by the work group to the governor and
all the comments voiced in the meeting would be considered before a decision is made.
Editorial Comment:
These time estimates don’t take funding, tribal
opposition, conservationist opposition, litigation,
etc. into consideration
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Wild Game Fish Management
OUTDOORS: West End guides commit to keeping just one chinook, ask
anglers to do the same
October 10, 2014
A BROAD-BASED consortium of fishing guides, West End hospitality businesses and others in the
sport fishing industry are pledging to take matters regarding chinook retention into their own hands.
The Olympic Peninsula Guides Association on Tuesday adopted an agreement to limit clients to the
retention of one chinook during guided river fishing outings.
Members of the Northwest Olympic Peninsula Sport Fishing Coalition also are endorsing the move.
Association and coalition members also are putting their pledge out to guides that aren’t members of
their groups, as well as recreational anglers, in a bid to bolster low chinook stocks on West End rivers
ranging from the Clearwater, the Hoh and up to the Quileute River system, which encompasses the
Bogachiel, Dickey, Sol Duc and Calawah rivers.
A letter explaining the decision and a pledge form will be available at the Forks Thriftway/Forks
Outfitters by this weekend and those who fish out west also can send a message to the association’s
Facebook page at www.facebook.com/opgaforks.
Current rules allow for recreational anglers to keep two adult chinook in season, and allow for a daily
limit of six total salmon on the majority of these rivers.
Bob Kratzer, a member of the guide association and president of the coalition, says that members of
the two groups feel this limit puts fish stocks in an unsustainable position and ultimately could cause
widespread damage to chinook populations.
“Basically, I’ve been guiding out on these rivers for 30 years,” Kratzer said.
“We’ve seen a drastic decline in the fall king numbers. It’s just been going downhill for years.
“In about the past five years especially, we’ve been telling the state [Department of Fish and Wildlife]
we are worried about them and that something needs to be done.”
It boils down, Kratzer said, that anglers don’t need to be taking this many chinook from population
stocks that the experienced fishers know to be troubled.
“It’s a statement to the state that we are worried,” Kratzer said.
“We are seeing things that we think should require us to make proactive steps as a conservation
measure to protect future fishing.
“If they [state fisheries managers] aren’t going to do anything about it, we have to.”
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Guides who have already signed on include Bob Ball of Piscatorial Pursuits, Ryan Celusta of Ryan’s
Guide Service, Randy Lato of All-Way Fishing, Bill Meyer of Rivers West Guide Service, Jim Kerr of
Rain Coast Guides, Mike Zavadlov of Mike Z’s Guide Service, Greg Springer of Springers
Sportfishing and Ryan Bullock, who didn’t list a guide service.
The list is still open and guides, businesses and individuals will all have a chance to sign on.
Kratzer said Fish and Wildlife will be notified of the effort as well.
He feels customers will understand the self-imposed limitation, as many guides have already adopted
a similar strategy and continually provide education on their concerns to customers.
“The majority of my clients really understand after I speak to them about the issues facing these
rivers and these chinook,” Kratzer said.
“I’ve heard this from them a lot: ‘I’d rather know that I can bring my grandchildren here in 20 to 25
years and have this same outstanding experience than take my second king and go home with it
now.’
“When I talk to our customers, when I talk to other guides, there are just not that many people who
want to keep two kings a day.”
He said there has been buy-in from the Quileute tribe as well, with Kratzer saying the tribe has
reduced the size of the mesh used during tribal harvesting and focused more on taking hatchery
coho.
“They’ve gone to a mesh size that keeps more big kings in the river and they are targeting more
hatchery coho, since the state salmon hatchery raises 400,000 of them a year on the Sol Duc,”
Kratzer said.
Kratzer, who also runs a guiding service in Alaska, feels the state fisheries managers should take
lessons from king regulations in place on many rivers up in the Last Frontier.
“Many of those prime king rivers [like the Copper or Kenai] are one king per day, four per season
limits,” he said.
When I spoke with him, Kratzer was out on a river trip with two customers from Oregon.
Those customers had seen a rebound in chinook stocks in the Tillamook Bay drainage after a similar
five-king-a-year limit was imposed.
Another factor in this pledge is economic.
“There are many guides who see our resource as an experience, a destination experience that
people who take a trip will remember forever,” Kratzer said.
“We haven’t seen another person on the river today. We are just floating along trying to catch fish
and that’s what we can provide and we can promote.”
The complicated issue results in some pretty simple bottom line for Kratzer and the other guides.
“If we can reduce the numbers we kill, save these kings and still have a vital fishery, then the
longevity of our town [Forks] will continue,” Kratzer said.
“I understand there are more people fishing and more licenses purchased, but that doesn’t make it
OK to keep fishing them to extinction.”
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Gov. Brown signs bill banning commercial production of genetically modified
salmon
September 29, 2014
Gov. Jerry Brown (California) signed a North Coast lawmaker’s bill banning the commercial
production of genetically altered salmon.
AB 504, authored by Assemblyman Wes Chesbro, D-Arcata, extends the prohibition of spawning or
cultivating so-called “transgenic salmonids” in the Pacific Ocean to all waters of the state. The
hatchery production and stocking of such fish also is prohibited.
The legislation protects the state’s native
steelhead trout and salmon populations,
Chesbro said. He noted that federal food and
drug regulators are reviewing an application by
a company, AquaBounty Technologies, that
seeks to raise genetically altered salmon in the
United States.
“If these ‘frankenfish’ were to escape into our
waters, they could destroy our native salmonid
populations through interbreeding, competition
for food and the introduction of parasites and
disease,” Chesbro stated in a news release. “
The only way to ensure this never happens is to ban commercial hatchery production, cultivation or
stocking of transgenic salmonids in California.”
The legislation prohibits research or experimentation for the
commercial production of genetically-altered salmonids.
The bill was sponsored by the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations.
Editorial Comment:
Our understanding is the USDA is working on
the Aquabounty Technologies application that
would permit genetic engineering of Atlantic
salmon in Canada that would be raised in
Panama for consumption in the USA and
elsewhere.
Once approved, there would be little that could
be done by USDA to control where these
genetically engineered fish could be raised.
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Miramichi River salmon numbers hit record low in 2014
Groups call for Prime Minister to strike task force to devise plan to save wild Atlantic
salmon
September 17, 2014
Listen and Learn HERE
The world-famous Miramichi River is experiencing a salmon decline that "is among the worst in
recorded history."
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New numbers released by the Miramichi Salmon Association and the Atlantic Salmon Federation put
the number of salmon returning to the river this year at about 12,000, despite near perfect angling
conditions.
That number is about half of the 23,000 that returned to the river to spawn from 2011 through 2013.
"These are frightening numbers," said David Wilson, chairman of the Miramichi Salmon Association.
In the first decade of this century, about 53,000 salmon returned to the river annually. The average
number of salmon returns in the 1990s was about 82,000.
It is estimated that 20 to 25 per cent of all Atlantic salmon returning to North American rivers to
spawn each year return to the Miramichi.
Mark Hambrook, the president of the MSA, calls it "a crisis."
"This year has been a dismal year for salmon returns to the Miramichi and basically throughout all of
Atlantic Canada," said Hambrook. "And it seems that the further south the river, the worse the runs
are.
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"The Miramichi is not going to meet its spawning requirements this year, so we're in a bit of a crisis,"
he said. "Pools that will normally have 300, 400 fish in it, now have 50 or 60."
The salmon groups say many wild salmon runs throughout Quebec and Atlantic Canada are
experiencing the same "serious situation."
'These are frightening numbers.'- David Wilson, chairman of Miramichi Salmon Association
At the annual MSA dinner in Fredericton on Tuesday, the salmon groups made a public plea for
Prime Minister Stephen Harper to appoint a multi-disciplinary task force to create a wild Atlantic
salmon action plan.
Atlantic Salmon Federation president Bill Taylor stressed there are immediate actions that should be
taken.
"Some people will argue that the matter need further study or that there are issues at play that are
beyond our control such as poor sea survival and climate change," said Taylor. "While that may be
true, there is ample evidence and data currently available upon which a strong and effective action
plan can be based."
Taylor said the downturn in salmon numbers threatens the $40-million value of the recreational
salmon fishery to the New Brunswick economy.
Fishing camp owner Debbie Norton is among those who wants action from government.
"We want a comprehensive management plan and stop being the little Dutch boy trying to plug the
hole in the dike with one finger at a time."
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British Columbia stonewalls on mine disaster: America take note
October 1, 2014
The collapse of a tailings dam on Aug. 4, at a
big British Columbia mine, not only
contaminated key salmon habitat but breached
the credibility of B.C.’s government.
The province’s lack of transparency, and
lackadaisical attitude toward warning signs at
the Mount Polley Mine, should be a wakeup call
on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border.
Editorial Comment:
The USA Is lagging terribly regarding
international protection, restoration and
conservation of wild Pacific salmon:
Ocean- based salmon feedlots
Fossil fuel extraction and transportation
Hydropower dams
Irresponsible logging
Irresponsible flood plain development
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Why is this of concern to Washington or Alaska? What does a huge release of water and metal-laden
tailings into Quesnel Lake have to do with the United States?
Plenty! Just look closely at a map of Southeast Alaska.
Big mines are being planned or on the verge of opening in the Stikine-Iskut, Unuk and Taku River
systems, vitally important Alaska salmon streams all of which have their headwaters in British
Columbia.
Debris from the Mount Polley Tailings Pond has traveled down the Hazeltine Creek and stopped
where the creek meets Quesnel Lake.
The disaster at the Mount Polley mine “validates fears Alaska fishermen have regarding Canada’s
development of large-scale bedrock mines” on trans-boundary rivers, Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska,
wrote in a letter to the U.S. State Department.
“We have to show these people that salmon have no boundaries,” Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.,
said last month when she and Begich toured an ocean acidification research facility in Seattle.
Stonewalling by the B.C. government underscores the need for the U.S. State Department to
intervene and require an honest evaluation of hazards and the adequacy of safety features.
A Vancouver Sun reporter, Gordon Hoekstra, unearthed a 2010 inspection report at the Williams
Lake library. It revealed that a 30 by 45 foot tension crack was discovered at the Mount Polley Mine
tailings dam four years before its collapse — in the same earthen embankment that ruptured on Aug.
4.
As well, 40 percent of the 92 instruments used to measure the buildup of water pressure at the dam
were broken. A safety report outlined this problem four years before that.
In a devastating Monday column, Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer went over what the provincial
government and Imperial Metals WON’T tell the news media about one of the province’s greatest
disasters. A few details:
The provincial government has refused to discuss action it took after the tailings dam crack
was discovered. “Was there a full-blown assessment of the tailings dam, as recommended by
the inspector?” asked Palmer. Were measuring instruments replaced?
The B.C. government refused to release inspection reports on the tailings dam for 2011, 2012
and 2013. B.C. Environment Minister Mark Polak has said providing information could
“compromise” the ongoing investigation of the disaster.
Imperial Metals has refused to discuss what it did about findings in the 2010 report, saying it
would be “foolhardy” to comment now while the 2014 disaster is under investigation.
The B.C. government has given no indication of heightened scrutiny of the Red Chris Mine, an
Imperial Metals project due to open this year in upper reaches of the Stikine-Iskut river
system. Nine pristine lakes, at the headwaters of the Iskut, lie below the mine site.
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“Civic and corporate responsibility aside, self-interest alone would suggest that Imperial ought to
build a great mine,” Wade Davis, a University of British Columbia anthropology professor, summer
resident of the area and National Geographic writer, wrote recently on TheTyee.ca website.
The bottom line, however, is blunt: The British Columbia government cannot be trusted. The United
States needs to intervene to protect the interest of Southeast Alaska’s salmon fishery, in which boats
from Puget Sound are a major participant.
Both Begich and Sen. Lisa Murkowski have urged Secretary of State John Kerry to put this on his
radar screen. “I urge you to accelerate your work with your Canadian counterparts that new mining
activities are subject to proper review and continued oversight,” Murkowski said in a letter to Kerry.
The International Joint Commission, charged with resolving U.S.-Canada border issues, is the
obvious agency to intervene.
Tahltan Indians, who live in the Stikine-Iskut, on Monday resumed a road blockade at the Red Chris
Mine. They have spent years seeking to control and limit mining’s imprint on an area of spectacular
beauty that is rich in wildlife and fisheries. The site of Imperial’s mine — Todagin Mountain — is
home to the world’s largest concentration of Stone sheep.
“To date, Imperial has been largely deaf to public concerns,” wrote Davis.
The Stone sheep, and the salmon runs, won’t be protected by a stonewalling British Columbia
government. OK, John Kerry has a lot to do. But several of Alaska’s great trans-boundary rivers
deserve to be on his plate.
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