What Should We Make Of The New Striped Bass Study?
A scientific paper that provides new insights into striped bass migration could have significant implications for striped bass management. The paper, “Differential Migration in Chesapeake …
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EPA Report Suggests Rivers Aren’t for Salmon
No, this is not fake news. It’s hard to cool river water heated to temperatures that kill salmon. So the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggested …
Pebble Mine Alters Road Plan, Riling Environmentalists
The plan for the Pebble Mine has changed to include a two-lane, 82-mile access road along the northern shore of Lake Iliamna, alarming environmental opponents …
How Much Longer Do We Have the Rivers of the Olympic Peninsula?
Rich Simms and Greg Fitz from the Wild Steelhead Coalition authored this piece on additional angling pressure on the Olympic Peninsula due to fishing closures. …
Is Anyone Listening?
Pebble Mine opponent Lindsey Bloom thought she had the goods. When she saw this video showing an executive from Pebble’s parent company make a pitch …
EPA Releases Blinding Glimpse Of The Obvious
An Environmental Protection Agency report provides details about how the federal government dams in the Snake and Columbia river system raise summer water temperatures, hurting …
Undamming the Hudson River
Undamming the Hudson River is a short documentary film by National Geographic filmmaker Jon Bowermaster showcasing Riverkeeper’s efforts to restore natural habitat by eliminating obsolete …
‘Vampire fish’ gorged on Great Lakes trout
A sea lamprey has no jaw, no proper teeth, and no bones. Yet this predator can attach like a suction cup to a fish 100 …
States to Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Restoration Failures
A group of states and environmentalists said Monday they will sue the Environmental Protection Agency based on claims that a long-running plan to tackle pollution …
Fortress Charleston
One consistent thread throughout our Conservation From The Couch sessions has been the impact of global climate change on our coastal communities and their associated …