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Lower Klamath NWR, Siskiyou County
The spots on a butterfly wing are not random but help identify this as a California tortoiseshell.


 


Spring Water Releases Are Still in Effect
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, MAY 3, 2020

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

Spring water releases are still in effect and much of the Trinity is unfishable at this time. The valley had a little rain this pas t week but not enough to really help the river or the garden. The coronavirus pandemic is still raising heck with the fishing on the Trinity and Klamath Rivers. The government keeps telling us it is...
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Eagle Lake Update
by Valerie Aubrey, MAY 3, 2020
Eagle Lake

Exert from Don Willis Lassen County Surveyor. May 1, 2020 “The current elevation is at 5095.81 ft. as measured at the deep-water ramp at Gallatin. This puts the level down 1.34 ft. from where it was at one year ago at this time. “ We will do fine all season at the low water ramp but spalding ramp might not...
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Rockfish, Pacific Halibut Set to Open Friday
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, APRIL 30, 2020



On Tuesday, the CDFW announced that the May 1 Pacific halibut, rockfish, and salmon openers would open as planned. The timing couldn’t be better as the entire North Coast could use a nice little distraction about now. As our community starts to get more and more divisive on which businesses can and can’t open and what we as individuals should and shouldn’t...
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Reality of The Hat Creek Trout Opener
by Gary Heffley, APRIL 28, 2020
Hat Creek

The trout season did open in the north state this last Saturday but unless you live in the immediate area most agencies prefer you stay away.  Access to popular spots are limited at best.   All U.S. Forest Service visitor centers, day use areas and campgrounds remain behind closed gates. (It also means these areas have been closed to the stocking...
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Water releases Are Up
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, APRIL 26, 2020

Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

Both the Klamath and the Trinity are releasing water into the rivers making it almost impossible to fish and on top of that the coronavirus has us on “shelter in place”. This is a predicament I wouldn’t wish on anybody that fishes. How does one get to the rivers or the ocean when the government closes all of the accesses...
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Many environments are becoming increasingly fragmented by human development, but addressing this issue is more complicated than simply reconnecting all the habitat pieces. Ecological connectivity, or the degree to which living things and ecological processes can move through an ecosystem, may be thought of as a “Goldilocks” issue: too much or too little can both have negative consequences. The struggle...
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