Courtesy of Maven's Notebook -- Oroville lake elevation hit 850-feet yesterday but work continues on erosion and removing the debris pile at Oroville Dam, according to a briefing yesterday by Bill Croyle, Acting Director of the California Department of Water Resources. This news was received early yesterday by Maven’s Notebook but could not be posted until today. “We took a little time off from...
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For his last hurrah before departing office, outgoing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Director Daniel Ashe released USFWS Directors Order 219, expanding the use of nontoxic ammunition and fishing tackle. Dallas Safari Club (DSC) objects to the Order, and condemns the decision as it targets our hunting and fishing heritage. "This action flies squarely in the face of long and...
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Mid-Klamath: Iron Gate Dam is releasing 4,290cfs at this time so I would say fishing the Klamath is unfishable at this time. With the flows down river in the thousands cfs it will be a while before one will be able to wet a line. I just hope this will flush out the parasites that are causing the loss of our...
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This is just a short report to let you know what is happening to the rivers, as I will be out of town for the weekend. CDFW 2016 post season preliminary counts of Fall Chinook salmon returns to the Klamath River Basin for 2016 are the lowest returns of record since 1978. This could possibly be the record low for 2017...
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