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Salmon May Navigate Using Magnetic Fields
Salmon have one of the most arduous life strategies in the animal kingdom. Hatched in freshwater streams, young...
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Muddy Waters: Will Oregon Ban Suction Dredge Gold Mining?
Wild, vast, and rugged, the West has always attracted individuals looking to turn its rich natural resources into...
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Culture Fail: Oregon’s Highway 20: The Canary in the Coal Mine?
There’ve been so many problems with the Highway 20 “improvement” project between Philomath and Eddyville over the last...
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After Measure 81 Defeat, Oregon Bans Gillnetting Anyway: Pitting Commercial Fishermen Against Recreational
This past November, Oregonians voted on Measure 81, which would have banned the use of gillnets to harvest...
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Northwest Salmon Hatcheries: An Expensive Non-Solution
In the Pacific Northwest, a major issue natural resource managers face is how to best deal with our steadily declining fish populations. Read More
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SPECIAL REPORT: Year 2100 – Willamette Climate Change
Hubris and unintended consequences may have gotten us into this climactic mess, but there’s still the slim chance that human ingenuity and hardiness will see us through. Read More
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Science Pub Returns September 10th with “Apps for Salmon”
Science Pub returns on September 10th with a discussion of the science of salmon with Dr. David Noakes. Read More
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Death Sentence for Oregon Sea Lions
They're a welcome attraction at Sea Lions Caves, San Francisco's Pier 39, and other sites on the West Coast, but 40 miles east of Portland, wildlife officials are killing California sea lions by lethal injection. The crime? Eating endangered Chinook salmon and steelhead trout at the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Read More
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