Saturday, July 03, 2010

Sockeye Salmon Returning Past Bonneville In Record Numbers After A Decade!


by Keely Chalmers, KGW Staff
kgw.com
Posted on July 3, 2010 at 8:51 AM

PORTLAND, Ore. -- After more than a decade of dismal numbers, sockeye salmon are returning to the Columbia River in record numbers.
According to the U.S Army Corps of Engineers the number of sockeye passing the Bonneville Dam this year has already quadrupled the yearly average.
So far this year more than 300,000 sockeye have passed the dam. That's a pretty remarkable number considering back in the 90's only a handful made it up the river.
Now tens of thousands are passing through the dam on a daily basis.
"There was a remarkable day last week when more than 30 thousand sockeye came past Bonneville Dam and that’s never happened before," said Michael Milstein with the Bonneville Power Administration.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says the recovery is due to better ocean conditions, improved salmon habitat, and improvements made at the Columbia River dams.
The recreational sockeye salmon season on the Columbia opened June 26th and runs through July 31st.

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Friday, July 02, 2010

Clatsop County Oregon LNG/Pipeline Hearings: Another 50% Of Unsatisfied Issues Maintain Planning Staff's Denial Of Project

June 24, 2010

Staff Report Addendum
Oregon Pipeline LLC Consolidated Application
Staff Resopnse To Oregon LNG/Pipeline's June 9, 2010 Memorandum And Supplemental Materials

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Clatsop County Oregon LNG/Pipeline Hearings Close: Record Still Open For Public Input



Monday, June 28, 2010

From: Clatsop County Oregon

PIPELINE HEARING CLOSED; WRITTEN COMMENTS STILL ACCEPTED
The public hearing on the land-use application from Oregon Pipeline LLC concluded Friday, June 25, but written testimony will be accepted through the end of this week.
Hearings Officer Peter Livingston took testimony Friday in the second and final session of a public hearing that opened June 10.

GRP: See the "RED" on the map above? It means...."The Worst Possible Place For Major Transmission And Supply Pipelines!"

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