Ringold Fishing Report (12-4-20)
The fishery has been very slow to date. Only 17 hatchery steelhead were harvested in October. Effort continued to be slow in November; only 452 angler trips (307 bank, 145 boat)
Largescale Methow Habitat Project Can Proceed After Judge Tosses Lawsuit
A federal judge there tossed out a lawsuit from Montana’s Alliance for the Wild Rockies which had challenged a 50,000-acre Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest thinning and controlled burning, culvert replacement and riparian treatment project in Northcentral Washington’s Methow Valley.
‘Smoking Gun’ Found In Why Urban Coho Die: Tire Preservative + Ozone + Fall Rains
Every fall more than half of the coho salmon that return to Puget Sound’s urban streams die before they can spawn. In some streams, all of them die. But scientists didn’t know why.
Pre-, Post-Christmas Razor Clam Digs On WA Coast Cancelled
Washington’s ocean beaches will remain closed to razor clam harvest through December 31 after test results on ocean beaches indicate levels of domoic acid that exceed the threshold set by state public health officials for safe consumption.