Future Grim For Green Peter Kokanee Fishery
The large fishkill seen last fall below Green Peter Reservoir was the likely death knell for the Willamette Valley impoundment’s popular kokanee fishery as court-ordered drawdowns for ESA-listed native stocks continue this year.
An Open Letter To The WA Fish & Wildlife Commission On Management Decisions, Science
Summarizing her testimony to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission since her farewell address in March 2023, former member Kim Thorburn argues the body endlessly splits hairs over process, delays necessary actions, interferes with WDFW biologists’ and managers’ work and arrives at decisions that “create unnecessary conflict and anger,” to the detriment of conservation.