Kamloops Kamloops Fish Study Seeks Public Help 1976
Idaho Department of Fish and Game launches a historical program to collect life history data from Kamloops rainbow trout in Lake Pend Oreille. Fishermen across towns provided stomach samples to study feeding times, mysis shrimp use, and fish ages, with many individuals named for their cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho, Department of, Fisa~ and
Game
Kamloops
Lake Pend- Oreille
Lake Pend Oreille
Five groups sue to halt Louisiana 28 mile highway
Five conservation groups file in Washington DC asserting the Lafitte Larose highway would damage a prime nursery ground by slicing swamps and marshes in Jefferson and Lafourche Parishes. The suit names officials from the Federal Highway Administration and Coast Guard and cites violations of the National Environmental Policy Act. NWF executive vice president Thomas L. Kimball calls the project badly designed and vows modifications without trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
U.S. District Court
Washington, DC
National Wildlife Federation
Louisiana’ Wildlife Federation
Federal Highway Administration
U.S. Coast Guard
Lafitte- Larose
Jefferson
Lafourche Parishes
William
T. Coleman
U.S. Department of Transportation
Thomas L. Kimbal
NWF
Closure Soon Hunters Face Duck and Goose Seasons
Hunters are advised that the seasons for ducks coots and mergansers will close at sunset January 9 1977 in Bonner Boundary and Kootenai counties and several other Idaho counties Goose hunting in Bonner Boundary and Kootenai ended January 2 in the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonner
Boundary
Kootenai
Idaho
Trout Creek Transfers Tell of Forest Service Moves
Recent personnel shifts at the Cabinet Ranger District in Kootenai National Forest Trout Creek show Jerry Hamilton leaving as Supervisory Forester for the Helena National Forest. Frank Carson transfers to Willamette National Forest in Oregon as Assistant Silviculturist, with his wife Nancy also departing. Art Howell moves to Helena Supervisors Office as Planning Team Leader after five years at Trout Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trout Creek
Cabinet Ranger District
Kootenai National Forest
Jerry Hamilton
Helena
Helena National Forest
Hamilton
Art Howell
Safe Preparation Forester
Helena Supervisors
Howell
University of Montana
Alaska
Forest Service
Montreal
Kootenai Forest
Libby
Twito
Bonner County Sportsmen Plan Antler Display Meeting
The Bonner Counts Sport smen's Association schedules its annual antler display at 30pm on January 6 at the Sandpoint Community Hall. Prizes honor top mule and whitetail antlers and elk rack, with awards for best female display and best archer trophy. The entry is open to Bonner County hunters regardless of club membership. The meeting also features the annual officer election with a nominating committee already named. The prior meeting heard Army Corps of Engineers representatives discuss Lake Pend Oreille operations and proposed Clark Fork River Delta ramp plans, amid potential goose nesting concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonner Counts Sportsmen's Association
Sandpoint
Ken Coffman
John Coil
Army Corps of Engineers
Alben Falls Dam
Lake
Pend Oreille
Corps
Clark Fork River
Denton Stough
Les Gissel
Lloyd
Clark Fork and
Hope Area
Clark Fork Delta
Bob Moore
Sam Roos
Idaho Announces 1977 Trout Limits and Steelhead Rules
Idaho's 1977 fishing rules set a six trout daily limit with no more than two over 16 inches and require new licenses. The regulation pamphlet also outlines steelhead seasons and closures on the Clearwater and Snake Rivers, with staggered openings and a three steelhead season limit. Regulations are available at department offices and license vendors statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roeye Williams
IFG
Idaho
Department of Fish and Game
Department
Clearwater
Snake River
Granite
Snake
Granite Reservoir
Washington-Oregon
Hells Canyon Dam
Architects Use New Visual Impact Tool In Libby Forest
In Libby on the Kootenai Forest, Roger Twite and Wayne Tlusty developed machine drawn perspectives to assess visual impacts. The system uses a digitizer, programmable calculator, and plotter, aiming to standardize visual management across forests in California, Washington, and Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trout Creek
National Forest
Roger Twite
Wayne Tlusty
Kootenai Forest
Libby
Trusty
California
Washington
Oregon
Twite
Portland Oregon
The
Forest Service
Snowshoeing in the High Country on New Year’s Day
Bonner County Outdoors reports on two Clark Fork High School students Danny McChaskie and Brett Rolfson hiking into the high country near Lake Pend Oreille. They describe snow conditions, the terrain, and wildlife including snowshoe rabbits and blue grouse, plus observations of avalanches on beargrass slopes and the alpine environment from trail 120 to Lunch Peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Finkelnburg
Danny ° McChaskie
Brett Rolfson
Clark
Fork High School
McChesnie
Carter
Hope
Lake
Perid Oreille
Forest Service
Clark Fork
Trestle Creek Divide
Lunch Peak
Pend Oreille Peak
Pend‘ Oreille
Sandpoint
Cabinet Mountains
Pend Oreille
Clark Fork High School
Danny McChasnie
Lake Pend Oreille
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Pete Weatherford
Gil
Norton
Pete Thompson
Roy Harris
Garfield Bay
Doug
Jan Russell
Rathdrum
Bob
Jo Ann Walli
Osburn
Joe
Irede Benninger
Osbruim
Jay Carty
Fred Page
Vic
Sandy Colvard
Bottle Bay
Mike
June Turner
Kellogg
Jerry Smith
Spokane
Dave Smith
Live More Lake
Don Pike
Les Anderson
Walt Ruberg
Orville Olsen
Bob McDonald
Harley
Lanna Hansen
Sagle
Don Mitchell
Hopel
George Hicks
Sourdough Point
Tom Anderson
Dick Hollars
Frank Garske
Bill
Lorraine Bowman
Vern Ellis
BCSA
Bonner County
Lloyd Pritchett
Mackay Bar Bridge
Middle Fork
Pahsimerot
Redfish Lake Creek
Tlusty
Canada
Ketchican
Kootenar Forest
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