Idaho Seeks Share in Columbia River Fishing Compact
May find humor in political intrigue yet Idaho loss stings as Oregon House committee kills a bill to grant Idaho a vote in Columbia River fish management. Idaho vows to take the case to the US Supreme Court while lamenting slow Pacific Northwest compact progress.
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Royce Williams
Oregon ‘Legislatures
House, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Idaho
Northwest
Oregon
Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission
Columbia River
Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council
Columbia
Oregon Committee
Bob Straub
Fish and Wildlife
Senate
Supreme Court
Washington
Over Half Of Elk Tags Sold In Panhandle Region
The Panhandle elk tag quota is near its limit with many small vendors completely sold out and larger vendors over 50 percent. The state aims to match 1975 elk hunting pressure with a 12 000 tag baseline and 1 200 nonresident tags, of which over half remain sold.
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Panhandle
Department of Fish and Game
Grazing Rules Proposed by BLM Would Reshape Public Lands Use
Interior Secretary Cecill Andrus announced new grazing regulations for lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. State Director William L Mathews said the changes, first major update in nearly 40 years, would align grazing with land use planning, enable broader resource consideration, and streamline authorizations. Public meetings were planned across Idaho cities with comments due by September 6, 1977.
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Cecill Andrus
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
William L Mathews
Mathews
Idaho
Boise
McCall
Twin Falls
Burley
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Salmon
Challis
Sun Valley
Grangeville
Federal Register
Washington, DC
Idaho Files Fish Suit In Steelhead Dispute
Idaho charges Oregon and Washington in a long running steelhead allocation case. Wayne Kidwell reports a meeting with U.S. Circuit Judge Jean S. Breitenstein who ordered a findings step and set August 22 for negotiability statements. Kidwell says negotiations seem unlikely without a Supreme Court ruling, noting Idaho seeks equitable steelhead shares for over fifty years.
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Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Wayne Kidwell
Kidwell
Circuit Court
Jean S. Breitenstein
Breitenstein
Supreme Court
High Court
Bonner County Holds Pumpkinseed Record
Idaho adds a pumpkinseed sunfish to state records. The 14 ounce fish weighed at Chase Lake in Bonner County and measured 9.34 inches with a 10 inch girth. Caught on a Wedding Ring spinner by Bob Russell of Coeur d Alene. Weigh a recorded fish with witness and weigher receipt for official records and visit the Boise headquarters for the list.
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Idaho
Department of Fish and Game
Chase Lake
Bonner County
Bob Russell
South Walnut
Boise
Midsummer wildflowers grace Bonner County outdoors
Dave Finkelnburg notes summer flowers replace spring blooms with sturdy showiness. He highlights orange tiger lily pink hollyhock and especially monkeyflowers Mimulus variety, red and yellow, thriving in damp seeps and streams. They bloom June to early September in Rocky Mountain alpine areas.
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Dave Finkelnburg
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Utah
California
Expert urges new agency to manage Northwest river flows
Idaho fisheries expert Terry Holubetz at the University of Idaho called for creating a coordinating authority to balance Columbia and Snake River flow needs for fish and recreation. He warned current agencies pursue conflicting priorities and noted low runoff worsens anadromous fish migration and turbine mortality without a unified management plan.
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Idaho
Northwest
Columbia and
Snake River
American Society of Civil Engineers
University of Idaho
Terry Holubetz
Boise
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Holubetz
Columbia
Snake Rivers
Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Idaho Power Co
Asotin
High Mountain
Columbia River
Ben Franklin
Snake
Pacific Ocean
Holubets
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Emain
A.F. Vanek
Blanche Claxton
Noxon
Forest Service
U S. Department of Agriculture
Salt Lake City
Columbia Basin
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