Idaho group seeks limits on off road use to protect big game
A Boise led work group urged stricter vehicle restrictions on roads to safeguard critical deer and elk ranges. They call for logging roads built to low impact standards with closures enforced after logging. They support land use plans to protect habitat, oppose public land conversions, and favor careful managed prescribed burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saundra
de Klotz
Boise
Jim’ Graban
Boisé
Graban
Idaho
Salmon River Breaks
DDT Spraying Studied for Its Impact on Raptors in the West
The U.S. Forest Service sprayed 400000 acres in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho to control tussock moths. FWS and state agencies studied effects on raptors and other birds, sampling before and after spraying through 1976. Kestrels and accipiters showed higher DDT residues. eggs thinned. productivity indicators suggested declines. Further studies and coordinated wildlife management actions were urged.
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Forest Service
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
U.S. Fish > and Wildlife Service
R.spra Forest
Grouse
Wildlife Service
July 1 Deadline for Controlled Hunt Applications
Bureau of Fish and Game reminds applicants to mail by July 1. Five restrictions govern eligibility including no multiple submissions for the same species and cross-year ineligibilities based on prior draws. Officials note a boundary correction for Hunt 437-1 in Unit 37 Pahsimeroi River drainage and report 175 permits available with urging to contact local offices for applications.
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Department of Fish and Game
Doublengs Pasa-Goldberg Road
Department
Ie Department
Telope
Conservation
Office
Hope Sportsmen Hear Kamloops Data at June Meeting
Fish biologist Bill Goodnight of the Idaho Fish and Game Department will address Hope area Sportsmen's Club at the June 13 meeting in Hope School at 7 30 p.m. He will update on cutthroat trout Kamloops spawning and fish population trends and propagation problems. President Cecil McCracken invites all interested to attend with July plans to learn about fish research from Bert Bowler of Idaho Fish and Game Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Goodnight
Idaho Fish and Game Department
Hope Area Sportsmen's Club
Hope School
Goodnight
Kamloops
Chuck Peterson
Cecil McCracken
McCracken
Bert Bowler
Rapala and Rebel Lures Gain Ground On Lake Pend Oreille
Anglers report Rapala and Rebel lures catching more rainbow trout on Lake Pend Oreille, with speed and water coverage influencing strikes. The piece notes practice trolling faster than trout anglers expect and discusses leader length and rigging tips, plus a look at squawfish meat and a reader call for ideas.
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Dave Finkelnburg
Kamloops
Pend Oreille
Lake
Fishing Without License Drives Majority Of Arrests In 1975 76
For fiscal 1975 76 fishing without a license accounted for 81 percent of non license arrests. Phil Swanstrum reports 679 no license arrests in 1975 rising to 7976 in 1976 with 74 130 licenses checked in 1975 and 80 120 in 1976. Arrests per licenses checked rose from 1 per 35 to 1 per 98 by 1976.
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Department of Fish and Games Enforcement Bureau
Phil Swanstrum
Swanstrum
Swanstrom
Salmon Run Boosted by Low Water in 1977 Columbia Catch
The 1977 spring chinook run above Bonneville Dam could reach 140 000 fish, roughly double prior two years. Record low runoff and clear water speed passage, improving adult passage at dams. Idaho opens its first salmon season in three years, running through July 5.
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Columbia
Bonneville Dam
Columbia Basin Salmon and Steelhead
Dtes
Idaho
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Royce Williams
Idaho Department ‘of Fish
State Board of Education
Controlled
Hunt
ISIS
Antelope
UNIT
BURG
Hope
Bonner County
Rapala
Sand
Tll
Damé
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