Weatherford Lands 26 lb 12 oz Kamloop From Lake Pend Oreille
Weatherford fishing from the Uk-Luk with Dr William Morton near Johnson Point hauled in a 26 pound 12 ounce kamloop last Thursday. He used a MacSquid plug at 27 feet while trolling with a deep-troller amid strong activity between Deadman Point and Johnson Point as Dolly Varden and smaller kamloops are also reported nearby. Trolling for dolly varden and kamloops runs through November 30.
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Johnson Point
Pete Weatherford
Weatherford
William Morton
Deadman Point
Billie Morrow
Kamloops
Garfield Bay
Morrow
Pend Oreille
Clark Fork
Fish and Game Says Corps Schedule Improves Dam Salmon Protection
The Department of Fish and Game notes the Corps of Engineers plans to install flip lips and turbine screens at Columbia and lower Snake dams by mid 1983 to aid salmon and steelhead, with costs around 45 to 50 million dollars. Existing bulkheads will be reused to cut costs. Some screens and implant dates may shift if funds allow.
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Department of Fish and Game
Corps of Engineers
Columbia
Snake Rivers
Northwest Fisheries
Corps
Mce- Nary
Ice Harbor
John Day
Dalles
Granite
Little Goose
Bonneville Dam
Bonneville
Department
Fish and Wildlife Agencies
McNary
Snake River
Lower Granite
Snake
IFG
SARS Ski Swap Nets Big Profit for Junior Racing Program
The third annual SARS ski swap sold over four thousand dollars in merchandise with about fifteen percent donated to the junior racing program. Co chairs Nancy McCanlies and Mary Bonar thank contributors Daily Bee ESPT Pend Orielle Sports Shop North Country and the Alpine Shop. Plans are already under way for a larger event next year.
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Nancy McCanlies
Mary Bonar
Daily Bee
ESPT
Pend Orielle Sports
North Country
Late End To Clark Fork Trolling May Be Mistake
Idaho Fish and Game biologist Bill Goodnight warns the 10 day extension on the Kamloops season may have inflated the fall catch in the Clark Fork River and Lake Pend Oreille. He urges a full reevaluation of Kamloops regulations and enhanced research on this unique Gerrard stock.
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Dave Finkelnburg
Kamloop
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Department
Clark Fork
Lake Pend Oreille
Sai
Bill Goodnight
IFG
Goodnight
Lardeau River
Canada
Pend Oreille
Kamloops
Lardeau
Kootenai Lake
Lake
British Columbia
Gerrard
Dick Irizarry
General Lake
New Cars May Be Fire Hazards
Catalytic converters on 1975 and 1976 cars are identified as serious fire hazards outdoors. Temperatures reach 1200 to 2000 degrees, especially when engines run over dead grass. A pickup fire occurred at ITT Bayonier tree plantation in Georgia, with other cases cited by Southern Forest Institute and Georgia Pacific research. Public relations manager Rich Good notes converters can ignite woods fires.
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North
Idaho
Georgia
Southern Forest Institute
Georgia-Pacific Corp
Rich Good
Steel shot topic for meeting at Bonner County Sportsmens
Bonner County Sportsmens Association will discuss steel shot and the Kootenai Wildlife Refuge at the Thursday night meeting in the Community Hall. Del Pierce, manager of the refuge near Bonners Ferry, will outline the steel shot rule under a federal program and discuss refuge operations and questions.
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Kootenai Wildlife Refuge
Bonner County Sportsmens Association
del Pierce
Bonners Ferry
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Pierce
Badgers Face Decline Amid Bonner County Development
Bonner County outdoors writer notes real badgers, like their Wind in the Willows counterparts, are predators suffering as urbanization grows along Sand Creek and Boyer Avenue. Habitat loss forces relocation and increases human-wildlife conflicts, endangering prairie badger populations across the region.
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Dave Finkelnburg
Toad Hall
Toad
Mole
Sand Creek
Bonner County
Sandpoint
Boyer Avenue
North
Boxer
Great Plains
Canada
Mexico
Great Lakes
Cascades
Rocky Mountains
North Boyer
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