The Oregon Department of Forestry is holding a series of public hearings and open houses to collect comment on a proposal that would increase stream buffers by 10 feet and approximately double standards for trees left after harvest to protect salmon, steelhead and
bull trout in Western Oregon.
The site, located two miles northeast of Columbia Falls, covers approximately 960 acres north of the Flathead River, a fishery that includes the federally designated threatened
bull trout and the federally sensitive westslope cutthroat trout.
Indeed, the plight of iconic species such as
bull trout, salmon, and grizzly bears easily captivates folks in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
legislature with 90 kilograms of
bull trout packed in coolers.
Trophy rainbows, browns, and
bull trout also abound.
Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) were captured in 24 of 43 streams sampled from three watersheds: the Kotaneelee River, the South Nahanni River, and the Central Mackenzie Mountains.
Endangered
bull trout and some of the last remaining genetically-pure populations of westslope cutthroat trout thrive here.
Another fish an estuary '
Bull Trout' of 2lb was caught at Ryton.
With the 1999 listing of the
bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) as a threatened species and a 40 percent reduction in staff levels over the past decade, consultations for the Coastal-Puget Sound
bull trout population overwhelmed the field office and created unprecedented backlogs.
Other papers address the Columbia River fishes of the Lewis and Clark expedition, a look at the bonytail of Colorado and the Pacific lamphrey in Red River Idaho, and the conservation of such species as the
Bull Trout in Washington.