Archive for the tag 'redds'

Nov 09 2009

Bull Trout redd counts down overall, but North Fork holds its own

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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced the results of its annual Bull Trout redd (spawning bed) survey last week. The redd count was down in most areas this year. The North Fork did pretty well, though, with the exception of Coal Creek where no redds were discovered. KPAX has an overview. The Daily Inter Lake [...]

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Dec 04 2008

B.C. coal mine threat to trans-border trout: Scientists

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Further information on the proposed Cline mine’s impact on bull trout from the Canada.com web site . . . U.S. government scientists studying the Flathead River watershed straddling the B.C.-Montana border say they’ve discovered the prime spawning site for a threatened species of trout – on the Canadian side of the system, and in the [...]

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Nov 28 2008

Canada: Mine planned atop habitat for bull trout

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From the Friday, November 28, 2008 online edition of the Missoulian . . . A controversial Canadian coal mine, proposed high in the headwaters above Glacier National Park, would be built atop the most productive bull trout spawning habitat in the entire river basin. “That site, immediately below the proposed mine site, is incredibly important [...]

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