Tippets: New Management for Tongass Waters and Fish, Dams in the West, Wildfires Threaten Angling, Protect Wild Fish

December 14, 2016 By: Erin Block

  • The U.S. Forest Service has announced a finalized amendment to the Tongass Land and Resource Management, which includes measures for protecting more than 70 salmon and trout streams within Southeast Alaska’s 17-million-acre Tongass National Forest. Read the full plan and press release here.
  • Rocky Barker reports on irrigation, “God Squads,” and dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers and how they endanger salmon populations. Via The Idaho Statesman.
  • Wildfires burning across western North Carolina, northern Georgia and northern Alabama are threatening fly fishing resources. Jonathan Wright reports on the affected areas, via Fly Fisherman.
  • The National Marine Fisheries Service has released a proposal to protect 23 hatchery salmon and steelhead programs under the Endangered Species Act. The Native Fish Society questions “How can fish that are manufactured in a hatchery be endangered? How can fish that are mass produced by the millions each year deserve protections under the Endangered Species Act — our nation’s most important species protection policy?” Take action to protect wild fish populations here.