Sunday, April 13, 2014

Mudslide menaces fabled Pacific Northwest salmon, trout river

Members of communities affected by the Oso mudslide participate a candlelight vigil at the Community Center in Darrington, Washington By Eric M. Johnson OSO, Washington (Reuters) - Watching the now murky river from his kitchen window, Bill Best speaks in low tones of neighbors buried by a massive mudslide, where damage to salmon and steelhead trout spawning beds only adds to the grief in a rural Washington state community with deep ties to the land. "The river's extremely important. We just thoroughly love this relatively natural, unspoiled river environment. It's why we are here," the 73-year-old avid fly fisherman said. "Hopefully in 20 to 30 years, it will be back to what it sort of used to be. ...








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