So Far, El Niño Acting More Like “El No-No” in the Pacific Northwest
Earlier this fall, there was a lot of media hand wringing about the extreme El Niño forecast for the winter of 2015-2016. Certainly El Niño made…
Yearly Archives: 2015
Not Much Left of Emigrant Lake in Southern Oregon’s Drought
By October of every year, Emigrant Lake near Ashland, Oregon is usually quite low. Irrigators have spent six or more months drawing water, while the…
Drought Leaves Prineville Reservoir at Less than 30% Capacity
A popular boating, water skiing and fishing destination, Central Oregon's Prineville Reservoir was offering little of any such activity in October. The lake's water depth…
Lake Abert is Dying. Again.
During the Dust Bowl years of the 1930s, Oregon's Lake Abert dried up completely. In the decades since, the lake has shrunk and expanded many…
Wickiup Reservoir at Just Nine Percent
As of late October, Wickiup Reservoir was at nine percent of its normal capacity. That’s a record. Wickiup is situated about 60 miles southwest of…
What We’re Working On: The Pacific Northwest Drought
Is it climate change? Part of our normal cycle? A combination of both? Whatever the catalyst, we are in the thick of an extreme drought across…
Featured Guide: Dustin Stansbury, Columbia River
We first heard about Dustin Stansbury and his Down to Fish Guide Service when Rod bought a guided fishing trip at a charity auction in St.…
The Columbia River Fall Chinook: We Have Good News, and We Have Bad News
There was a time when the great runs of the Columbia River's fall chinook seemed in peril. Some of the worst years occurred in the…
Last Rites for Seymour River Salmon and Steelhead?
In December of last year, a massive rock slide rumbled into the Seymour River in North Vancouver, BC. The slide was big enough (estimated at 50,000 cubic…
Pink Salmon on the Squamish River
It's August in an odd-numbered year, and around here that means the pink salmon are arriving in our local rivers. At times (and who can…