Subject: Re: Sturgeon vs Birds
Date: Nov 9 12:54:41 1995
From: Eugene Hunn - hunn at u.washington.edu


Is the Libby Dam on the Kootenai River at a point above Kootenay Falls
which is a barrier to anadromous fish of all kinds, including both salmon
and sturgeon?

Gene Hunn.

On Thu, 9 Nov 1995, Don Baccus wrote:

> Eric Greenwood:
> >There appears to be a Sturgeon conservation program of some sort that needs
> >additional water releases from the Libby dam in Montana.
>
> This damn (oops, dam, feeling freudian today) is mentioned in draw-down
> programs for salmon, but I can't recall any such program for sturgeon,
> anywhere.
>
> Sure you've got the right species of fish, here?
>
> >Does anyone know of this Sturgeon conservation program? I'd like to get
> >more information on it so that we can let them know of the impacts at Creston.
>
> If it is the salmon issue, not sturgeon issue driving this I think you'll
> find that the run in question is the Salmon River run, which is in
> real peril of near-immediate extinction.
>
> Not to say that levels at the marshes you described shouldn't be
> considered, or aren't valuable, simply that triage may tip the
> scales in the direction of the fish recovery program.
>
> - Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>
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