Endangered Species - Continuing Coverage

January thru December 2000

R. Lee Hicks
principal reporter and editor,
ESA, water and fish issues

12/27/00 - Time to fix the process ~ Publisher's Comment ~by Lee Hicks

12/22/00 - No need to panic on meeting plan ~ Publisher's Comment ~by Lee Hicks

12/22/00 - Water lease nears signing

11/8/00 -County looks to merge water, planning departments

11/8/00 -Fish and water talks: another try

11/8/00 -DOE wants to buy water rights

11/1/00 - Fish and water talks resume

10/25/00 - Environmental groups challenge heli-ski, snowmobile decisions

10/25/00 - County gets support for ESA legal action

10/12/00 - County weighs legal action over streamflows

10/5/00 - Another water meeting, still no pact

10/5/00 - NMFS monitors canal seasonal shutdown

9/21/00- Wayward fish eggs find a home

9/14/00 - Stelle steps from NMFS to law firm job

9/14/00 - Beich heading to F&W in Ephrata

9/7/00 - Eggs have until October to find home

8/31/00 - Hatcheries seek home for a million salmon eggs

8/31/00 - Early Winters, Wolf Creek ditches close as flows drop

8/31/00 - Negotiators treading water

8/24/00 - New term surfaces in fish & water agreement talks

8/17/00 - Publisher's Comment -Lee Hicks

8/10/00- Fish, water pact bumps into political races

8/10/00- Murray, Gov. Locke hear of County's economy

8/10/00 - Final "biops" for some federal ditches arrive

8/3/00 - Tribes lead protest to let fish spawn

8/3/00 - "All H" plan announced

8/3/00 - Is that a big "H" or a small "h?"Publisher's Comment by ~ Lee Hicks

7/27/00 - Good points from salmon recovery chief

7/27/00 - Fish talks stall on fed assurances, voluntary plan

7/20/00 - Then and Now - Publisher's Comment by Lee Hicks

7/20/00 - Chinook salmon escape clubbing in Methow

7/13/00 - Watershed unit to plumb public opinion

6/29/00 - Methow Basin Planning Unit Agreement (Draft)

6/29/00 - Hatchery policies under review

6/22/00 - New "voluntary" water plan on tap

6/22/00 - Revised Wilson Ranch plan goes to hearing

6/22/00 - First fish kill proposal is dead

6/15/00 - Basin fish and water talks resume

6/15/00 - MVID waits for NMFS’ reply

6/1/00 - Hatchery salmon maybe relocated, destroyed

6/1/00 - Rivers open for catch-and-release

6/1/00 - Flows remain issue in talks

5/25/00 - Fish and water talks resume

5/18/00 - NMFS considering delay of "threatened" salmon rules

5/11/00 -Fish and water talks make some progress

5/4/00 - New fish twist from EPA

5/4/00 - Basin fish funds survive legislature

4/27/00 - Water needs for fish turns to "biological needs"

4/20/00- OWL joins state group in plans for ESA lawsuit

4/20/00- Watershed unit begins critical talks

4/13/00 - Can this "Pup" hunt? - Publisher's Comment by Lee Hicks

4/6/00 - We're Not There Yet - Publisher's Comment - Lee Hicks

3/30/00 - Basin water unit and NMFS set ground rules

3/30/00 - Irrigators consider developing HCPs

3/23/00 - Staying the Course - Pubisher's Comment - by Lee Hicks

3/23/00 - "Surf board" wipes out Methow projects

3/23/00 - Three charged with catching steelhead

3/16/00 - Publisher's Comment ~ by Lee Hicks

3/16/00 - Some good fish funding news

3/9/00 - We need an agreement, and money...quickly

3/9/00 - Fish and water pact ready as lawmakers debate funding

3/2/00 - A big week for water unit

2/24/00 - Planning unit proposal goes to legislators

2/24/00 - Winter fish kill study could pack wallop

2/17/00 - NMFS Gets Audited? Publisher's Comment ~ by Lee Hicks

2/17/00 - Planning unit to offer MOA alternative

2/17/00 - Bill adds flexibility to trust water program

2/10/00 - Publisher's Comment ~ by Lee Hicks

2/10/00 - Local anglers propose fish kill alternative

2/3/00 - Publisher's Comment ~ by Lee Hicks

2/3/00 - Olympia trip leads to unscheduled meeting

2/3/00 - Fish and Wildlife considers fishing regulations

2/3/00 - Methow residents advance on Olympia

1/27/00 - A new year brings same fish & water issues

1/20/00 - Publisher's Comment ~ by Lee Hicks

1/13/00 - Publisher's Comment ~ by Lee Hicks

1/13/00 - Local group sifts through water rights tangle

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