| Methow Valley
News Endangered Species - Continuing
Coverage
June
3 through December 30, 1999
By
R. Lee Hicks
principal reporter and editor
12/30/99 - Fish, water issues
dominate 1999
12/23/99- Move to remake MOA
underway
12/16/99 -Fish and Game hears
testimony on river closures
12/16/99 -Farmers jump on ESA
negotiations
12/9/99 - Merrill puts an end to
Arrowleaf proposal
12/9/99 - Proposal gives hope to
Methow fishermen
12/9/99 - "4H" working
paper challenges political leaders
12/2/99 - Pubisher's Comment ~ by
Lee Hicks
12/2/99 -Officials digest response
from MOA meeting
11/25/99 -Politics and Science - Pubisher's
Comment ~ by Lee Hicks
11/25/99 -What's Next? My Turn ~
By Dick Ewing
11/25/99 - A whopper meeting on fish
and water
11/18/99 -Your turn to comment -
Pubisher's Comment ~ by Lee Hicks
11/18/99 - MOA unwrapped for public
comment
11/4/99 - My Turn ~ by Mike
Poulson
11/4/99 - Fish and water pact near
signing
11/4/99 - Local anglers outraged at
proposal
11/4/99 - Fishing ban on agenda
10/28/99 - Black hats and white hats ~ by
Lee Hicks
10/28/99 - Water saving math part of
MOA
10/21/99 - Still no deal - Publisher's
Comment by Lee Hicks
10/21/99 - Private ditches put on
notice
10/21/99 -
Second symposium meetings scheduled
10/14/99 - MOA: Back to the table
10/14/99 -Local group wants action
against NMFS
10/7/99
-Does Yakima action have
local parallel?
10/7/99
- NMFS turns to private
irrigators
9/30/99
- The "4 Hs" ~ Publisher's
Comment by Lee Hicks
9/30/99
-My Turn ~ by
Solveig Torvik Reprinted
with permission, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
9/23/99
- County calls for voluntary
fish plan
9/23/99
- Town meetings to clear the
air on fish/water
9/23/99
- Ditch upgrades in place,
process remains key
9/23/99
- Publisher's Comment ~
by Lee Hicks
9/16/99 -County and NMFS agree:
"common sense" is needed
9/16/99 -Hatchery optimistic about
spring Chinook returns
9/16/99 -Publisher's Comment by Lee
Hicks ~
by Lee Hicks
9/2/99 - County reaffirms position
on proposed ESA agreement
9/2/99 - Thoughts to Ponder ~ My
Turn by Vern Herrst
9/2/99 - Ditch problems have no
easy solutions
8/26/99 -Publisher's Comment ~
by Lee Hicks
8/26/99
-New MOA draft on
the table
8/19/99
-Health district
reviews water policy
8/19/99
- Schools wait for
DOE's OK as ballfields dry up
8/19/99
- County fears fish
funds will be lost
8/19/99
- Conservancy hosts
irrigation workshop
8/12/99
- ESA puts Forest Service in
bind
8/12/99
- Winter flows upset water
rule raft
8/12/99
- Fish
funds flow
8/5/99
- County holds back in MOA
talks
8/5/99
- Political risk
either way -
Publisher's comment Lee Hicks
8/5/99
- Twisp looking west for
water solution
8/5/99
- Biops get bopped by
critics
8/5/99
- Crop losses on just a few
ditches reach six figures
7/29/99
- Top Down or Bottom Up - Publisher's
Comment by Lee Hicks
7/29/99
- Irrigators
fire back in BO responses
7/29/99
- County
watershed planning unit wants into determination
7/29/99
- Water and fish: the Week in
Review by Lee Hicks
7/29/99
- Wolf Creek irrigators cut off
as Patterson Lake drops
7/22/99
- We're Ready for a
Visit ~ Publisher's Comment by Lee
Hicks
7/22/99
- Officials
at one table, but no ESA pact yet
7/22/99
- Workshop examines ditch
efficiency
7/22/99
- NMFS
bends deadline, this time for ditches
7/22/99
- Water and fish: the Week
in Review
7/15/99
- Senator's staff tours
valley
7/15/99
- It’s crunch time ~ NMFS putting squeeze on
county....
7/15/99
- Irrigators
shocked at biological opinions
7/8/99
- Water and fish:
the Week in Review
7/8/99
- Fish
Out of Water?
7/8/99
- Encouraging rapport ~ Publisher's
Comment by Lee Hicks
7/8/99
- "BOs"
are delayed for federal diversions
7/1/99
- Was this really necessary? Publisher's
comment ~ Lee Hicks
7/1/99
- County,
state and FS discuss water, fish pact
7/1/99
- Sun Mountain expansion
uncertain
6/24/99
- Irrigators file FS appeals
6/24/99
- Enough EIS already! Publisher's
Comment by Lee Hicks
6/24/99
- Another
MOA could be in the works
6/24/99
- County presses its case for
water "certainty"
6/17/99 - A
big week: but just a beginning
6/17/99
- New basin water rule debated at
DOE hearing
6/17/99
- Wolf Creek plan could have
gates open by July
6/10/99
- Ditches: some movement,
much uncertainty
6/10/99
- Watershorts
6/03/99
- Ghosts
of the past...clues to the future?
6/03/99
- Hearing Voices
6/03/99
- Some
ditches receive money, priority status
6/03/99
- NMFS
didn’t respond to Forest Service
6/03/99
- Workshop
to explore "People and Salmon"
6/03/99
- Another
Try at Water Plan - Publisher's
Comment by Lee Hicks
Opinion | Sports |
Local Interest
Letters to
the Editor | From Recent Issues
Main Page
|