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Fishing for Kenai king salmon shut down

...trips in hopes of catching a trophy Alaska king salmon.But the river, considered by many to be Alaska's premier salmon river, is being placed off-limits to sport king fishing because so few kings are returning to the river. The closure effectively...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-07-19/fishing-kenai-king-salmon-shut-down
State
Officials celebrate restoration of Tongass salmon habitat

...back," she said told The Associated Press by cellphone after the ceremony. "But there are many other important salmon rivers in the Tongass that need repair, and some 65 percent of high value salmon watersheds in the Tongass are still unprotected...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-08-25/officials-celebrate-restoration-tongass
State
Some damage can't be undone

...political gain or money. The mighty Columbia River is not what it was and sadly will never be again. The snake and other salmon rivers have been changed. The future generations of that state will never see the wild salmon that we have up here. Alaska...

http://juneauempire.com/letters/2012-03-19/some-damage-cant-be-undone
Letters
Thomas H. Laurent

...education. Tom worked summers as a mule skinner supplying fire lines and lookout stations in northern Idaho along the Salmon River. After graduating from the University of Idaho with a degree in Forestry Tom went to Quincy, CA to begin his extensive...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000155752859
Thomas Laurent

...education. Tom worked summers as a mule skinner supplying ?re lines and lookout stations in northern Idaho along the Salmon River. After graduating from the University of Idaho with a degree in Forestry Tom went to Quincy, CA to begin his extensive...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000157539457
3 SE Alaska towns lose supply line

...in the short-term, it appears that residents will need to deal with landing craft operators that can travel up the Salmon River to a World War II-vintage launch ramp. Like the dock, however, the launch ramp is falling apart. Elizabeth Bluemink...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062005/sta_20050620009.shtml
News
Remote town of Hyder offers Southeast's best bird viewing

...birds in Alaska, Hyder is one of the best places to view bears. Brown and black bears commonly are seen along the Salmon River when salmon begin running in early July. According to a recent article in the Anchorage Daily News, an estimated 40...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/072003/out_tanager.shtml
Outdoors
As Glacier Bay tourism grows, so does town of Gustavus

...percent sales tax and a 4 percent lodging tax, Howell said. The city wants to open a new dock in the spring at the Salmon River for small boats. Meanwhile, the park service has committed $1.2 million to help build the city's new main dock...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091706/out_20060917018.shtml
Outdoors
Proposals to reduce subsistence fail to win support from panel

...aware of the loophole, which allows unlimited subsistence harvest for chinook on freshwater streams, such as the King Salmon River, Wheeler Creek and the Taku River. Casipit added that the staff-recommended proposal will likely still go before...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/093004/sta_subsistence.shtml
News
Under Clean Water Act, lower Kenai river might be 'impaired'

...for the Kenai River," said Ken Tarbox, a retired state fisheries biologist who fishes the river. "A world-class salmon river is now polluted." Nonetheless, he and others who want a cleaner river are glad it has finally happened. It could...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/110606/sta_20061106011.shtml
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