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#1
The Gravel Bar / Re: Damn Dams -- Unlimited dam...
Last post by Woolly Bugger - March 25, 2025, 10:32:06 AMNew studies may lead to removal of Snake River dams
Time is running out to save Pacific Northwest wild salmon and steelhead, but studies conducted by tribes and the states of Washington and Oregon are providing data needed to preserve them and the ecosystems and economies that depend on them.
In February 2024, a joint agreement between Pacific Northwest tribes and the Biden administration commenced a new approach to recovering salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin. Parties agreed to consider breaching the four lower Snake River Dams, which have long been contentious for their part in decimating fish populations. To remove the dams, which provide energy, irrigation and transportation routes, data on the feasibility of replacing their infrastructure was needed.
he Washington Department of Ecology and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation conducted the first study, which showed that the removal of the lower Snake River Dams would not affect the river's capacity to supply water for irrigation or for municipal and industrial purposes.
By providing three options for service replacement, the research was meant to give the public and decision makers baseline data that could inform future actions – with water service replacement estimated to cost between $1.7 and $3.5 billion. According to Kayeloni Scott, executive director of the Columbia and Snake River Campaign, the studies were geared at finding out if dam removal was even possible.
"These pieces of information are critical for moving forward," said Scott. "The studies were meant to find out what would need to be replaced, what actions would need to be taken, and what it would cost."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/new-studies-may-lead-to-removal-of-snake-river-dams/ar-AA1BxyAw?ocid=UCPNC2
Time is running out to save Pacific Northwest wild salmon and steelhead, but studies conducted by tribes and the states of Washington and Oregon are providing data needed to preserve them and the ecosystems and economies that depend on them.
In February 2024, a joint agreement between Pacific Northwest tribes and the Biden administration commenced a new approach to recovering salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin. Parties agreed to consider breaching the four lower Snake River Dams, which have long been contentious for their part in decimating fish populations. To remove the dams, which provide energy, irrigation and transportation routes, data on the feasibility of replacing their infrastructure was needed.
he Washington Department of Ecology and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation conducted the first study, which showed that the removal of the lower Snake River Dams would not affect the river's capacity to supply water for irrigation or for municipal and industrial purposes.
By providing three options for service replacement, the research was meant to give the public and decision makers baseline data that could inform future actions – with water service replacement estimated to cost between $1.7 and $3.5 billion. According to Kayeloni Scott, executive director of the Columbia and Snake River Campaign, the studies were geared at finding out if dam removal was even possible.
"These pieces of information are critical for moving forward," said Scott. "The studies were meant to find out what would need to be replaced, what actions would need to be taken, and what it would cost."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/new-studies-may-lead-to-removal-of-snake-river-dams/ar-AA1BxyAw?ocid=UCPNC2
#2
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited Fly Fishing News...
Last post by Woolly Bugger - March 25, 2025, 09:51:23 AMFly-Fishing Legend Lefty Kreh Gets His Due Onscreen
No one brought fly fishing to the world like Kreh. A new documentary honors the GOAT with never-before-seen interviews and a host of fishing's biggest names.
One evening in 1947, a young Bernard "Lefty" Kreh took notice of a ticket clerk at Frederick, Maryland's Tivoli Theatre. A Frederick native, Kreh had recently returned from the war in Europe, where he fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Then, while on duty at nearby Fort Detrick, noted for its research into biological weapons, he was accidentally poisoned with anthrax. Kreh was lucky to be alive; he knew that. Perhaps that was on his mind as he left the theater and asked the ticket taker for her name and if she would allow him to walk her home later that night. Six months later, Kreh and Evelyn Mask married just as he was embarking on what would become an astonishing career as a celebrity angler, trick sharpshooter, television host, writer, and incomparable ambassador for fishing. Kreh likely taught more people to fly fish than anyone else in history.
On March 27, the forty-four-minute documentary Lefty: The Greatest of All Time will premiere in his beloved hometown, at that same theater where he met his wife, which now operates as the Weinberg Center for the Arts. Narrated by Flip Pallot, a close friend of Kreh's for more than fifty years, the film is anchored in never-before-seen interviews conducted by cinematographer Jay Nichols in the months before Kreh's passing in 2018. Directed and created by Nichols, of Headwater Media Group, and produced by Fly Fisherman magazine, the documentary also includes a host of insights from fishing royalty, from Ed Jaworowski to Johnny Morris to Blane Chocklett. Archival footage captures Kreh during his travels around the world.
https://gardenandgun.com/articles/fly-fishing-legend-lefty-kreh-gets-his-due-onscreen/
No one brought fly fishing to the world like Kreh. A new documentary honors the GOAT with never-before-seen interviews and a host of fishing's biggest names.
One evening in 1947, a young Bernard "Lefty" Kreh took notice of a ticket clerk at Frederick, Maryland's Tivoli Theatre. A Frederick native, Kreh had recently returned from the war in Europe, where he fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Then, while on duty at nearby Fort Detrick, noted for its research into biological weapons, he was accidentally poisoned with anthrax. Kreh was lucky to be alive; he knew that. Perhaps that was on his mind as he left the theater and asked the ticket taker for her name and if she would allow him to walk her home later that night. Six months later, Kreh and Evelyn Mask married just as he was embarking on what would become an astonishing career as a celebrity angler, trick sharpshooter, television host, writer, and incomparable ambassador for fishing. Kreh likely taught more people to fly fish than anyone else in history.
On March 27, the forty-four-minute documentary Lefty: The Greatest of All Time will premiere in his beloved hometown, at that same theater where he met his wife, which now operates as the Weinberg Center for the Arts. Narrated by Flip Pallot, a close friend of Kreh's for more than fifty years, the film is anchored in never-before-seen interviews conducted by cinematographer Jay Nichols in the months before Kreh's passing in 2018. Directed and created by Nichols, of Headwater Media Group, and produced by Fly Fisherman magazine, the documentary also includes a host of insights from fishing royalty, from Ed Jaworowski to Johnny Morris to Blane Chocklett. Archival footage captures Kreh during his travels around the world.
https://gardenandgun.com/articles/fly-fishing-legend-lefty-kreh-gets-his-due-onscreen/
#3
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited Nuclear Disaster...
Last post by Woolly Bugger - March 25, 2025, 09:48:21 AMTEPCO to Remove Fukushima Nuclear Debris for 2nd Time; Sample to be Taken from Different Spot in No. 2 Reactor
Nuclear fuel debris will be removed from the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in a trial operation for the second time as early as mid-April, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. announced Wednesday.
Sample debris will be collected from a location other than that of the first trial operation last year to gain knowledge that will be useful in selecting a method for larger-scale removal in the future.
TEPCO said it wants to collect up to 3 grams of debris in the next retrieval. As with the first time, a retrieval device resembling a fishing rod that can extend up to 22 meters will be inserted from the side of the reactor, and a claw-like gripper hanging down from a cable will pick up debris at the bottom of the reactor containment vessel.
Debris this time will be collected near the center of the containment vessel, which is about 1 to 2 meters away from the first collection point. The company will compare its composition, hardness and other factors to grasp the conditions inside the reactor, such as debris distribution. However, debris might be collected from the same location as last time depending on the situation inside the reactor.
The core meltdown accident in 2011 generated a total of about 800 tons of debris in the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors as molten nuclear fuel mixed with structures inside the reactors. Removal of the debris is deemed the toughest task of the decommissioning process to be done by 2051 the deadline set by the government and TEPCO.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/original/decommissioning-fukushima/20250320-244327/
Nuclear fuel debris will be removed from the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in a trial operation for the second time as early as mid-April, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. announced Wednesday.
Sample debris will be collected from a location other than that of the first trial operation last year to gain knowledge that will be useful in selecting a method for larger-scale removal in the future.
TEPCO said it wants to collect up to 3 grams of debris in the next retrieval. As with the first time, a retrieval device resembling a fishing rod that can extend up to 22 meters will be inserted from the side of the reactor, and a claw-like gripper hanging down from a cable will pick up debris at the bottom of the reactor containment vessel.
Debris this time will be collected near the center of the containment vessel, which is about 1 to 2 meters away from the first collection point. The company will compare its composition, hardness and other factors to grasp the conditions inside the reactor, such as debris distribution. However, debris might be collected from the same location as last time depending on the situation inside the reactor.
The core meltdown accident in 2011 generated a total of about 800 tons of debris in the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors as molten nuclear fuel mixed with structures inside the reactors. Removal of the debris is deemed the toughest task of the decommissioning process to be done by 2051 the deadline set by the government and TEPCO.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/original/decommissioning-fukushima/20250320-244327/
#4
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited Nuclear Disaster...
Last post by Woolly Bugger - March 25, 2025, 09:46:01 AMRobots to retrieve radioactive sandbags at Fukushima plant
TOKYO: Robots will begin moving sandbags that were used to absorb radiation-contaminated water after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster as soon as next week, a spokesman for the plant operator said on Friday (Mar 21).
TEPCO, the operator of the stricken Japanese power plant, says the bags on underground floors of two buildings have been left untouched following the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
Radiation levels on the sandbags' surface are as high as 4.4 sieverts per hour, which means "humans can die if they approach" them, TEPCO spokesman Tatsuya Matoba told AFP.
Japanese media reports said there were 2,850 bags to be collected, a number which has not been confirmed by TEPCO, which says that they weigh 41.5 tonnes in total.
Two robots developed to collect the bags, one with a moving claw, were on Wednesday placed on the underground floors, Matoba said.
Workers will use them to "carefully" bring the sandbags out in an operation that TEPCO aims to finish by the end of the 2027 fiscal year.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/robots-retrieve-radioactive-sandbags-fukushima-plant-japan-5015511
TOKYO: Robots will begin moving sandbags that were used to absorb radiation-contaminated water after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster as soon as next week, a spokesman for the plant operator said on Friday (Mar 21).
TEPCO, the operator of the stricken Japanese power plant, says the bags on underground floors of two buildings have been left untouched following the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
Radiation levels on the sandbags' surface are as high as 4.4 sieverts per hour, which means "humans can die if they approach" them, TEPCO spokesman Tatsuya Matoba told AFP.
Japanese media reports said there were 2,850 bags to be collected, a number which has not been confirmed by TEPCO, which says that they weigh 41.5 tonnes in total.
Two robots developed to collect the bags, one with a moving claw, were on Wednesday placed on the underground floors, Matoba said.
Workers will use them to "carefully" bring the sandbags out in an operation that TEPCO aims to finish by the end of the 2027 fiscal year.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/robots-retrieve-radioactive-sandbags-fukushima-plant-japan-5015511
#5
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited Dead People; R.I...
Last post by Woolly Bugger - March 24, 2025, 19:48:42 PMGF has a Forman Grill!
#7
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited Dead People; R.I...
Last post by trout-r-us - March 24, 2025, 19:21:04 PMRumble In The Jungle
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#8
The Gravel Bar / Re: Spittle tells a story????
Last post by Woolly Bugger - March 24, 2025, 10:40:22 AMDelete your DNA from 23andMe right now
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The genetic information company declared bankruptcy on Sunday, and California's attorney general has issued a privacy "consumer alert."
If you're one of the 15 million people who shared your DNA with 23andMe, it's time to delete your data.
The genetic information company, best known for its saliva test kits, announced Sunday it is headed to bankruptcy court to sell its assets. And 23andMe's financial distress prompted California Attorney General Rob Bonta to issue an unusual privacy "consumer alert" about it Friday.
"I remind Californians to consider invoking their rights and directing 23andMe to delete their data and destroy any samples of genetic material held by the company," he said in a statement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/24/23andme-dna-privacy-delete/
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The genetic information company declared bankruptcy on Sunday, and California's attorney general has issued a privacy "consumer alert."
If you're one of the 15 million people who shared your DNA with 23andMe, it's time to delete your data.
The genetic information company, best known for its saliva test kits, announced Sunday it is headed to bankruptcy court to sell its assets. And 23andMe's financial distress prompted California Attorney General Rob Bonta to issue an unusual privacy "consumer alert" about it Friday.
"I remind Californians to consider invoking their rights and directing 23andMe to delete their data and destroy any samples of genetic material held by the company," he said in a statement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/24/23andme-dna-privacy-delete/
#9
Local Trip Reports / Re: Smith-Continued
Last post by Woolly Bugger - March 24, 2025, 09:23:05 AM#25 -- 16 Gas $2.76
I saw that they dropped the flow and ran up to hit the upper section on Saturday. It was crowded, with fishermen in most all my favorite spots. I saw a couple of rafts grinding their way down the low water. I looked around and checked out the old mirror plant spot and saw a truck parked there. Maybe it's safe to go in on the weekend or they're just rolling the dice.
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All the while I was listening to "The Boys in the Boat" and was really into the story. When I got out to check the river the wind was whipping by in strong, hold onto your hat, gusts and I questioned if I really wanted to fish in those conditions or just continue listening to the book. I drove on up to the damn dam and saw more angler here and there, thought about jumping in in a spot or two, but ended up driving back out and checked the mirror plant agian. This time there were multiple cars and a gaggle of kids running around wiht fishing gear. I pulled in and talke to the adult. He claimed that the other guy in another truck had told him it was ok to fish there. I explained how the mirror plant had posted the property and that the railroad wasn't fooling around either. He was from West Virginia and had fished there in the past. He wrangled up the kid and decided to head elsewhere.
I drove back through town and finally decided to get my boots wet. Swung flies for an hour and didn't catch a fish. Moved on down to anothe spot and rigged up some nymphs and caught a couple of rainbow stockers before it was time to head on for a dinner date.