Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:53:57 -0700 http://www.salmoncenter.net/ Salmon Center News en-us http://www.salmoncenter.net/images/logo.gif http://www.salmoncenter.net/ larry@salmoncenter.net http://www.salmoncenter.net/Article5.html Commercial fishing is taking its toll on marine ecosystems Europe's seas are in a "serious state of decline" as a result of coastal development, overfishing and pollution from agriculture, warn scientists. Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:53:57 -0700 http://www.salmoncenter.net/Article4.html By Tracy Clark Western News Staff Sep 05 2007 An economic development officer in the Similkameen Valley says it’s “inconceivable” that a dam proposed on the American side of the Similkameen River should go ahead. “There is no way we are going to allow them to flood out Canadians,” said Michael McLaughlin, in regards to the proposed Shankers Bend project near Oroville. “People would just not allow it." Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:40:59 -0700 http://www.salmoncenter.net/Article3.html Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:16:35 -0700 http://www.salmoncenter.net/Article2.html After more than a decade of costly, bitter legal battles, elected leaders in Skagit County have a new idea for saving salmon: raising property taxes. A proposal announced Thursday and headed to the county's voters in the summer would cost the average homeowner about $25 a year. The county commissioners say raising public money to buy land from willing sellers would not only preserve land along the river and streams and boost salmon survival, but it might even help endangered orcas.  (Read Whole Story) Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:37:51 -0700