But every day, hundreds of ASF volunteers battle for the species on the ground, rebuilding and restoring river and fish-spawning habitat in the Atlantic Canada provinces and Maine.
For junior hydroelectric companies, these run-of-river projects are a less expensive, more efficient, and fish-friendlier way to get in on the energy game.
And, yes, there are even fish in the river -- carp, catfish and bass -- and anglers can drop a line as long as they have a state permit.
The July 2011 rupture of the 12-inch pipeline under the river near Laurel fouled 70 miles of the Yellowstone River's banks, killing fish and wildlife and prompting a massive, months-long cleanup.
But dams, diversions and recent drought have combined to push the spawning salmon population in the Klamath well below the 35, 000-fish threshold deemed necessary for the river to maintain a sustainable salmon population.
And because there is no way to tell a Klamath-spawned salmon from one from any other river once the fish reach the ocean, the fishery council says it has no choice but to restrict all salmon fishing along 700 miles of coast.
What's more, the Patuxent River is only 75 yds. away, and the fish--with an air sac in its digestive system that allows it to absorb oxygen, and the ability to flop its way across small stretches of muddy land--could soon wriggle into the nation's waterways.
Transatlantic tales of overflowing lagoons depositing industrial quantities of waste into local rivers and waterways do little to inspire confidence (one spill in 2005 killed 375, 000 fish and contaminated a 20-mile stretch of a river in New York state).
Wow, oh wow - our heads are blown off by pheasant with green peppercorns, river fish in banana leaf with red curry and some remarkable relishes: rose apple with cashew, cured pork with coconut cream.
Even if the trace elements of PCBs that can be found in Hudson River fish posed a danger to humans, the EPA's solution is ill-conceived.
For now an electrified barrier lies between the carp and the lake, but a serious proposal has been advanced to re-reverse the river, sever it from the Big Muddy and isolate Lake Michigan from the voracious fish.
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Tests of female spring chinook from Dworshak National Fish Hatchery along Idaho's Clearwater River at Ahsahka likewise showed no evidence of the male-linked genetic marker.
In 1963 he moved the operation to its present spot on the Pigeon River, which provides cold, clean water for his trout-rearing raceways--concrete troughs where the fish are kept.
To hike the Fish River Trail you need to reserve a spot through Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR), the Windhoek-based company that administer access to the canyon.
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