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Outdoors blog archive for July 5, 2016

TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2016

A Snake River sockeye is handled for spawning at the Eagle Fish Hatchery in Idaho. The 2015 sockeye returns were lowest since 2007, but Fish and Game managers say they're on track to produce a record number of young fish to release for migration in 2017. (Roger Phillips / Idaho Department of Fish and Game)

Snake River sockeye get cooler reception

FISHING -- Water managers have started releasing more cold water from a reservoir in northern Idaho for endangered Snake River sockeye salmon following a year where lethally hot water killed 99 percent of the run. The decision late last week to bump up the amount...

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