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    Default Helping salmon on the Lemhi River, Idaho - video.

    Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)

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    Bill:

    This is follow up to your 2017 post-- to show the progress being made. Over $80 million has been spent- funded by Bonneville Power, State & Federal grants plus a lot of private donations.

    In early 1990's the Lemhi River went dry from too much irrigation and there were less than a handful of salmon redds. Last year, there were 230 redds .. not a huge number, but % wise a tremendous comeback.

    Lemhi Vallley (N E Idaho, 40 miles south of Salmon, ID). Lemhi River is a tributary of the Salmon River. Salmon & Steelhead travel 900 miles from the Pacific Ocean to spawn in the Lemhi River.

    I was amazed that for 25 years the the ranchers and locals have been working with environmental and governmental agencies to restore the salmon spawn.

    Lemhi Valley is remote with a population of 100. Salmon, ID (pop 3000) is 40miles north and is the Lemhi County seat. Most of the 60 miles of the Lemhi River & its tributaries are on private property. Combine all of those factors and you can understand why the Lemhi does not get much fishing pressure. By car it is a 5hr drive from Boise and 2+ hrs from Idaho Falls.

    BTW: Karl Tyler's ranch is for sale at $23 million- 10.5 miles both sides of the Lemhi River plus another 10+ miles of creeks.


    Link to article with several videos on the RH side:



    https://idrange.org/range-stories/ea...r-partnership/

    JIm
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    Thanks Jim...for the update on this great program.




    I think our Forum is 25 plus years old?





    New video - Nov 2020

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uldr...ature=emb_logo
    Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)

    567 Barber Street
    Sebastian, Florida 32958

    Fly Fishing Travel Consultant
    Certified FFF Casting Instructor

    Email: billkiene63@gmail.com
    Cell: 530/753-5267
    Web: www.billkiene.com

    Contact me for any reason........
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