The Quest For The Golden Trout

Author : Douglas M. Thompson
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781611684827

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The Quest for the Golden Trout by Douglas M. Thompson Pdf

The angler's dream of fishing pristine waters in unspoiled country for sleek, healthy trout has turned fishing into a form of theater. It is a manufactured experienceÑmuch to the detriment of our rivers and streams. AmericansÕ love of trout has reached a level of fervor that borders on the religious. Federal and state agencies, as well as nongovernmental lobbying groups, invest billions of dollars on river restoration projects and fish-stocking programs. Yet, their decisions are based on faulty logic and risk destroying species they are tasked with protecting. River ecosystems are modified with engineered structures to improve fishing, native species that compete with trout are eradicated, and nonnative invasive game fish are indiscriminately introduced, genetically modified, and selectively bred to produce more appealing targets for anglersÑincluding the freakishly contrived "golden trout." The Quest for the Golden Trout is about looking at our nationÕs rivers with a more critical eyeÑand asking more questions about both historic and current practices in fisheries management.

Author : James W. Lance
Publisher : Hamish Hamilton
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1977-01-01
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0241899133

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The Golden Trout by James W. Lance Pdf

Author : James W. Lance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Droughts
ISBN : 0170051374

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The Golden Trout by James W. Lance Pdf

Two Australian farm children discover the answer to the mystery of the Green Water Hole which involves riding on the back of a giant trout to meet its family.

Author : Bruce Treat
Publisher : Infinity Publishing
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003-02
Category : Fishing stories
ISBN : 9780741413918

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The Golden Trout by Bruce Treat Pdf

Author : Barton Warren Evermann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Fishes
ISBN : HARVARD:HWGBZN

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... The Golden Trout of the Southern High Sierras by Barton Warren Evermann Pdf

Author : Rex Johnson
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0826322735

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The Quiet Mountains by Rex Johnson Pdf

Readers who believe as Herman Melville's Ishmael, that "meditation and water are wedded for ever," will be entranced by Rex Johnson, Jr.'s, account of his travels to the upper Bavispe River in Mexico's northern Sierra Madre. Combining travel observations, natural history, ethnography, ecology, and ichthyology, Johnson's narrative plunges the reader into a world that is so far from the twenty-first-century United States that it is difficult to believe how physically close the two countries actually are. Johnson goes in search of an ancient species of trout, the Bavispe, at least 3 million years old. It has been easier for the Bavispe to remain unchanged for millennia than for the human inhabitants of the Sierra Madre to endure for mere centuries. Johnson notes the area's Indian descendants are in the process of becoming modern, and the needs of the ancient trout, dependent on pure, unpolluted water, collide at times with the choices of people scratching out an existence in a challenging environment. The parallel stories from natural and human history are a central theme in Johnson's account of environmental change and its consequences, layered with the personal, contemplative meaning he finds in the quest for the seldom-seen fish.

Author : Richard Le Gallienne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Bachelors
ISBN : HARVARD:HWKZ8W

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The Quest of the Golden Girl by Richard Le Gallienne Pdf

Author : Patrick E Marcuson,Montana Fisheries Division
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1342061004

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The History and Present Status of Golden Trout in Montana by Patrick E Marcuson,Montana Fisheries Division Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Errol L. Sweetser
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469101231

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Quest for the Ridge by Errol L. Sweetser Pdf

Life and living is a complex system interwoven in reality and fantasy, happiness and sadness, but always fusing with his or her dreams in the spirit of the creator, the wilderness, and ones special quest for his or her ridge. Join me in my four stories of reality and fantasy in my own quest for the ridge, and perhaps yours. Join Pucky in his shoe box adventure, MoMent the Fox in the Monument Valley, and a small boy in his fantasy world in Once I was King, all fusing and joining their friends in the final destination of the Spirit of the Wilderness. May their dreams become part of your dreams.

Author : Tucker Malarkey
Publisher : Random House
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781984801708

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Stronghold by Tucker Malarkey Pdf

PNBA BESTSELLER • “A powerful and inspiring story. Guido Rahr’s mission to save the wild Pacific salmon leads him into adventures that make for a breathtakingly exciting read.”—Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia Editors’ Choice: The New York Times Book Review • Outside Magazine • National Book Review • Forbes In the tradition of Mountains Beyond Mountains and The Orchid Thief, Stronghold is Tucker Malarkey’s eye-opening account of one of the world’s greatest fly fishermen and his crusade to protect the world’s last bastion of wild salmon. From a young age, Guido Rahr was a misfit among his family and classmates, preferring to spend his time in the natural world. When the salmon runs of the Pacific Northwest began to decline, Guido was one of the few who understood why. As dams, industry, and climate change degraded the homes of these magnificent fish, Rahr saw that the salmon of the Pacific Rim were destined to go the way of their Atlantic brethren: near extinction. An improbable and inspiring story, Stronghold takes us on a wild adventure, from Oregon to Alaska to one of the world’s last remaining salmon strongholds in the Russian Far East, a landscape of ecological richness and diversity that is rapidly being developed for oil, gas, minerals, and timber. Along the way, Rahr contends with scientists, conservationists, Russian oligarchs, corrupt officials, and unexpected allies in an attempt to secure a stronghold for the endangered salmon, an extraordinary keystone species whose demise would reverberate across the planet. Tucker Malarkey, who joins Rahr in the Russian wilderness, has written a clarion call for a sustainable future, a remarkable work of natural history, and a riveting account of a species whose future is closely linked to our own. Praise for Stronghold “This book isn’t just about fish, it’s about life itself and the fragile unseen threads that connect all creatures across this beleaguered orb we call home. Guido Rahr’s quest to save the world’s wild salmon should serve as an inspiration—and a provocation—for us all, and Tucker Malarkey’s exquisite book captures Rahr’s weird and wonderful story with poignancy, humor, and grace.”—Hampton Sides, author of In the Kingdom of Ice and Blood and Thunder “A crazy-good, intensely lived book that reads like an international thriller—only it’s our beloved salmon playing the part of diamonds or oil or gold.”—David James Duncan, author of The River Why and The Brothers K

Author : Derek Grzelewski
Publisher : The Trout Diaries
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : Fly fishing
ISBN : 1869537246

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The Trout Diaries by Derek Grzelewski Pdf

The Trout Diaries contains a wealth of captivating and often amusing anecdotes as well as valuable information making it a true angler's companion, both literary and practical.

Author : Linda Rui Feng
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982129453

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Swimming Back to Trout River by Linda Rui Feng Pdf

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE A lyrical novel set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution that follows a father’s quest to reunite his family before his precocious daughter’s momentous birthday, which Garth Greenwell calls “one of the most beautiful debuts I’ve read in years.” How many times in life can we start over without losing ourselves? In the summer of 1986 in a small Chinese village, ten-year-old Junie receives a momentous letter from her parents, who had left for America years ago: her father promises to return home and collect her by her twelfth birthday. But Junie’s growing determination to stay put in the idyllic countryside with her beloved grandparents threatens to derail her family’s shared future. What Junie doesn’t know is that her parents, Momo and Cassia, are newly estranged from one another in their adopted country, each holding close private tragedies and histories from the tumultuous years of their youth during China’s Cultural Revolution. While Momo grapples anew with his deferred musical ambitions and dreams for Junie’s future in America, Cassia finally begins to wrestle with a shocking act of brutality from years ago. In order for Momo to fulfill his promise, he must make one last desperate attempt to reunite all three members of the family before Junie’s birthday—even if it means bringing painful family secrets to light. “A beautifully written, poignant exploration of family, art, culture, immigration, and most of all, love,” (Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee) Swimming Back to Trout River weaves together the stories of Junie, Momo, Cassia, and Dawn—a talented violinist from Momo’s past—while depicting their heartbreak and resilience, tenderly revealing the hope, compromises, and abiding ingenuity that make up the lives of immigrants.

Author : Chancey Juday,Barton Warren Evermann
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 1015829929

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... The Golden Trout of the Southern High Sierras by Chancey Juday,Barton Warren Evermann Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Michael Checchio
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781429924412

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Mist on the River by Michael Checchio Pdf

Mist on the River chronicles a search for wild steelhead salmon in the remaining wilderness of the Pacific Northwest. As he says in the prologue to his book, Michael Checchio likes his fly-fishing on big western rivers where there are lots of mountains to look at, and where the steelhead don't come out of a hatchery but are born as nature intended, in the cold gravel of a clean stream. He finds all this and more up in British Columbia on his search for some of the last great runs of wild steelhead left on earth. Steelhead, the great sea-run rainbow trout of the Pacific Northwest, have long been sought by fly-fishermen. To Checchio, they have become a powerful symbol for the last of the wild in the Pacific Northwest and are to the Northwest what lions are to the Serengeti. And like their cousins, the salmon, they are among the species of fish most threatened by the modern world. A passionate fly-fisherman, Checchio discovered steelhead when he moved to the West Coast a little more than a decade ago. Fishing for ever diminishing returns of these magnificent fish in the rivers of northern California and Oregon, he dreamed of faraway waters in Alaska and Kamchatka, where he might find the last strongholds of wild steelhead remaining on the planet. Finally, he was able to take a dream vacation north to experience for the first time the steelhead Valhalla awaiting the fly-fisherman in British Columbia. Michael Checchio has been praised by the fishing community as a passionate writer on the plight of the great outdoors and the steelhead trout. But this book is not written just for the fly-fishing fraternity, but rather to the general reader who has a love of nature and the outdoors, and a deep interest in the fate of wildlife and the future of the environment. Checchio's personal steelhead journey leads him on a quest toward rivers and landscapes ever more pristine and wild, providing illuminating sights and thoughts along the way.

Author : Philip José Farmer
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504094528

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Venus on the Half-Shell by Philip José Farmer Pdf

Disaster sends a man across the universe in search of answers to life’s big questions in this humorous classic adventure by a Science Fiction Grand Master. When a massive flood wipes out Earth and spoils his date, lone survivor Simon Wagstaff finds refuge in an abandoned Chinese spaceship, the Hwang Ho. Accompanied by three new companions—a dog, an owl, and a beautiful robot—and his electric banjo, Wagstaff sets off on an extraterrestrial adventure. He travels from planet to planet, seeking the definitive answer to the ultimate question: Why are we created if only to suffer and die? Of course, after he drinks an elixir granting him eternal life, the real question is what to do for the rest of eternity after he answers his first question . . . “Lively and inventive and goes by faster than a holiday weekend.” —The Washington Post “A comedy of sexual mores, an investigative search for Love, a lampoon of people who require answers to imponderable questions.” —Science Fiction Review “Not only a science-fiction epic of the most incredible proportions, but it is also a satiric-fantasy, a clever parody of its own genre.” —The Daily Eastern News