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April 2005, Volume 2 Edition 4
NOPLE Salmon Recovery Newsletter

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Federal & WA State Salmon Recovery News

• NOAA Fisheries Accepts Petition to Review Steelhead status
• DNR's Forest Practices Habitat Conservation Plan would provide federal assurance of compliance under the ESA for fifty years

Olympic Peninsula Salmon Recovery News

• PDN reports on Coho Salmon taking big losses in drying streams
• NWIFC reports on Hoh Tribe’s Planting Effort Using Science To Combat Insect

More News

• NWIFC's State of the Watersheds Report
• State of Washington 2004 State of the Salmon Report
• WDFW Federal panel adopts options for ocean salmon fisheries
• WDFW Hatcheries Future Brood Document
• PNPTC Preseason forecasts
• Access DOE's Water Supply Bulletins online (1921 to present)
• Access Drought Monitor/Snowpack Weekly Reports from the USDA National Resource Conservation Service
• Pacific Northwest Salmon in Hot Water By 2040 up to 20 percent of the Pacific Northwest could become too warm for salmon, steelhead and trout if global warming is left unchecked, an analysis released today by the National Wildlife Federation shows.
• 2005 Washington State Drought.
  • Department of Health
  • Department of Ecology
• Bull Trout Anadromy Presentation, APRIL 20, 2005, 12:30 to 2:00 - USFWS, Sawyer Hall, Lacey; Presentation: Extent of Anadromy in Bull Trout and Implications for Conservation and Management of a Threatened Species: Hoh River Study - by Sam Brenkman Real all about Removal of creosoted logs via helicopter
• Seattle PI reports: A sobering look at global environmental decline
• The Northwest Environmental Education Council Presents PDF file- BUILDING COMMUNITY - HEALING THE PLANET,Mountaineers Conference Center, 300 Third Avenue West, Seattle, WA, April 22 - 24, 2005, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. EARTH DAY WEEKEND. Admission: $50 For 3 Day Pass, $20 per day. Register Online, by phone 206.762.1976.
• The WSU Learning Center, Jefferson county in Port Townsend is launching a new exciting continuing education offering this April 26-29, the first on-site WSU Extension Volunteer
  Management Institute.
• The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has just posted their spring issue of the "Fish and Wildlife Planner" on the agency's Internet site.
• If you are a salmon-friendly gardener, tell the world with your free lawnsign!
• National Water Monitoring Conference, May 7-11, 2006 (Yup, 2006).
• The new and improved DOE Best Available Science wetland documents are now available.
• The PDF-file- first edition of the "Partners in Elwha Restoration Education" newsletter is now available.
• Available are the conference proceedings and workshop recommendations from PDF-file- ‘Saving Washington’s Working Forest Land Base: Breakthrough Strategies for the Future’
• Very wellpresented wildland-urban interface maps, statistics, and data

Grants

• For quick access to many grant resources, bookmark Grant Resources.
• Another good grant resource page is PSAT's Funding Programs
• Species of Concern Program. State of Washington's Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are currently requesting proposals for the following three grant programs: 1) HCP Land Acquisition 2) Recovery Land Acquisition 3) Habitat Conservation Planning Assistance. Proposals are due April 7, 2005.
• Riparian Open Space Program, deadline has been extended to April 29, 2005
• Forest Legacy Program. Deadline is May 27, 2005
• US Corp of Engineers Puget Sound and Adjacent Water Restoration Program. Sign up for meetings to be held between 4/15 and 5/30/05.
• 6th Round SRFB salmon habitat recovery grants. Preproposals due as early as June 13, 2005. More information forthcoming.
• Community Salmon Fund. Fall 2005. $40,000 grant awards plus 50% (non-federal) match. The project must be on the ground by October, 2006 (and you may not know until January 2006 whether you are successful). More information forthcoming.

Nothing to do with Salmon but....

Going around via emal...
Subject: Symptoms of a stroke-a true story (supposedly, but it would seem harmless if it's not true)....

Susie is recuperating at an incredible pace for someone with a massive stroke all because Sherry saw Susie stumble - -that is the key that isn't mentioned below - and then she asked Susie the 3 questions. This literally saved Susie's life - - Some angel sent it to Suzie's friend and she did just what it said to do. Suzie failed all three so 911 was called. Even though she had normal blood pressure readings and did not appear to be having a stroke, as she could converse to some extent with the Paramedics, they took her to the hospital right away. Thank God for the sense to remember the 3 questions! Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to re cognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple
questions:

1. Ask the individual to SMILE.
2. Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
3. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE.

If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. After discovering that a group of non medical volunteers could identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions. They presented their conclusions at the American Stroke Association's annual meeting last February. Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage. A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people, you can bet that at least one life will be saved.