Mudslide menaces fabled Pacific Northwest salmon, trout river

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Mudslide menaces fabled Pacific Northwest salmon, trout river

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mudslide-menaces-fabled-pacific-northwest-salmon-trout-river-110629145.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J_AjFccVuKK6cz50bMwJiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-04-13T110629Z_1_CBREA3C0UV400_RTROPTP_2_USA-MUDSLIDE-WASHINGTONSTATE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Members of communities affected by the Oso mudslide participate a candlelight vigil at the Community Center in Darrington, Washington" align="left" title="Members of communities affected by the Oso mudslide participate a candlelight vigil at the Community Center in Darrington, Washington" border="0" /></a>By Eric M. Johnson OSO, Washington (Reuters) - Watching the now murky river from his kitchen window, Bill Best speaks in low tones of neighbors buried by a massive mudslide, where damage to salmon and steelhead trout spawning beds only adds to the grief in a rural Washington state community with deep ties to the land. &quot;The river's extremely important. We just thoroughly love this relatively natural, unspoiled river environment. It's why we are here,&quot; the 73-year-old avid fly fisherman said. &quot;Hopefully in 20 to 30 years, it will be back to what it sort of used to be. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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