Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
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Excerpt: All Salmon on the Upper Main Salmon near Stanley, Idaho are anadromous fish: they are born in the fresh water of the Salmon River, migrate to the ocean, then return to the Salmon some 900 miles to reproduce or “spawn”. The federal government just gave these fish a huge break by allowing dams that impede their progress to spill water aiding these young salmon (smolts) have a more natural trip to the ocean. Right now, millions of salmon and steelhead smolts from Idaho are on the ride of their lives as they attempt to dodge hungry predators and…
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Monday, April 19th, 2010
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Excerpt: President Obama spoke on Friday at the White House Conference on America’s Great Outdoors. Reading the transcript all of us at The River Company appreciate the quote below. We believe families need to spend more time outdoors. If you are on the fence about your vacation choices this Summer, give a vacation that enables you and your family to be outside some additional thought. And if you end up in Idaho, come by and give us a visit. Third, we’ll help families spend more time outdoors, building on what the First Lady has done through the “Let’s Move” initiative to…
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
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Excerpt: The River Company, along with Idaho Project Learning Tree, is offering an on-river teacher workshop focusing on Wildfires & Weeds, Aug 2-3, 2010. $95 covers workshop fee, raft trip and lunches. Optional university credit is available. On the river and in the classroom, this workshop will address wildfires and invasive species with both a local and statewide focus. Participants will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on PLT activities, enhance teaching skills, plan ways to use PLT activities to accomplish existing curricular goals and meet state education standards, join the growing community of educators who believe in PLT’s approach to education,…
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
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Excerpt: It is true. At certain times of the year it seems that Stanley has more dogs than human inhabitants. And at The River Company we do love our dogs. On that note, we would like to welcome another addition to the family. Guide Mark Martin recently became the proud father of Rainy, the cutest (and from what we hear, the most well-behaved) puppy there ever was. Check out these pics of Rainy and the other River Co. dogs.
Rainy: "Best" puppy in the world
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