Salmon-tracking network challenges conventional wisdom

November 30, 2008 By Les Blumenthal

They were two of the 1,000 juvenile salmon implanted with almond-sized transmitters as they headed out of the Rocky Mountains, down the Snake River bound for the sea.

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• vivcollins - Nov 30, 2008
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  only 7 million dollars for that level of results is extremely good work and to be commended, extending it to Cod and tuner would be equally as valuable in future planning
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• SDMike - Dec 01, 2008
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  Gosh! Dams aren't so bad after all. We're not going to have to kill all humans to save a fish.
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