Saturday Matinee #1

SOME LIKE IT HOT
for those of us that remember when

From MGM & Hulu

.. This is the complete movie with only ten 15 second commercial interruptions.
.. Move your cursor over the movie for options: volume, closed caption,timeline, other movies.
.. Broadband recommended.

Yellowstone Atlas Progress

UNIVERSITY OF
OREGON LEADS EFFORT

Local & Regional Groups Involved

go get a coffee table
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(P.S. // HE'S Back)click on all images for detailed enlargement

.. As we reported last April, the Atlas Of Yellowstone is chugging toward completion in 2010.
.. From exploration to bison migration, from the 1988 fires to fish, and from invasive species to drainage basins, this atlas promises to be both a wonderful decoration for your coffee table, (go get one,) and a valuable resource for visitors.
.. The preview maps, thematic guidance, and table of contents reveal the extraordinary depth of the project and also reflect the extensive expertise of our collaborating neighbors, ( Yellowstone National Park, the University of Wyoming, Montana State University, the Museum of the Rockies and Big Sky Institute at MSU, and the Draper Museum of Natural History at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyo.)
.. Four themes have guided the compilation of the atlas: 1] Variations in time and space, 2] Yellowstone is connected, 3] Human-nature interactions, 4] The importance of Yellowstone.
.. We haven't heard of, or seen any indication that spectacular fishing localities are included - BUT, you never know.
.. The atlas is planned for 300 pages and offers exceptional GIS resources. A sneak peek of the maps are included in a gallery at the information site, [[ MAP GALLERY. ]] The Table of Contents [PDF] is worth browsing for those of you that anticipate a need, (desire,) for this volume.
.. And, if you would like to help the project along there is a place for your $$$$. Your name and contribution will be listed in the atlas as a friend of Yellowstone.
.. We're dancing with our knees together in anticipation of this Yellowstone Atlas.

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.. He's Back. Jeff Kennedy over at DRAWING FLIES 365 has a nice image of a secret steelhead fly used by the chrome gladiators in the Milwaukee area.
.. The revelation of this fly, (THE MILWAUKEE MARAUDER) is sure to draw the ire of the insiders who have used this "secret weapon" without revealing it's exact recipe or proportions.
.. The image is wonderful, and we hope that Jeff survives the castigation from the locals.

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Hot Licks - Hot Fish

ONE MAN'S TEETH
ARE ANOTHER MAN'S PLIERS

The Deco Fish & Others
Where Are They Now ?

.. We've not heard from Billy Rhinehart in quite a spell.
Can you tune a fish? [[LINK]]

P.S. Seen Fishing Jones new masthead?

Hoist One

WALLPAPER EDITION

Snow Time Dreamin'
Full Size JPG [1999 x 1311 - Wide Screen ]

Snow Bunny

SKI OR FISH ?

.. My how the mind does wander!

What Would Woody Say ?

A BIT OF INFORMATION

Yes Mable
Montana Drains
Both Ways

$$$$$$$$$ vs. FISH

.. The salmon of the Columbia River are getting fingerprinted, [LINK,] a judge refuses to hear a case brought by Oregon, [LINK,] massive flooding is impacting young salmon survival, [LINK,] Canadians agree to catch fewer Columbia River Salmon, [LINK,] and light rail is coming to Vancouver, [LINK.]
.. The perspective of resource management is culture-bound and temporally constrained by history. Time and place dictate concerns. Are introduced carp a resource or a curse? Is it 1820, or1920, or 2020?
.. Are the trout above Firehole Falls an invasive species? Boon or bane? 1890 or 1990 or 2030? Is the Madison River a better river because of Hebgen Dam? 1925 or 2005, or 2035?
.. Just how do we address our resources? Do we love dams and tailwaters for the right reasons? Do we hate dams and tailwaters for the wrong reasons?
.. In the spring of 1941, on the cusp of the Great Depression and Pearl Harbor, a 28 year old, unemployed Dust Bowl balladeer, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie took a one month, temporary job with the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) on the Columbia River.
.. The BPA needed a folksinger to promote the benefits of building dams to produce cheap electricity. Guthrie, and his wife and 3 kids needed the paycheck. He wrote 26 songs in 30 days - classics like Roll on Columbia and Pastures of Plenty.

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.. Below is the contemporary take on the river situation some 67 years later. What would Woody say today?

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.. Not to stretch the analogy too far, but - Montana, today is growing rapidly and stressing the infrastructure required for the contemporary "plush life." The similarity to the Columbia Basin 'boom' of the 50's and 60's is striking. And, yes, Mable, there are parts of Montana in the Columbia Basin.
.. Our trout waters are diminishing under the onslaught of expansion, rural gentrification, visitation, diversion, and drought. We desperately need a clear spokesperson for the habitat that nurtures our fish. A spokesperson with a bell-clear voice willing to sing the song before it's too late.
.. Are feather merchants the contemporary balladeers of today's rivers? Do we love fishing, or fish, or rivers, or resources? Time will tell.

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P.S. Did you know that there is a dam on the Firehole River? Maybe we should make it bigger! Could it generate some electricity for the new Visitors Center? Perhaps a lake and a new tailwater fishery? Who's to say?

If You're In The Neighborhood

VISIT THE LIBRARY

In Person And On Line

Hear about the
FWP crucial areas
see the geographic information system (GIS)_________________
BE DATA AWARE
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.. Should you happen to be in Helena, Montana next Friday, January 16, 2009; and should you care to hear about how resource assessment in Montana is being carried out; and should you care how decisions about fish and their waters are made: THEN you should attend the Montana State Digital Library Seminar. Here's the press release.

Montana's "Crucial Areas and Connectivity Assessment"
Topic of January Montana State Digital Library Seminar

(HELENA) --- Janet Hess-Herbert, Information Management Bureau Chief with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP), is scheduled to present "Montana FWP Crucial Areas and Connectivity Assessment" at a Montana State Digital Library seminar set for Friday, January 16, 2008. Her presentation will begin at 3 p.m. in the Grizzly Conference Room of the State Library at 1515 East 6th Avenue in Helena.

Montana FWP is undertaking a significant project to more proactively address the changing landscape of Montana. The "Crucial Areas and Connectivity Assessment" will use a variety of spatial analysis to best identify and assess Montana's landscape for recreational value and habitat quality, condition, and animal use.

There will be five areas of the assessment, including three "place-based" components where data will be displayed, analyzed, and summarized using GIS. These components also include an assessment of fish, wildlife, and recreation values, as well as fish and wildlife corridor and connectivity areas and major risks to these resources. The recommendations from the Assessment will be used to develop broader scale, higher-level policies with external partners. Completion of the project is expected in July 2009.

Hess-Herbert's presentation will last for one hour and will be followed by a 30 minute dialogue, question, and answer session with attendees.

Natural resource professionals, interested agencies, businesses, and organizations, and the public are invited to attend. This seminar is free; no registration is necessary. For more information, call (406) 444-5357. Interested individuals are also encouraged to visit the Montana State Library Web site at http://msl.mt.gov.

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.. Last September, [[ news release. ]] our state library launched the Montana Geographic Information System portal. The initial data catalog includes 400 databases and over 200 sample maps from the collections of the Montana Base Map Service Center, the Montana State Library, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, and Flathead County. During the next year, library staff will vigorously pursue other GIS data providers and help them add their data and maps to the Portal.
.. The initial release of the GIS Portal is focused on the needs of GIS professionals. For the general public, however, the Portal contains an on-line map viewer that anyone may use to view basic maps and air photos of any location in Montana.
.. Currently there are 13 framework layers: Cadastral, Critical Infrastructure, Elevation, Geodetic Control, Geology, Government Units, Hydrography, Hydrologic Units, Land Use/Land Cover, Orthoimagery, Soils, Transportation, Wetlands. Users can create accounts and publish data conforming to the metadata standards of the site.
.. Here's the link to get you started in exploring a giant data base of geographic information: LINK TO GIS PORTAL.
.. Montana is also included in NED, (Northwest Environmental Data-network.) This monstrous metadata site includes regional data on a wide variety of topics and the data base is growing rapidly. Here's the LINK TO NED PORTAL, [[ your BPA in action.]]

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