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This document provides guidelines to assist coal mine applicants in developing plans which will meet Colorado Regulatory Requirements for Fish and Wildlife issues. The document represents the Division's interpretation of portions of the regulations. However, the guidelines do not carry the authority of regulations. Techniques and approaches which differ from those outlined in this document but meet the regulatory requirements are acceptable. Given...

A whale teaches the Amomonies to respect the balance of nature and take only what they need from the sea.

A magnificent species whose survival is inextricably tied to the survival of the planet In what he calls “the most important environmental writing” in his long and award-winning career, best-selling author and journalist Mark Kurlansky recounts the sobering history of salmon and their perilous future. Kurlansky employs his signature multicentury storytelling and compelling attention to detail to chronicle the harrowing yet awe-inspiring life cycle...

"In writing Casting Onward, author Steve Ramirez traveled thousands of miles by plane, motor vehicle, boat, and foot. The focus is the author's experience fishing for native fish within their original habitats, and telling the story in part through the eyes of the people who have lived alongside, and come to love, these waters and fish. It is a story of fishing and friendship - a story of humanity's impact on nature, and nature's impact on humanity"--...

Zeb Hogan, a freshwater fish biologist, describes the largest of the freshwater fish, which spend most of their lives in a lake or river rather than in the salty water of the ocean (From page 17).

"Writer and life-long fisherman Paul Greenberg takes us on a journey, examining the four fish that dominate our menus: salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna. Investigating the forces that get fish to our dinner tables, Greenberg reveals our damaged relationship with the ocean and its inhabitants. Just three decades ago, nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild. Today, rampant overfishing and an unprecedented biotech revolution have brought us to a...