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threatened under the Endangered Species Act in the Columbia River basin, the government also has a legal obligation to restore wild runs. Court battles on just how to do that have been going on for years. Environmentalists and many scientists argue the only way to bring back wild fish is to remove dams that produce the region's cheap power, but the government has ruled that out. The hatchery lawsuits are trying a dif- ferent tack. Last month, an Oregon judge ordered officials to do more to ensure hatch- ery fish do not stray into wild fish habitat and harm wild fish on the Sandy River, a Columbia River tributary. Lawsuits have been filed to limit or block the release of hatchery- raised fish into Oregon's McKenzie River and Washington's Elwha River. And in California, a lawsuit recently resulted in a settlement requiring a hatchery on the Mad River to institute a genetic man- agement plan to better protect wild salmon from hatchery fish. Another suit is still pending regarding the Trinity River hatchery in that state. The impact of the law- suits on other hatchery operations is unknown, but environmental groups say the Sandy River ruling sets an important prece- dent. Courts could mandate hatcheries do less harm to wild runs, including releasing fewer artificial- ly-bred fish into rivers, more monitoring and stronger barriers separat- ing wild from hatchery stocks, said Bill Bakke, director of the Portland- based Native Fish Society, which filed the Sandy River suit. Such reforms, he said, could put wild fish on the road to recov- ery — and benefit the fisheries. ''We need to maintain healthy and abundant wild populations not only for their own sake, but to be a supply of fish for hatchery production and to keep hatchery programs cost effective,'' Bakke said. About 400 hatcheries operate throughout the West Coast today. In the Columbia River basin, about 180 hatchery pro- grams breed millions of fish in plastic trays, trans- fer them to rearing ''ponds,'' and then release them to join wild ones travelling down river to the Pacific Ocean, to later return to the same river to reproduce and die. Most hatcheries are devoted to turning out fish for fisher- men to catch. Over the past few decades, numerous stud- ies have shown that breed- ing in captivity makes for fish that are less capable of producing offspring. Hatchery fish also out- compete wild fish for food as they inundate rivers and oceans. Their presence lowers the number of off- spring produced by wild populations, disrupts local adaptations acquired over centuries, and leads to loss of genetic diversity. Hatchery proponents acknowledge the risks of artificial propagation. They say reforms are already in the works. Many hatcheries now use native breeding stock. They also avoid mixing hatchery and wild fish on the spawning grounds. Other hatcheries have been scaled back or turned off. But ''much of the effort is to try to figure out ways to both maintain signifi- cant hatchery production and limit impacts to wild populations,'' said Mike Ford, conservation biolo- gy division director for NOAA Fisheries' North- west Fisheries Science Center in Seattle. Ford and other propo- nents say artificial breed- ing has benefits: it can bring back fish to rivers where they have been wiped out. That's already happening on the Hood River, where the Confed- erated Tribes of Warm Springs and Oregon biolo- gists have reared Chinook salmon for over two decades. Their population has increased, enough to re-establish limited fish- ing for the tribe and other fishermen. But hatchery fish and their progeny now domi- nate the run, just as they do on the Snake River, where another tribal hatchery has vastly increased the numbers of returning fall Chinook salmon. ''If the only societal goal for salmon was con- servation and recovery of wild populations,'' Ford said, ''I think hatcheries would play a much more limited role than they do now.'' 7A Wednesday, February 19, 2014 – Daily News The Passing Parade is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514 THE PASSING PARADE (From Dave Minch's I Say circa 1939) A few days ago there was an editorial in this paper about Southern Pacific RR. It suggested that this town should do something about the fact that SP would not improve their park and perhaps the town could get even by passing an ordinance concerning the blowing of train whistles and limiting the speed of trains going through town. This is the spirit that keeps small towns small. Twenty five years ago Red Bluff and Redding were on par as to populations and prospects etc. If anything, Red Bluff had the edge. They had the railroad yards, and as time went on they had the first good road to Lassen Park, the best road to Eureka, the Highway Department and Forest Service headquarters. Today Redding is a city while Red Bluff has hardly held its own during the years. Redding, in contrast to Red Bluff, has always been very liberal* to anything that came along. The Kennett Dam has helped them, but they were the best city in Northern California for years before it was built. I don't approve of all the regulations the big monopolies use in their operations, but I know they have their difficulties, and I don't like the spirit of attacking them. After all, if we did not have a railroad here, I'll bet there would be a lot of money and energy spent in order to get a train to come through here…and no one would insist on the railroad maintaining their little park and smoothing their crossings. *Note: At the time of Dave's writing, Redding also had a prosperous red light district on California Street operating with city approval. *** I purchased some more acreage on Tyler Road, and we are going to plant Ladino Clover. It is our opinion that the ground is not very valuable for anything else. The ultimate growth of the livestock business in this county depends upon the ability to summer more and more sheep and cattle here in the valley to take the place of the numbers that are being crowded out in the mountains and the foothills. Between the Park Service, Forest Service and the inability to obtain controlled burning of brush, there are less and less livestock every year in the mountains. If this clover grows successfully there are thousands of acres in this county that may become profitable, for there is no more useless land anywhere. When we arrived in Red Bluff twenty one years ago, we bought the initial 40 acres for $150.00 per acre with the assurance that the ground would grow anything under the sun. Our whole family nearly died trying to grow anything and worked elsewhere whenever we could in order to get enough to eat and to make payments on the place. It will give me great satisfaction, and a sort of revenge, if I can make this ground produce to pay us back for all the backaches. Dave Minch 1900-1964 Death Notices Death notices must be provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the news- paper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Setting it straight –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. Melvin Philip Caldwell Melvin Philip Caldwell died Sunday, Feb. 9 at his Red Bluff home. He was 87. Arrangements are under the direction of Cremation Simplicity. Published Wednesday, Feb. 19 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Melody Gregory Melody Gregory died Monday, Feb. 17 at her Red Bluff home. She was 67. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cre- mation & Burial. Published Wednesday, Feb. 19 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Eugene Pixley Eugene Pixley died Thursday, Feb. 6 at his Red Bluff home. He was 81. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cre- mation & Burial. Published Wednesday, Feb. 19 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Robert Ranberg Robert Ranberg, of Red Bluff, died Tuesday, Feb. 18 at the Red Bluff Healthcare Center. He was 83. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Wednesday, Feb. 19 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Gerald Smith Gerald Smith died Tuesday, Feb. 18 at his Red Bluff home. He was 75. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Wednesday, Feb. 19 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Eileen Spencer Eileen Spencer, of Red Bluff, died Friday, Feb. 14 at Mercy Medical Center. She was 76. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Wednesday, Feb. 19 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Dennis Woods Dennis Woods, of Corning, died Saturday, Feb. 15, at Seasons Assisted Living in Redding. He was 68. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cre- mation & Burial. Published Wednesday, Feb. 19 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Residents go home after Redding home explosion REDDING (AP) — Sheriff 's deputies in far Northern California are letting some residents back into their homes two days after they incinerated an explo- sives-laden mobile home that forced evacu- ations. Shasta County Sher- iff 's Lt. Dave Kent said evacuees farthest from the mobile home in Red- ding would be allowed to return late Tuesday afternoon. Some resi- dents would remain evacuated. About 46 homes were put under evacuation orders after sheriff 's officials discovered more than 60 pounds of highly volatile explo- sive material in the mobile home on Feb. 6. Authorities were responding to an explo- sion that took off a man's hand. Officials consulted with water and air qual- ity officials before pro- ceeding with the incin- eration midday Sunday. Chico bank evacuated when woman becomes upset CHICO (AP) — Authorities in Northern California evacuated a bank after a woman became upset that she had less money in her account than she was expecting. Chico Police Sgt. Cesar San- doval says authorities received a call from a bank employee at about 11:10 a.m. saying there was a woman inside the U.S. Bank in downtown Chico who was demand- ing money and refused to leave without it. Sandoval says the 25-year-old woman, who was not identified, made no threats or demands, but because of the information provid- ed, police treated the incident as a possible bank robbery, surrounding the bank and evacuating it. The Chico Enterprise-Record reports that police called the woman, who had remained inside the bank, on her cellphone and con- vinced her to come outside. She was taken to the Behavioral Health facility in Chico voluntarily. Deputies detained Sanders, but during a pat down search he attempted to strike the searching deputy with his elbow. Sanders then attempted to flee the area. Deputies ordered Sanders to stop, but he continued to flee. A K9 unit was then uti- lized to affect the arrest. The dog bit Sanders on his left forearm and shoulder area Sanders was transport- ed to the hospital for med- ical treatment before being booked into Tehama County Jail. He had been found to be in possession of four grams of methampheta- mine and a syringe. His bail was $21,000. Salminen was booked on a no bail warrant. Continued from page 1A MAN als, primarily straw that would be extinguished as part of training functions. The organ burn material can be extinguished quickly if nec- essary. In its report county staff lists three subfindings, it says makes the project incompatible with the land use. First county staff says the project would attract large groups of people and that Land Use Guidelines for Approach Zone Safety Areas clearly state that public and quasi-public services and facilities are not allowed. County staff also recommends the Land Use Commission find that the project is within the flight path of the airport that the smoke gener- ated may be hazardous to airport operations. Taco truck Minch Property Management is asking the Planning Commission to make a ruling in a dispute regarding a taco truck outside Amazing Finds at 22660 and 22680 Antelope Blvd. In a letter to the Planning Com- mission, Robert Minch said he man- ages the property, zoned Commer- cial 3, for a landlord who lives in Oregon. Minch said the tenant, Amazing Finds, is allowing a taco truck ven- dor to operate in the parking lot, against the landlord's wishes. "The new Planning Director has been trying to resolve the matter, but so far not to our satisfaction," the letter says. Minch says he was told that even if the county zoning ordinance was rewritten in regards to taco truck placements that the taco truck in question would be grandfathered in. Minch is asking the Planning Commission to make a ruling that it would not fall under the grandfather cause, because when the truck first appeared the Planning Director was notified that it was in violation of the landlord's wishes. "With a ruling from the Commis- sion to that effect, he should be empowered to issue a cease and desist order and have the truck removed," the letter concludes. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com. Continued from page 1A TACO critic commented that it "paint(s) musical landscapes with a rich palette of infinite timbral complexity". His recordings are frequently heard on the "Hearts in Space" program on radio station KCHO in Chico. He is signed with four music labels, including in the Unit- ed Kingdom and The Netherlands. Among his awards is the coveted Telly Award from New York professionals. Tickets at $15 each are available at The Loft and Plum Crazy or at the door of the Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road. Continued from page 1A PADILLA Continued from page 1A FISH Calif. pension board moves to hike contributions SACRAMENTO (AP) — California government agencies and some workers are going to pay more for pensions because of longer life expectancies. The board of the California Public Employees' Retirement System approved new assumptions for its pension system Tuesday effectively increasing contri- bution rates. The board agreed to Gov. Jerry Brown's request to accelerate the state's payments starting this summer. But rates paid by cities, counties and school districts rates won't change until 2016. The board rejected an option for public agencies to absorb costs more slowly. More money for pension contributions means less money for police, roads and parks, but is expected to save taxpayer dollars in the long-term. Brown says a delay in increasing rates would have cost the state $3.7 billion. Some firefighters and police officers will have to pay more for their pensions under the board's action. Calif. meat producer closed by federal inspectors HANFORD (AP) — A Central California slaughter- house that supplies beef to the National School Lunch Pro- gram has been closed by federal inspectors after failing to meet cleanliness standards. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said in a statement Tuesday that it with- drew inspectors and suspended operations at Central Valley Meat Co. in Hanford, Calif., due to unsanitary conditions. The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/1fwTTb4) that the same facility was closed for a week in 2012 after animal rights group Compassion Over Killing submitted videos to the USDA showing workers torturing cows with electric prods. In a separate incident last September, the company recalled 58,000 pounds of beef destined for school lunches after the USDA said it may have contained small pieces of plastic. The Times reported that Central Valley Meat did not respond to a request for comment.