10/27/09

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ State fisheries managers plan to stock 300
or more hatchery steelhead in the Boise River between Glenwood
Bridge and Barber Park on Thursday.

Anglers aiming to catch one of these fish that range in size
from 4 pounds to 10 pounds need a valid Idaho fishing license, plus
a $12.75 steelhead permit, good for 40 fish.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the fish to be
released later this week are among A-run hatchery steelhead that
this year returned to the Idaho Power Co.-owned Oxbow Hatchery fish
trap below Hell's Canyon Dam on the Snake River.

Dams on the Snake River block steelhead from returning to the
Boise River on their own.

Idaho Power's annual efforts to augment endangered wild
steelhead runs with hatchery-raised fish from the Oxbow Hatchery
are part of its agreements to make up for the negative effects of
its electricity-producing dams on wildlife.

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