Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana

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The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.

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Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.

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U.S. Water Usage Down

Shawnny3
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Shawnny3 on Nov 1, 2009November 1st, 2009, 6:19 am EST

I found this report interesting, thought you guys might as well:

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-Shawn

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Martinlf

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Martinlf on Nov 1, 2009November 1st, 2009, 8:33 am EST

Thanks Shawn. I'm turning down that bid on the condo in Denver and staying here in the good old East.

"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

JAD

Alexandria Pa

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JAD on Nov 1, 2009November 1st, 2009, 12:08 pm EST

Come on Louis
I for one would like to visit you in Denver, anybody else.

John

They fasten red (crimson red) wool around a hook, and fix onto the wool two feathers which grow under a cock’s wattles, and which in colour are like wax.
Radcliffe's Fishing from the Earliest Times,

Aaron7_8

Helena Montana

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Aaron7_8 on Nov 1, 2009November 1st, 2009, 12:34 pm EST

I watched about an hour of that report on C-Span the other night. It was interesting to me to see the differnet ways in which regions of the country use their water and how they divy out rights to it. I have lived on the west coast for most of my life excep for a short stint in Florida. It shocked me to see what is the major user in each region. I had no idea that power plants used so much of the water throughout the country. I guess it really is amazing what you hear if you pay attention.

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RleeP on Nov 2, 2009November 2nd, 2009, 9:15 am EST

All hail the Great Lakes Compact..