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And, of course, when we stocked O'Dell Creek
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Artifishal

And, of course,when we stocked O'Dell Creek, the population halved

And, of course,
when we stocked O'Dell Creek, the population halved

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And, of course, when we stocked O'Dell Creek,
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the population halved.
Duration
6 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:12
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Patagonia

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Narratives of ecologists and conservationists are pitted against the human tendency to engineer and control in this probing documentary on the lucrative salmon-hatchery industry.
We figured, well, there's two out there and we put two more in, - Artifishal 00:07
We figured, well, there's two out there and we put two ...
Well, that's not the math that works in reality. - Artifishal 00:04
Well, that's not the math that works in reality.
Once that information became available through the Madison-O'Dell studies, - Artifishal 00:20
Once that information became available through the Madison-O...
Shortly after that program was initiated, - Artifishal 00:08
Shortly after that program was initiated,
We started our fly shop in 1979, a few years after the hatchery program - Artifishal 00:08
We started our fly shop in 1979, a few years after the hatch...
And we were fortunate to catch that wave of a wild trout fishery. - Artifishal 00:05
And we were fortunate to catch that wave of a wild trout fis...
We saw an increase in the number of anglers that came to Montana, - Artifishal 00:10
We saw an increase in the number of anglers that came to Mon...
And that's what really kicked in the fly-fishing businesses at that time. - Artifishal 00:06
And that's what really kicked in the fly-fishing busine...
People are more attuned to a healthy river - Artifishal 00:05
People are more attuned to a healthy river
They see the whole cascade of everything that benefits - Artifishal 00:08
They see the whole cascade of everything that benefits
The one thing that came out of this to me - Artifishal 00:13
The one thing that came out of this to me
And habitat becomes more important - Artifishal 00:06
And habitat becomes more important
As most of you already know, - Artifishal 00:09
As most of you already know,
It does appear that the northwest flank of the mountain seems to be gone. - Artifishal 00:05
It does appear that the northwest flank of the mountain seem...
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1981, - Artifishal 00:08
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1981,
Most of that effluent went down the Toutle River Basin. - Artifishal 00:04
Most of that effluent went down the Toutle River Basin.
The consequences at the river were startling. - Artifishal 00:05
The consequences at the river were startling.
There were chasms of volcanic effluent. - Artifishal 00:04
There were chasms of volcanic effluent.
At that point, there was the feeling that evolution - Artifishal 00:07
At that point, there was the feeling that evolution
As a result, that meant that no more hatchery fish were put into it. - Artifishal 00:05
As a result, that meant that no more hatchery fish were put ...