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Artifishal

So for us to succeed, we needour community and our riversystems to be as healthy as...

So for us to succeed, we need
our community and our river
systems to be as healthy as possible

Full Transcript

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So for us to succeed, we need our community and our river systems
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to be as healthy as possible.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:56
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Patagonia

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Movie Summary

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.
Going back a ways, this is really the place in Montana - Artifishal 00:08
Going back a ways, this is really the place in Montana
There were hatchery-raised fish that were put in here - Artifishal 00:13
There were hatchery-raised fish that were put in here
We were doing estimates now on the Madison, - Artifishal 00:09
We were doing estimates now on the Madison,
One of the first things I kept seeing is - Artifishal 00:05
One of the first things I kept seeing is
The waters that had the best fisheries - Artifishal 00:06
The waters that had the best fisheries
We'll take Varney, not stock it, - Artifishal 00:06
We'll take Varney, not stock it,
The first year that we didn't stock Varney, the upper river, - Artifishal 00:07
The first year that we didn't stock Varney, the upper r...
And, of course, when we stocked O'Dell Creek, - Artifishal 00:06
And, of course, when we stocked O'Dell Creek,
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