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The first year that we didn't stock Varney, the upper river
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The first year that we didn'tstock Varney, the upper river, the population of brown...

The first year that we didn't
stock Varney, the upper river, the population of brown trout
doubled

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The first year that we didn't stock Varney, the upper river,
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the population of brown trout doubled.
Duration
7 seconds
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14
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:06
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.
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
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