There’s a large sign at the turn-off to Steamboat Creek on Oregon’s North Umpqua River near Roseburg. It’s worn and dirty and reads, “No angling or mining.”
These rules are in place because Steamboat Creek supports one of the last runs of wild summer steelhead in the Northwest. Fishermen and conservationists want to keep it that way.
They’re backing a bill in Congress that would ensure protections for these fish going forward, as Jes Burns of EarthFix explains.
