Maine Site of World Salmon Talks  Bar Harbor Event Features Several Tours
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By KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF  Diplomats and biologists from more than a dozen countries will gather in Bar Harbor next week for the annual meeting of the international coalition that helps set global policies on conserving wild Atlantic salmon.
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By Kevin Klott, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 16--RUSSIAN RIVER -- This Kenai Peninsula fishery is the honey hole for red salmon this weekend -- and by Monday it should be even sweeter.
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A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition entitled The Best of Local Wildlife will go on display at Brandon Marsh Nature Centre next month.  But there is still a chance for extra entries from local amateur photographers of all ages who may want to contribute pictures for the display boards.
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By Dean Kahn, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb. 5--Downtown Blaine is starting to blossom with its two new  pedestrian plazas and its plan for a connecting boardwalk.   Now the city is turning attention to Blaine's best asset -- its setting  by the sea.
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Â· First foreign leader to stay at family retreat in Maine Â· Discussions on Iran and new US missile system
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Volunteers are needed to give Teesside's beaches an autumn clean this Saturday.   Beachwatch events will take place at both Redcar and Saltburn beaches in a bid to keep the sands spick and span.
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By Craig Medred, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Sep. 24--HEAD OF THE BAY -- On a sunny day in mid-September, the setting for stalking Whittier Creek silver salmon is simply idyllic.   The waters of Passage Canal are glass flat.
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By The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 7--RIDGEFIELD -- Two public meetings are scheduled in September to collect comments on a plan for the future of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.   The U.S.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  May 31--A public workshop about California's steelhead trout recovery  program will be held June 13 by the National Marine Fisheries Service at the  Sunset Center in Carmel.
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By Mark Yuasa, The Seattle Times  Sep. 14--Less than a week ago, everyone was worried about the coho salmon  runs being a no-show in Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.   My, how so much has changed in such a short time.
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By Diana Graettinger, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Feb. 21--A Florida company that hopes to develop power from tidal energy  in Cobscook Bay has received a $300,000 development award from the Maine  Technology Institute.   Ocean Renewable Power Co.
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By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Jun. 8--Staff and members of the Land Use Regulation Commission are bracing for a marathon stretch of public hearings and workshops on some of the most complex and controversial issues to ever come before the regulatory agency.
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Vice President Dick Cheney was to visit Maine on Monday to attend a private fundraiser. Cheney was scheduled to deliver remarks at a private luncheon in Cape Elizabeth to raise money for Republican candidates running for the state Legislature this fall. No public events are planned.
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By Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times  Feb. 15--The good times for saltwater salmon fishing continue in open areas of Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands.   The Roche Harbor Salmon Derby last Friday and Saturday generated some of the best catches the derby has seen in the past four years.
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LONDON, ENGLAND.- Heritage Minister Andrew McIntosh today announced plans to list a unique seaside structure in Bournemouth, Dorset.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - Tucked under towering oaks by a glittering curve of the Kennebunk River, the Cape Arundel Golf Club has rich history and members who reportedly include George H. W. Bush, the former president.
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By Scott, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Jun. 3--My family's Memorial Day excursion to Shell Island was for business as well as pleasure. The wife and kids were excited about renting a pontoon boat, cruising St.