Joe Lemire ranches and grows hay in southeastern Washington. He's in a legal battle with the Washington Department of Ecology over its effort to require fencing on his property to keep cows from defecating in a creek.
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Courtney Flatt
Pataha Creek downstream from Joe Lemire's ranch
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Courtney Flatt
Jimmie Martiny’s family has farmed the Salmon River Basin for four generations. His grandmother told him of hearing salmon come up the river. “She said it sounded like a herd of horses coming, of course that was a long time ago."