SALEM — When it comes to fly-fishing for steelhead, Oregon Sen. Jason Atkinson doesn't care one whit about party politics.

What the Republican from Central Point does care about is whether the streams he fishes now remain healthy.

"I'm raising a fifth-generation Atkinson on the same river we've always fished," he said of his son, Perry, 5, adding he hopes his favorite fishing area — whose location he won't disclose — will be just as bountiful for his descendants.

"Nobody likes the politics of one side against the other but we have to have sound science," said Atkinson, who supports the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act expected to be voted on in the U.S. Senate this spring.... Continued@URL...
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