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My name is Karl Mueller and One Mule Team . . . is my blog. I’m writing from Springfield, Oregon. One Mule Team . . . is about fishing, enjoying the outdoors, Oregon and conservation issues with maybe a little politics thrown into the mix now and again. The name comes from the fact that more than one friend has nicknamed me ‘the Mule,’ and I’ve embraced it. It’s obviously also a play on that icon of the American west: The Twenty Mule Team. I work in land use but my real love is getting out and enjoying some time outside alone, with my friends or with my family. This blog will hopefully allow distant family members to keep up with my exploits.

Hope you visit often and enjoy the posts.

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on March 27, 2008 at 8:51 am | Reply shean

Hi Karl,
I was chekin out your websight. I think its pretty cool! I like the pictures of jaden, there really cool. I think he will be a great fishermen when he grows up.I cant wait to see some more pictures of him later on. I think alote of others like them too. I want to sign up into your websight pretty soon.
on April 19, 2008 at 6:29 am | Reply Dan Drais

Hi, Karl – love your site. Good fish stuff, good conservation stuff.
Wanted to make sure you know about the Save Our Wild Salmon 2008 National Road Show – trying, TRYING to get some attention for the Lower Snake River Dams outside the region. (Your comments on the candidates’ positions were right on.)
You can link to the blog from our website.
Keep up the good work!
Dan Drais
Save Our Wild Salmon
wildsalmon.org
on June 10, 2008 at 5:54 am | Reply Vince Tranquilli

Hi Karl,

Thank you for the bull trout capture information. I’ve entered it into the South Willamette Districts Historical Records database. Nice pictures and article.

Here are some of our project web links if you haven’t already visited them:
Monitoring systems we use
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/springfield/PIT_tag_Presentations.html

Cougar Dam WTC Project
http://nrimp.dfw.state.or.us/crl/default.aspx?pn=CRTCP

Middle Fork Willamette Reintroduction efforts
http://nrimp.dfw.state.or.us/crl/default.aspx?pn=MWBTRP

Sorry I missed your call. -Vince
on June 12, 2008 at 10:27 am | Reply Hugh ODonnell

Howdy Mule,

I see you’ve been to the CWO blog and have us on your roll, so if it’s okay with you, I’ll add you to ours.

Fish on and on.

Hugh
on November 8, 2008 at 6:46 pm | Reply GARY

Hey Karl,

Just wanted to say how great it is to see a local website. I love the great pictures that you post and the stories behind them. You’re on my favorites list and I check every day for a new posting.

Thanks for all the great work!
Gary
on February 13, 2009 at 3:56 pm | Reply Dan

Hi, Karl. Great post about fishing with Jaden. Sounds like you have a fine boy.
Interesting article this week about the judge who is about to decide (again) on the legality of the feds’ Columbia River Hydropower System Salmon Recovery Plan at
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008727079_redden10m.html
He’s an Oregon judge. I don’t think he fishes, but he’s been good for fish in the past. And thanks to the injunctive relief he ordered (against the feds’ objections), starting in 2006 BPA has had to crank up the spill during critical migration periods. This year’s good spring run Chinook are showing how well it works to give fish some running water . . .
on April 15, 2009 at 3:57 pm | Reply Dan Drais

Interesting piece about salmon science, as practiced by BPA, in recent High Country news. See
High Country News
Feature story – From the April 13, 2009 issue of High Country News by Steve Hawley
Columbia Basin (Political) Science
An investigation into the Bonneville Power Administration’s influence on salmon research
http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.6/columbia-basin-political-science/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=

Happy spring fishing –
D
on May 4, 2009 at 12:42 pm | Reply John King

Hello Karl,

I just found your website and love it! All great stuff. Thanks for all the great information.
I’m disappointed that I missed the boat festival. I have a ‘67 15′ Keith Steele that I need to refinish but not sure how to proceed. Could you put me in touch with someone who is familiar with this boat? She’s pretty well checked now and has been out of the weather when not in use so no dry rot that I can see.

John

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on July 27, 2009 at 10:54 am | Reply Kathleen Whitson

Hi Karl,

I was wondering if you know if we might have permission to use the Port Orford Cedar image by Mike Beagle on our Web site. We’d like to use it in association with a note about the new Copper Salmon Wilderness. We are a small family foundation that has supported the work of Oregon non-profits who advocated for the new Oregon Wilderness areas that were included in the Omnibus Public Lands Act earlier this year.

Thanks for your time,

Kathleen