The Pyramid Companies were formed in 1970 in Syracuse, New York by Robert J. Congel. Its first three malls, or the company's "pioneer malls", were Pyramid Mall at Saratoga, Pyramid Mall at Ithaca, and Pyramid Mall at Plattsburgh. All three malls opened in 1975 and marked the beginning of a 40-plus year advance in shopping center construction and ownership. Currently, it is the largest privately owned developer of shopping malls in the country. The company has since grown to own 20 properties throughout New York and Massachusetts.

California's Central Valley fall run of chinook salmon apparently has collapsed, portending sharp fishing restrictions and rising prices for consumers while providing further evidence that the state's water demands are causing widespread ecological damage.

Salmon fishermen in Idaho are waiting to see if the Salmon run for 2008 will meet expectation. If the run is as good as predicted this years run will be the best since the great run in 2001

The South Platte River offers some of the best kokanee salmon fishing in Colorado, during the fall salmon spawning run. Wherever you choose to fly fish for kokanee salmon in Colorado, centering your efforts around the fall spawn run not only is your best shot at catching a kokanee on a fly but plays into the natural instincts of the fish.

Fisheries biologists in Northern California who count the salmon that return up the American, Feather and Sacramento rivers are seeing a big decline in fish for this time of year. Some runs might have as few as 20 to 25 percent of the fish normally expected by this time of year, data show

A proposed open-pit copper and gold mine in southwestern Alaska has sparked outrage among some locals, the nearby fishing industry and a coalition of environmentalists, who worry it would carve up the pristine wilderness and poison a large salmon run.