Salmon

Articles on Salmon

Salmon in the Columbia Basin - historical overview of the myriad causes of decline in salmon in the Columbia Basin.

Salmon: Running the Gauntlet - A 2011 Nature documentary about Salmon in the Columbia - Snake river basin. One of the best overviews of the issue available anywhere. A must see.

Articles on Salmon Restoration/Dam Removal

A Prayer for Salmon's Second Coming by David James Duncan, by one of the region's best creative writers.

The case for the removal of the Lower Snake River Dams position paper is a bit dated in terms of figures, but still a useful place to begin.

Scientific Issues in the Restoration of Salmonid Fishes in the Columbia River. By the Independent Scientific Group in Fisheries Magazine.

Additional Resources

The Lonesome Larry pages created by Idaho Rivers United is a good resource for the history and urrent developments in the struggle to restore salmon to Idaho.

Author Steven Hawley has put together another fine blog on current events with salmon restoration that you can subscribe to for free.