Salmon Without Rivers: A History Of The Pacific Salmon Crisis - Softcover

Lichatowich, James A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559633611 ISBN 13: 9781559633611

Verlag: Island Press, 2001

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"Lichatowich provides a critical perspective on salmon hatchery successes and failures, and his book of captivating stories provides a fascinating, readable, and chilling wake-up call to how humans have mismanaged their natural heritage."--CHOICE

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Explores the roots and evolution of the salmon crisis in the Pacific Northwest. The author describes the evolutionary history of the salmon as well as the geological history of the Pacific Northwest, before considering the multitude of factors, including historical, social, scientific and cultural, which have led to the salmon's decline. The book includes a clinical and critical assessment of why the numerous restoration efforts have failed. The book exposes the myths that have guided recent human-salmon interactions and explains the difficult choices facing the region, offering an insight into this chapter of America's environmental history.

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• Verlag: Island Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1559633611
• ISBN 13: 9781559633611
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336