Salmon Without Rivers: A History of the Pacific Salmon Crisis

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Summary: Pacific Northwest Salmon History Book
Review: Salmon Without Rivers is a great book of historical facts. It includes many issues like; original salmon locations/populations, "Economy over Environment" issues, and the ineffectiveness of large decision making commissions/agencies. However, with all his good background information the book does not propose any solutions nor investigates today's coastal human communities as they relate to the salmon and/or habitat.

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Summary: History and Ecology
Review: The book is appropriately subtitled "a history of the Pacific salmon crisis". The author offers a highly readable account of the history of salmon in the Pacific, and really a history of the Pacific Northwest, from the last ice age to today. He offers a comprehensive and evidence-based description of how multiple factors are interacting to create "the salmon crisis". I think this book has broad appeal and will be very rewarding to anyone interested in the history and ecology of the northwest.

Rating:
Summary: History and Ecology
Review: The book is appropriately subtitled "a history of the Pacific salmon crisis". The author offers a highly readable account of the history of salmon in the Pacific, and really a history of the Pacific Northwest, from the last ice age to today. He offers a comprehensive and evidence-based description of how multiple factors are interacting to create "the salmon crisis". I think this book has broad appeal and will be very rewarding to anyone interested in the history and ecology of the northwest.