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Title

The Northwest salmon crisis : a documentary history / edited by Joseph Cone and Sandy Ridlington ; contributors, Bill M. Bakke ... [et al.].

Publication

Corvallis, Or. : Oregon State University Press, c1996.

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Additional Authors

• Cone, Joseph.
• Ridlington, Sandy.

Description

v, 374 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

An introduction to the problem of salmon extinction is followed by historical and contemporary views on issues such as Columbia River fisheries, artificial propagation of salmon, and fishing regulations. Subsequent sections address the problems caused by various technologies and bureaucratic actions; Native American involvement in the issue, both historical and contemporary; and what should be done to prevent wild salmon extinction. c. Book News Inc.

Subject

• Fishes > Sources. > Northwest, Pacific
• Pacific salmon > Northwest, Pacific > Sources
• Pacific salmon > Sources. > Northwest, Pacific
• Endangered species > Northwest, Pacific > Sources

Genre/Form

• History
• Sources

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The world of Columbia Rier salmon: nature, culture and the Great River of the west -- Crosscurrents: salmon in the wild and hatcheries -- Harcheries: an artificial solution -- The creed of a salmon capitalist -- The scramble to regulate fisheries -- What happens when the public manages technology -- Army Corps and Congress: true believers in dams -- Science ignored for development -- Developers consider costs and benefits -- What the Michell Act promised the salmon -- We're from the government and we're here to help -- International and regional cooperation overlooks salmon -- Justice Douglas decides for Udall and the Clearwater -- The problems with hatcheries -- a fisher's campaign for conservation -- Management of wood is critical to salmon -- Does planning help? -- What the treaties promised the Indians -- Supreme Court uupholds Indians' rights -- Judge Boldt defends fishing rights -- The courts tackle habitat -- An early instance of supplementation -- Attempts to foster supplementation run afoul of politics -- The role of race in salmon policy -- A case study of a people and their resources -- Should ecology restrain the economy? -- A call for balance -- Northwest Power Act: fish coequal with hydropower -- Hatchery operations show bias -- States may not horde natural resources -- Corut defined 'equitable treatment' of salmon -- A shared resource: the tragedy of the commons -- New regional program failed to restore runs -- Court says countil violated law -- The alarm that was heard: the Crossroads Report -- Wild fish receive special consideration -- Snake River salmon listed under Endangered Species Act -- Overhaul of Columbia River operations needed -- What have northwest residents learned? -- Invisible parks for the northwest salmon: nowhere to run -- River of change: salmon, time, and crisis on the Columbia River.

ISBN

0870713906 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^96004604^

OCLC

• 34191073
• SCSB-9904957

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Harvard Library