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Article: Against the current: the Northwest salmon crisis.
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- Animals
- Article date:
- May 1, 1997
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Salmon are to the Pacific Northwest what bison were to the Midwest. They are intricately woven into the culture, history, and spirituality of the region. The annual return of the fighting, leaping fish has traditionally brought a renewal of life--not just for the spawning salmon but for those who depend on them as a source of food and income. Now that way of life is threatened.
On Washington's Olympic Peninsula, salmon are as integral to the local scene as the stands of Douglas fir, soaring bald eagles, and towns with hard-to-pronounce Native American names. Roadside stores advertise smoked salmon. Native American art galleries sell "Salmon Dream" paintings ...