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Mountain in the Clouds: A Search for the Wild Salmon 2 reviews Bruce Brown
University of Washington Press, 1995
Wild Salmon of the Northwest
+ How the salmon got the way they are -- a biography.
Experience wild salmon leaping up the wild rivers of the Northwest. In western Washington, salmon still return from the ocean to spawn deep within the Olympic Mountains. This book is a classic on conservation and wildlife. Pre-dating the current concern for salmonids as an endangered species, ...
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Crossing the Next Meridian: Land, Water, and the Future of the West 5 reviews Charles F. Wilkinson
Island Press, 1993
Excellent, thought-provoking
+ Should be required reading in high school + Excellent and thought provoking + Links the past, present, and future of the American West + A great summury of Western Issues
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Salmon Nation: People, Fish, and Our Common Home Elizabeth Woody, Jim Lichatowich, ...
Ecotrust, 2003
Along the Pacific coast of North America, the fates of people and salmon have been intertwined since the end of the last Ice Age. Salmon Nation leads readers deep into the watersheds of the West Coast in the company of six knowledgeable guides to better understand the most celebrated fish of western North America. Thoughtful essays by Native American writer Elizabeth Woody, fisheries biologist ...
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What the River Reveals: Understanding and Restoring Healthy Watersheds 4 reviews Valerie Rapp
Mountaineers Books, 1997
Excellent overview of watershed ecology
+ What a river should really look like + Informative and enjoyable
This book is written in an informative and entertaining style which pulls you to finish the book. There is a lot of good information on how watersheds work with pleanty of real world examples, mostly from the Pacific Northwest. What looks "normal" to us now is not the natural state of rivers. The ...
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Salmon Without Rivers: A History Of The Pacific Salmon Crisis 10 reviews James A. Lichatowich
Island Press, 2001
A captivating, human, informed book
+ Peter Morrison + Great read + Pacific Northwest Salmon History Book + Save the salmon and us
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The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River (Critical Issue Book) 5 reviews Richard White
Hill and Wang, 1996
The best environmental history book to date?
+ Brief and Brilliant + brilliant but dispassionate
Hands down the best history book written in English on a river. It rivals William Cronon's "Nature's Metropolis" as the best environmental history book I've read. Anyone who spends time near/on rivers (especially the Columbia) will appreciate this book. White tells a fascinating, compact story ...
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A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia 12 reviews Blaine Harden
W. W. Norton & Company, 1997
Wonderful writing. Interesting points of view.
+ So much good information + Wonderful writing. Interesting points of view. + An eye opener.
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Making Salmon: An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) 5 reviews Joseph E. Taylor
University of Washington Press, 2001
The definitive history of the Northwest salmon crisis
+ Making Salmon Makes Us Human + Swimming Against the Current + Swimming Against the Current
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King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon 4 reviews David Montgomery
Basic Books, 2004
Capitalism can't protect the Salmon
+ readable, balanced, not preachy + Say Goodbye to Salmon + How to Save Salmon - Lessons from History
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Mountain in the Clouds: A Search for the Wild Salmon 2 reviews Bruce Brown
University of Washington Press, 1995
Wild Salmon of the Northwest
+ How the salmon got the way they are -- a biography.
Experience wild salmon leaping up the wild rivers of the Northwest. In western Washington, salmon still return from the ocean to spawn deep within the Olympic Mountains. This book is a classic on conservation and wildlife. Pre-dating the current concern for salmonids as an endangered species, ...
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What the River Reveals: Understanding and Restoring Healthy Watersheds 4 reviews Valerie Rapp
Mountaineers Books, 1997
Excellent overview of watershed ecology
+ What a river should really look like + Informative and enjoyable
This book is written in an informative and entertaining style which pulls you to finish the book. There is a lot of good information on how watersheds work with pleanty of real world examples, mostly from the Pacific Northwest. What looks "normal" to us now is not the natural state of rivers. The ...
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A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia 12 reviews Blaine Harden
W. W. Norton & Company, 1997
Wonderful writing. Interesting points of view.
+ So much good information + Wonderful writing. Interesting points of view. + An eye opener.
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King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon 4 reviews David Montgomery
Basic Books, 2004
Capitalism can't protect the Salmon
+ readable, balanced, not preachy + Say Goodbye to Salmon + How to Save Salmon - Lessons from History
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Salmon Without Rivers: A History Of The Pacific Salmon Crisis 10 reviews James A. Lichatowich
Island Press, 2001
A captivating, human, informed book
+ Peter Morrison + Great read + Pacific Northwest Salmon History Book + Save the salmon and us
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Making Salmon: An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) 5 reviews Joseph E. Taylor
University of Washington Press, 2001
The definitive history of the Northwest salmon crisis
+ Making Salmon Makes Us Human + Swimming Against the Current + Swimming Against the Current
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Salmon Nation: People, Fish, and Our Common Home Elizabeth Woody, Jim Lichatowich, ...
Ecotrust, 2003
Along the Pacific coast of North America, the fates of people and salmon have been intertwined since the end of the last Ice Age. Salmon Nation leads readers deep into the watersheds of the West Coast in the company of six knowledgeable guides to better understand the most celebrated fish of western North America. Thoughtful essays by Native American writer Elizabeth Woody, fisheries biologist ...
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Crossing the Next Meridian: Land, Water, and the Future of the West 5 reviews Charles F. Wilkinson
Island Press, 1993
Excellent, thought-provoking
+ Should be required reading in high school + Excellent and thought provoking + Links the past, present, and future of the American West + A great summury of Western Issues
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The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River (Critical Issue Book) 5 reviews Richard White
Hill and Wang, 1996
The best environmental history book to date?
+ Brief and Brilliant + brilliant but dispassionate
Hands down the best history book written in English on a river. It rivals William Cronon's "Nature's Metropolis" as the best environmental history book I've read. Anyone who spends time near/on rivers (especially the Columbia) will appreciate this book. White tells a fascinating, compact story ...
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