Recently a group of individuals from a number of fields gathered on the
Oregon State University campus. The group came up with a list of human activities
and natural phenomena that have been identified widely as influences on
salmon. These influences range from the fresh waters where salmon hatch,
down the streams they travel to the ocean, and back to the home streams
where they spawn and create the next generation.
Each story listed here examines one or more of these influences. Most
of the stories offer a variety of human perspectives. This isn't about blame.
It's to give you a better understanding of the range of viewpoints that
make the salmon crisis a public issue not easily "solved."
We probably omitted worthy topics, unintentionally. And the logic of
how we picked some may not be obvious. For example, the topic of predators
could fit in several areas. We singled it out because often this seems to
be a "flash point" in discussions of the salmon issue.
We hope this information will help you fulfill your role as a citizen,
including the very important activity of discussing the salmon issue with
other Oregonians.
Can you hear the water gurgling, high in a mountain stream? Off we go. |
