I got a copy a couple of years ago. Awesome book!

Preface

David R Montgomery

The story of declining Salmon runs are remarkably parallel across the English speaking world, yet the similarities are not well known even by people running salmon-recovery efforts. I trained to study how rivers and landslides shape topography and only came to study salmon after moving to Seattle to take a falculty position in geology at the University of Washington, where it is hard to study rivers without thinking about salmon. Intrigued by the connections between rivers and salmon, I began to explore how the changing landscapes of the Pacific Northwest affected the evolution and abundance of salmon. Digging into the history of the Atlantic and Pacific salmon fisheries, I found a fascinating story of how valuable public resources can gradually decline dispite high-profile concerns over conservation.........


Edited by John Lee Hookum (02/10/07 01:22 AM)
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