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Alaskans have deeply personal relationships with their salmon. These remarkable fish provide a fundamental source of food, livelihood, and identity, and connect generations and communities throughout the state. Yet while salmon are integral to the lives of many Alaskans, the habitat they need to thrive is increasingly at risk as communities and decision makers evaluate large-scale development proposals. The Salmon Way celebrates and explores the relationships...

Explains how wild salmon live and grow; discusses their migration, its purpose, and its routes; and lists threats wild salmon may face on their migration.

The Life Cycle of a Salmon looks at the growth of a salmon from egg to adult, and provides children with a thorough account of the five distinct stages of a salmon's life cycle: egg, alevin, fry, smolt, and adult.

Introduces the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of salmon.

The life history of the Pacific Salmon in rhythmic verse.

"From the award-winning author of The Mushroom Hunters comes the story of an iconic fish, perhaps the last great wild food : salmon. For some, a salmon evokes the distant wild--thrashing in the jaws of a hungry grizzly bear on TV, perhaps. For others, it's the catch of the day on a restaurant menu, or a deep red fillet at the market. For others still, it's the jolt of adrenaline on a successful fishing trip. Our fascination with these superlative...

A magnificent species whose survival is inextricably tied to the survival of the planet In what he calls "the most important environmental writing" in his long and award-winning career, best-selling author and journalist Mark Kurlansky recounts the sobering history of salmon and their perilous future. Kurlansky employs his signature multicentury storytelling and compelling attention to detail to chronicle the harrowing yet awe-inspiring life cycle...

Learn about the life cycle and migration patterns of the salmon.

The subject is the salmon--its role in the lives and culture of peoples of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, as well as Japan and Russia. Fobes' photos of fish and people are extraordinary; the collection represents a decade of work by the award-winning photographer. Accompanying essays by Tom Jay and Brad Matsen are at once personal, lyrical, and informative--about the evolution and biology, and history and current status of Pacific salmon.