Available online, and at
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Available online, and at
OSU Press or Amazon & bookstores
The work of conservation is inspired by wonder,
gratitude, reason and love. We need all of these
emotions and faculties to do the work well. But
the first impulse is love--Love for wild and
settled places, for animals and plants, for people living now
and those yet to come, for the creation of human hands
and minds.
Scott Russell Sanders
An excerpt from "A Conservationist's Manifesto, 2003"
Comment by Jim Lichatowich
Jim Lichatowich, San Francisco Chronicle, March 14, 2014
Will the Lower Columbia River become an Industrialized Sacrifice Zone?
by Jim Lichatowich
by Jim Lichatowich and Bill Bakke
Faith in Nature:
The Missing Element in Salmon Recovery Programs
Jim Lichatowich, Columbia City, OR
Richard Williams, Eagle, ID
Large declines in the abundance of wild salmon and steelhead and their subsequent listing under the federal Endangered Species Act led to the use of hatcheries to maintain the sport and commercial fisheries. To some of us who have worked on salmon recovery in the Columbia River, the steadfast adherence to the hatchery remedy to the salmon’s problem is hard to understand. The extensive use of hatcheries has occurred in spite of scientific evidence that hatchery operations are detrimental to wild salmon and steelhead and in spite of the failure of hatcheries to mitigate the loss and degradation of habitat. We examine this conundrum through a review of the nexus among the declines on Pacific salmon and steelhead, shifting baselines, and a flawed conceptual foundation. The practice of shifting baselines in the face of major declines in salmon abundance has led to belief that the productivity of natural salmon production systems is not adequate to meet expectations. We characterize this belief as a loss of faith in nature, which inevitably leads managers to the hatchery alternative to natural production.
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An important video with a look at what's happening in Oregon's Forests. view here
“Salmon are part of the natural commons; they belong to all of us, and we have a shared responsibility to ensure their persistence. This collective responsibility can bring citizens of a community together for a common purpose.” - Jim Lichatowich
Lawsuit Launched to Help Protect Salmon for Starving Orcas
Southern Resident Population Drops to 74 as Trump Administration Ignores
Role of Salmon Fishing
Dec 18, 2018 - 60 days notice of intent to sue.
