Mac`s Field Guide to Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Sometimes there`s a great notion -- an idea that strikes to the core of an issue and, in its elegance and simplicity, leads us to solve a vexing problem. Salmon play a significant role in the economy and culture of the Pacific Northwest, but their stocks are declining due to habitat destruction, hatcheries, harvesting, and hydropower. Using four dams on the Lower Snake River as examples, Lewis weaves a meticulously researched argument for their destruction that can be applied to dams across the country. Lewis posits that removing economically insignificant dams would migration conditions and regenerate the river environment, enabling salmon improve and steelhead to return to the waters where they have spawned for the last 10, 000 years. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.