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Salmon Lose to Sprawl

Living on Earth
August 14, 2013
  • By Christine Arrasmith
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Urban sprawl is a major factor in the decline of the salmon since nature’s waterway systems are altered by loss of wetlands and forest. Christine Arrasmith has the details on how development changes the water flows salmon need to live.

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