A lot of time an energy has gone into rebuilding the fish stocks in Washington State, with some success. But on the White River, there’s an aging dam that was never designed to allow fish to migrate and spawn. Now, a local Indian tribe says fish are dying by the thousands.
The story of one salmon, and its journey from the high mountain streams of the northwest to the far reaches of the Pacific Ocean and back again, as told by producer Sandy Tolan, with original music by Dorothy Wang. It’s the final installment in our series “The Point of No Return: Salmon and Society in […]
Steve Curwood reports on Seattle’s battle over endangered salmon. For the first time in the history of the Endangered Species Act, entire urban areas have come under the aegis of the act as several salmon runs that pass through Seattle and neighboring Portland, Oregon have been added to the list of protected species. Some fear […]