Global Amen - Salmon Issue (Student Area)

Actions That May Adversely Affect Salmon:
- A list of actions that affect salmon negatively, as well as more
detailed charts of information.

Causes of the Salmon Decline:
- A section of a report about restoring wild salmon in the NW.

Columbia River Basin - Dams and Salmon:
- Information on how dams on the Columbia River affect salmon.

Columbia Riverkeeper:
- Information on some ways that humans negatively impact the
Columbia River Basin.

Columbia River Problem:
- Has some information on the ways humans affect the salmon's
habitat and what needs to be/is being changed.

Columbia River Water Quality Study:
-How the lower Columbia River is polluted and who does it.

Dam:
- An article from Encarta Encyclopedia about the ecological impact
of dams on fish, wildlife and plant life.

DDT:
- A page about DDT, and how it negatively impacts the environment.

Forest Practices and Salmon:
- How salmon can be affected by logging.

How Does Logging Affect Salmon?
- Information on logging and its impact on salmon.

How You Can Help:
- How people can help instead of hurt salmon.

Important Water Quality Factors:
- Different criteria for clean water, and the things that contaminate it.

Introduction to the Basic Needs of Salmon:
- Scroll about halfway down to read about how humans can impact
salmon's lives.

Man May Be Helping Tens/Cormorants Devastate Salmon:
- An article from Tidepool.org.

Protecting and Restoring Watersheds:
- Information from an Illinois school.

Salmon Impacts:
- A brief page by Greenpeace USA.

Salmon on the Brink:
- Toward the bottom of the page, this article contains information
on some different ways humans impact salmon.

Salmon Self-Assessment:
- Find out how your life affects the salmon!

Salmon- The Cure and the Cost:
- A 1999 article from the Seattle P.I.

Snake River Sockeye Salmon and Dams:
- How the dams on the Snake and Columbia Rivers affect salmon.

The Columbia Conflict:
- Summaries of the Columbia River Conflict written by Middle School
students.

The Rise of Salmon Predators and Parasites:
- How humans have increased the number of predators that eat
salmon in the Columbia River ecosystem.

What's Wrong with Pacific Salmon Hatcheries?
- A report by students from the University of Oregon.

Adult Sockeye Released in Redfish Lake:
- A 1999 article from the Columbia Bulletin on hactchery raised
sockeye being released into Redfish Lake.

Causes of the Salmon Decline:
- A section of a report about restoring wild salmon in the NW.

Columbia & Snake Rivers Campaign:
- A campaign dedicated to "returning salmon by restoring rivers."

Columbia River Article:
- The history of the Columbia River, where many salmon in the Pacific
Northwest spend the early and later portions of their lives.

Columbia River Basin - Dams and Salmon:
- Information on how dams on the Columbia River affect salmon.

Columbia Riverkeeper:
- Information on some ways that humans negatively impact the
Columbia River Basin.

Columbia River Pastoral Letter Project:
     - Downloadable documents written by various bishops and
       archbishops on caring for God's creation (with focus on the
       Columbia River Watershed).

Columbia River Problem:
- Has some information on the ways humans affect the salmon's
habitat and what needs to be/is being changed.

Columbia River Water Quality Study:
-How the lower Columbia River is polluted and who does it.

Earth Ministry - Salmon:
- Various texts and links about Northwest salmon.

How Does Logging Affect Salmon?
- Information on logging and its impact on salmon.

How You Can Help:
- How people can help instead of hurt salmon.

Important Water Quality Factors:
- Different criteria for clean water, and the things that contaminate it.

Man May Be Helping Tens/Cormorants Devastate Salmon:
- An article from Tidepool.org.

Predators Interfering with Salmon Recovery:
- An article from the East Oregonian.

Protecting and Restoring Watersheds:
- A page about earthquakes. Has images too.

Redfish Lake Lodge:
     - Redfish Lake used to be one of the main spawning grounds for
       salmon in the NW, but in recent years only a few salmon have come
       to the lake to spawn.

Redfish Lake Map:
- A map of Redfish Lake.

Restoring Wild Salmon to the Pacific Northwest:
- A report by Robert T. Lackley from the National Health and
Environmental Effects Research Laboratory.

Salmon in Washington State:
- Information about the salmon of Washington, and their habitat.

Salmon News:
- From Idaho Rivers United, a constantly updated page with Northwest
Salmon news.

Salmon of the Columbia River:
- A long report of the issues/problems surrounding salmon in the
Columbia River.

Salmon on the Brink:
- Toward the bottom of the page, this article contains information
on some different ways humans impact salmon.

Salmon Recovery Timeline:
- A timeline of salmon history on the Columbia River.

Salmon Self-Assessment:
- Find out how your life affects the salmon!

Salmon- The Cure and the Cost:
- A 1999 article from the Seattle P.I.

Save Salmon and Steelhead!
- From Idaho Rivers United, a case for partially removing dams on the
Snake River.

Sampling of Salmon Recovery Viewpoints:
- Click on a group of people to find links to what they think should be
done (or not done) to save the salmon.

Snake River Sockeye Salmon and Dams:
- How the dams on the Snake and Columbia Rivers affect salmon.

The Columbia Conflict:
- Summaries of the Columbia River Conflict written by Middle School
students.

The Columbia River:
     - A report written by students at Bryant College. Includes the history
       of the river, environmental problems there, projects undertaken on
       the river, and pictures.

The Rise of Salmon Predators and Parasites:
- How humans have increased the number of predators that eat
salmon in the Columbia River ecosystem.

Water Control Data:
- From the Water Management Division of the US Army Corps, a site
with water, salmon and power data.

What's Wrong With Pacific Salmon Hatcheries?
- Want to know? Go here!

Actions that May Adversely Affect Salmon:
- Information and charts of things that impact Salmon's habitats.

A Salmon Timeline:
- A timeline of events affecting salmon in the Pacific Northwest from
1805 to 1994.

Forest Practices and Salmon: What's the Connection?
- An article discussing the impact of logging on Salmon.

For the Sake of Salmon:
- Information on salmon and ways that people can help improve their
habitat/lives.

How Does Logging Affect Salmon?
- This page answers that question!

How Many Different Salmon Are There?
- This page, aimed at students discusses the five different kinds of
Salmon found in British Columbia. Also has color images.

Introduction to the Basic Needs of Salmon:
- Information about various species of salmon in Washington State,
their life cycles, habitats, and factors that affect their lives.

Meet the Pacific Salmon:
- Information and drawings of Sockeye, Pink, Chum (Keta), Coho and
Chinook (King) Salmon.

Restoring Wild Salmon to the Pacific Northwest:
     - A lot of information about the salmon of the Pacific Northwest, what
       has caused their decline, and things that people/government are or
       should be doing to help restore the salmon.

Salmon:
- A page from GreenpeaceUsa.org on Salmon and the impact of
some human activities on their lives.

Salmon II:
     - A page made by a boy named Christopher. It includes an image of a
       salmon's life cycle, information on salmon and an animated salmon
       gif. The animation slows down your computer quite a bit. Take the
        information with a grain of salt, some of it is just the student's
        opinions or ideas, and not factual info.

Salmon From A to Z:
- A site about salmon created by a fifth grade class from Alaska.

Salmon on the Brink:
- An article from Earth Ministry.

Salmon Predators and their Prey:
- Information about the things that eat Salmon throughout different
stages of their life-cycle. Created by a ThinkQuest student.

Your Impact on Salmon:
- Download this .pdf file to see how you impact the salmon in your
life.