Salmon Links

These are some good places to find information about salmon: Please take notes or copy and paste selections to Microsoft Word. Don’t print without permission. Your written work will need to be in your own words.

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Endangered Fish of Idaho: This site from the University of Idaho lists many different kinds of Idaho fish, including salmon, that are endangered. Click on the links to find information about each species.

http://www.its.uidaho.edu/fishwild/bt/other.htm

Endangered Species: Salmon & Bull Trout - The Issue: This site explains the Endangered Species Act and tells about the fish listed in Washington state.

http://www.mrsc.org/environment/esa/esa-intr.htm

Pacific Salmon: This is a good site to read about the life cycle of salmon.

http://species.fws.gov/bio_salm.html

Puget Sound Shorelines: Salmon: Here you can read about the estuaries and shorelines where salmon live during their lives. Different kinds of salmon are described along with their problems in the Puget Sound.

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/species/salmon.html

Salmon Facts: This is a Fish and Game webpage. Learn about different kinds of salmon, see drawings, and read about what they need to survive.

http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/outreach/fishing/salmon.htm

Salmon Life Cycle: Pictures and captions describe the life cycle of salmon.

http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/salmon/report.html

The Salmon Story: Another good illustrated Fish and Game site, this time from Alaska.

http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/geninfo/research/genetics/kids/salstory.htm

Salmon Life Cycle Studies: This terrific webpage was made by fifth graders in Alaska.

http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/ab/jones_cl/jones.htm

The Salmon Page: Another wonderful student-made website.

http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/salmon.htm

Salmon: Oregon Coast Aquarium webpage. You will find lots to read about anadromy (the kind of life cycle salmon have).

http://www.aquarium.org/salmon/

Salmon Challenge: This one is a Game! You make decisions that will either help or hurt salmon. Try it out!

http://splash.metrokc.gov/wlr/waterres/salmonch.htm

Salmon of New York: The Pacific Northwest is not the only place where salmon live. Read about our Atlantic salmon cousins.

http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/fish/fishspecs/salmntxt.html

The BC Salmon Page: This Canadian fishing company has a great page full of information about salmon.

http://www.canfisco.com/bc-salm2.html

Hydroelectric Power on the Internet

Northwest Hydro: About the dams on the Columbia

http://www.bpa.gov/power/pl/columbia/page2.htm

Hydroelectric Power: Turning water's mechanical energy into electricity

http://www.nrel.gov/lab/pao/hydroelectric.html

Wow !! Hydroelectric power sounds brilliant, or does it?

http://www.soton.ac.uk/~engenvir/environment/alternative/hydropower/hydrenvi.htm

HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER: Energy Fact Sheet

http://www.iclei.org/efacts/hydroele.htm

Bureau of Reclamation: Hydropower Information

http://www.usbr.gov/power/edu/edu.htm

Facts About Hydropower

http://www.wvic.com/hydro-facts.htm

Solutions: Breach the Dams or Save Them?

Internet Sources

Restoring the Lower Snake River: Saving Snake River Salmon and Saving Money

http://www.onrc.org/wild_oregon/salmonriver98/salmonriver98.html

Remove or Decommission the Four Lower Snake River Dams

http://www.cyberlearn.com/remove.htm

Taxpayers for Common Sense Snake River Campaign

http://www.taxpayer.net/snake/

Columbia River Conversations

http://www.columbiaconversations.org/

Salmon Recovery Viewpoints: Find all points of view here.

http://www.orednet.org/salmon/

Columbia and Snake Rivers Campaign

http://www.columbia-snake.org/

Bonneville Power Administration Fish and Wildlife Group

http://www.efw.bpa.gov/cgi-bin/FW/welcome.cgi

Columbia River Basin - Dams And Salmon: Factors in Salmon Decline

http://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/ps/factors.htm

Save the Salmon, Save the Dams

http://www.fb.org/views/focus/fo98/fo1005.html