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.
Keep track of where you get your information. Ask how to copy the URL and paste into a Microsoft Word document. Then you’ll be able to show where you got your facts.
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.htmEndangered 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.htmPacific Salmon
: This is a good site to read about the life cycle of salmon. http://species.fws.gov/bio_salm.htmlPuget 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.htmlSalmon 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.htmSalmon Life Cycle
: Pictures and captions describe the life cycle of salmon. http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/salmon/report.htmlThe 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.htmSalmon
: 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.htmSalmon 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.htmlThe BC Salmon Page
: This Canadian fishing company has a great page full of information about salmon. http://www.canfisco.com/bc-salm2.htmlHydroelectric 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.htmlWow !! 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.htmSave the Salmon, Save the Dams
http://www.fb.org/views/focus/fo98/fo1005.html