Return to the River: Restoring Salmon Back to the Columbia River

✍ Scribed by Richard N. Williams

• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 720
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Return to the River will describe a new ecosystem-based approach to the restoration of salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River, once one of the most productive river basins for anadromous salmonids on the west coast of North America. The approach of this work has broad applicability to all recovery efforts throughout the northern hemisphere and general applicability to fisheries and aquatic restoration efforts throughout the world. The Pacific Northwest is now embroiled in a major public policy debate over the management and restoration of Pacific salmon. The outcome of the debate has the potential to affect major segments of the region's economy - river transportation, hydroelectric production, irrigated agriculture, urban growth, commercial and sport fisheries, etc. This debate, centered as it is on the salmon in all the rivers, has created a huge demand for information. The book will be a powerful addition to that debate. * A 15 year collaboration by a diverse group of scientists working on the management and recovery of salmon, steelhead trout, and wildlife populations in the Pacific Northwest Includes over 200 figures, with four-color throughout the book Discusses complex issues such as habitat degradation, juvenile survival through the hydrosystem, the role of artificial production, and harvest reform

✦ Table of Contents

front cover......Page 1
copyright......Page 5
table of contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
1 Introduction and Background of the Columbia River Salmon Problem......Page 22
2 The Existing Conceptual Foundation and the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program......Page 50
3 Developing a New Conceptual Foundation for Salmon Conservation......Page 72
4 Diversity, Structure, and Status of Salmon Populations......Page 120
5 The Status of Freshwater Habitats......Page 194
6 Hydroelectric System Development: Effects on Juvenile and Adult Migration......Page 270
7 Mitigation of Salmon Losses Due to Hydroelectric Development......Page 346
8 Artificial Production and the Effects of Fish Culture on Native Salmonids......Page 438
9 Harvest Management......Page 486
10 The Estuary, Plume, and Marine Environments......Page 528
11 Monitoring and Evaluation: Salmon Restoration in the Columbia River Basin......Page 592
12 Federal and State Approaches to Salmon Recovery at the Millennium......Page 622
13 Return to the River: Strategies for Salmon Restoration in the Columbia River Basin......Page 650
index......Page 688