…All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected, whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself...

Chief Seattle

WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT

CONSERVATION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES?

Tarantula

Neurological disorders like Parkinson’s Disease

Asian Pit Viper

Melanoma

Saw-scaled Viper

Pacific Yew

Breast, Ovarian, Head,

and Neck Cancer

MEDICINE

Leukemia and Hodgkin’s Disease

Rosy Periwinkle

Blood thinner

AGRICULTURE

ECOLOGY

1 = 30

COMMERCE

PACIFIC SALMON

FRESHWATER MUSSELS

AESTHETICS/RECREATION

THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF EXTINCTION

CAN WE REVERSE THE EFFECTS OF

NATURAL AND MANMADE CAUSES OF

EXTINCTION?

YES!!!

Prairie Dog

Whooping Crane

Grizzly Bears

Bald Eagle

Key Deer

Florida Panther

Prairie DogGrey Wolf

Shortnose Sturgeon

Turning Point

From Extinction

Atlantic Salmon’s Upstream Battle

NEW ENGLAND IN THE 1800s

CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS WITHOUT FISH PASSAGES

WATERSHED

CONNECTICUT RIVER WATERSHED

CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN

RESTORING SALMON TO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER

TRIBUTARY MILL CONSERVANCY

TMC

ATLANTIC SALMON LIFE CYCLE

SALMON REDD

FERTILIZED SALMON EGGS

RAISING SALMON IN A NATURAL WATER SYSTEM

EGG PHASE

EYED PHASE

ALEVIN OR SAC FRY

FRY STAGE

PARR STAGE

SMOLT STAGE

Adult Atlantic Salmon

KELT(A salmon that has spawned)

STOCKING FRY IN A RIVER BASIN