Fish Tales: A Writer’s
Journey into the
Salmon
Connection
Photo: John Burk
Connecticut River
Rogue River Canyon
SW Oregon
Frank Boyden, “Clock of Fall”
Bradley Boyden
Skeena River, BC
Pike Place Market
Seattle, Washington
Chapter One…
Kevin Davis, chef/owner, Blueacre Seafood
Seattle, WA
Chapter Two…
Curly, Alaskan
gillnetter
“The River People”
Columbia River treaty tribal members
Klickitat River dipnetting
Lyle, Washington
“Since time was new, salmon has been a part of our life, and
today the salmon is still part of our life.” – Umatilla elder
Sport Anglers
Salmon River mouth, Oregon Coast
Guido Rahr, president,
Wild Salmon Center
San Joaquin River Restoration
Central Valley, CA
Riley Starks, reefnetter
Lummi Island Wild
“My rule is, stop complaining and start
doing something. Stand up and throw
yourself in front of the tanks.”
“Salmon conservation is like learning to snowboard. At first it’s all about
avoiding obstacles—not running into a tree. After a while it’s about
picking a line and moving gracefully around the obstacles. And now it’s
about using those same obstacles for leverage—jumping off a rock and
expressing the beauty of the vision.” – Rene Henery, fisheries ecologist
Yuba River
Timbuctoo, California
Rene Henery,
Trout Unlimited
Jacob Katz,
California Trout
The Nigiri Project
Knaggs Ranch
Yolo Bypass, CA
“Floodplain Fatties”
Bonneville Dam Fish Ladder
Cascade Locks, OR
Redfish Lake
Sawtooth National Recreation Area
Stanley, ID
Lonesome Larry’s spawning bed
Eagle, ID
(Former) Lake Mills
Elwha River
Port Angeles, WA
Water Education Foundation Tour
San Joaquin watershed
Central Valley, CA
San Joaquin River above
Merced confluence
Great Brown Bear is walking with us,
Salmon swimming upstream with us,
as we stroll a city street.
— Gary Snyder,
The Practice of the Wild
Spring Foraging
from Patch to Plate