Salmon, Science, and Politics: Writing History for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Autor:	Lisa Mighetto
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	History geography Engineering geography.geographical_feature_category business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Museology Visibility (geometry) Wildlife Drainage basin Conservation U s army Fishery Politics Fish Engineering ethics business Reputation media_common
Zdroj:	The Public Historian. 17:17-28
ISSN:	0272-3433
DOI:	10.2307/3378381
Popis:	region reported staggering numbers of these migrating fish. Their "multitudes," explorer Meriwether Lewis wrote in 1805, "are almost inconceivable."' Such descriptions helped establish the Columbia's reputation as the world's foremost salmon-producing river. What distinguishes these fish from other wildlife in the Pacific Northwest is their considerable visibility. People expect to see salmon-and it is the prodigious numbers of these fish that makes them appealing. The annual runs in the Columbia River Basin serve as a reassurance that the Pacific Northwest has retained some of its
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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