Author: Robert H. Busch

Publisher/Date: Key Porter 1999

ISBN: 9781552631621

Format/Condition: New softcover book is in fine condition, 160 pages

Description: “I saw my first salmon run in 1971 in a small stream north of Juneau in Alaska,” notes Robert Busch in the opening to this heartfelt natural history. “I’d read about these runs before, but nothing could have prepared me for the sight of a stream blushed pink by thousands of salmon struggling valiantly to reach the particular patch of gravel where they’d first begun their lives.” It is a sight, he worries, that fewer and fewer people may get to see. A dedicated naturalist who lives in British Columbia’s salmon country, Busch describes salmon evolution, habitat, life cycle, feeding habits, and migration patterns. He also discusses the state of today’s over-fished population and the fisheries industry, much-needed conservation and management, and the government’s late attention to the severity of the problem.