While some consider them a nuisance, beaver activity can be immensely beneficial to healthy salmon habitat. Read the full story at Business Insider.
Juvenile chum salmon have been spotted swimming along the seawall, which has been designed to help them survive in order to migrate past. You might say it’s ‘highway’, complete with rest stops and restaurants. From the Seattle Times.
“An ample buffet of freshwater food, brought on by climate change, is altering the life history of one of the world’s most important salmon species.” Read the full story at UW News.
“Salmon species, known for undertaking arduous upstream migrations, appear to owe a good deal of their athletic ability to the presence of a single enzyme.” Read more here.
“Environmental changes, habitat degradation and international fishing pressure contributed to the fall in the eight stocks, NOAA said in a statement.” Learn more here.