Start Date
4-28-2016 12:45 PM
End Date
4-28-2016 2:15 PM
Disciplines
Aquaculture and Fisheries | Biodiversity | Indigenous Studies | United States History
Subjects
Pacific salmon fisheries -- Columbia River, Salmon stock management -- Columbia River, Natural resources -- Management -- Oregon, Salmon -- Effect of dams on --C olumbia River, Indians of North America -- Legal status laws etc.
Abstract
Since Time Immemorial: The Decline of Columbia River Basin Salmon studies the near extinction of what has been historically the world’s largest salmon population. By examining the issue systemically, my paper reveals that the environmental misjudgments that have brought the salmon so near extinction are not isolated, but rather are the product of cultural trends. A study of these misjudgments reveals a culture within the Columbia Basin that has, since the mid-19th century, sought expansion for expansion’s sake and valued short-term wealth over long-term sustainability. My paper illustrates how his philosophy has guided and continues to guide Columbia Basin fisheries management to neglect not just environmental and Native American considerations, but pragmatic ones as well.
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Since Time Immemorial: The Decline of Columbia River Basin Salmon
Since Time Immemorial: The Decline of Columbia River Basin Salmon studies the near extinction of what has been historically the world’s largest salmon population. By examining the issue systemically, my paper reveals that the environmental misjudgments that have brought the salmon so near extinction are not isolated, but rather are the product of cultural trends. A study of these misjudgments reveals a culture within the Columbia Basin that has, since the mid-19th century, sought expansion for expansion’s sake and valued short-term wealth over long-term sustainability. My paper illustrates how his philosophy has guided and continues to guide Columbia Basin fisheries management to neglect not just environmental and Native American considerations, but pragmatic ones as well.
Notes
Winner of the Karen E. Hoppes Young Historians Award for Outstanding Research and Writing.