Last Friday was the deadline for ENVS 220 students to submit their updated concentration proposals. Feedback from the committee members was issued to us sometime earlier, and we were expected to revise each section of our proposals in preparation for this week’s final examination of concentration proposals. For my proposal, I placed emphasis on the […]
Political Ecology
Political Ecology: What is It? In Garry Peterson’s study observing political ecology through the example of salmon in the Colombia River Basin, Peterson defines political ecology as “…an approach that combines the concerns of ecology and political economy to represent an ever-changing dynamic tension between ecological and human change, and between diverse groups within society […]
Concentration Proposal Feedback, And Thoughts Moving Forward
I received feedback from two committee members and students about my concentration proposal yesterday. After reading it over, I’ve decided to go back to the basics by reading books about the history of human-caused changes in salmon populations. One book I have already read is The Fish in the Forest: Salmon and the Web of Life […]
Why Salmon?
At this point in my concentration, I’d like to explain the reason I chose to focus on salmon, as opposed to the countless other finfish or shellfish species. Dale Stokes’ 2014 book entitled The Fish in the Forest: Salmon and the Web of Life provides a modern perspective and understanding of the life history of salmon and […]
The Great Salmon Run: Competition Between Wild and Farmed Salmon
The IUCN report entitled “The Great Salmon Run: Competition Between Wild and Farmed Salmon” is a wonderful resource as a review of the state of salmon fisheries and related subtopics at the year 2007. I will be utilizing this report to further my understanding on what the state of salmon fisheries in North America is (or […]