Salmon run

emotional repercussions is the most difficult to overcome? Is it the constant, pressing thought of how loving they were? Is it the daunting task of having to move on? In Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones, the Salmon family faces the anguish of mourning after their daughter and sister, Susie Salmon, is raped and murdered by the neighborhood hermit. Prior to her death, Susie had been a precocious, brilliant, yellow-bell-bottom-wearing 14-year-old girl with a smile that was bright enough to light up…

is having to cut back on their water supply due to the lack of it. In Texas, seventeen systems are predicted to run out of water in six months or less. The community have made drastic conservation efforts and they have been working so far, but if water supply continues to decrease the town of Robert Lee has worked so far, but if the reserves deplete at current levels, this town will run out of water by the end of March. For now Texas is building a lifeline, which is a 12-mile-long trench across…

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven The short story of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie uses the prognostic as the first person narrator. Moreover, this story presents two conflicts in the life of the dynamic character of the narrator, as it follows a tormented path to his eventual change. The central idea presented by the author of the story reveals the internal conflict of the protagonist, and societal prejudices are reflected in the tone. The tribal…

We acquired samples of the 5 genera of invertebrates; Ostreidae (Oyster) Pectinidae (Squid), Nephropidae (Lobster), Caridea (Shrimp), and Brachyura (Crab) and acquired 1 genus of vertebrate Oncorhynchus (Salmon), from the local food markets, all samples were froze and stored. For the experiment, 250 µl of Bio-Rad Laemmli buffer was added to a small piece of each sample, the samples were then agitated and allowed to incubate for 5 minutes at room temperature…

By 2048, the fish population in the Atlantic Ocean will be completely depleted. Overfishing or in other words known as unsustainable fishing has become the main factor for this. The Atlantic Ocean is home to many marine species and while their numbers are diminishing, with limits on overfishing, increasing public awareness, and creating groups/programs for helping to restore the ocean, people can tackle this problem. Unsustainable fishing is a very tricky problem to solve because of many things…

of Oregon and Idaho for 216 miles. The Snake River flows west and feeds into the Columbia River near Pasco, WA. Throughout the river there are steamboats going through the river, and railroads were built along the side. There is always a bunch of salmon coming through the Snake River, making it a great place to go fishing. Over 11,000 years ago many Native American and Indian tribes inhabited the banks of the Snake River. The tribe that was known for naming the Snake was the…

Introduction: Though killer whales (Orcinus Orca), also called orcas, were considered whales by most people, they were actually members of the Delphinidae family. Killer whale were the largest member of the dolphin family. They were close related to bottlenose dolphins, pilot whale, and false killer whale. Dall’s porpoises sometimes mistaken as “baby” killer whale. Many culture named killer whale based on their position of food chain. The genus name Orcinus mean “of the kingdom of dead” in…

sacrifice parts of themselves to attain the fresh start they desire. Through the retelling of key moments in his childhood, Tobias Wolff develops the theme of new beginnings through the use of symbols, motifs, and anecdotes. The symbol of the dying salmon that is presented in the section “Uncool” is used to evolve the theme of new beginnings, and signify Tobias and Rosemary’s new life that awaits them in Chinook. Just how the fish “had come all the way from the ocean to spawn here, […] and then…

The Lovely Bones was one of her bestselling books since Gone with the Wind. Throughout the selection the themes were grief, isolation, love and mortality. Overall the main theme would be grief because it’s portrayed all throughout the novel. Susie Salmon is a fourteen year old girl who was raped and killed by her neighbor Mr. Harvey. She is watching down from her in-between heaven while her family is struggling to survive with grief and trying to find her killer. On a snowy afternoon, Susie is…

filled in a large portion of the river, forcing the water to flow too fast for the pink and sockeye salmon to migrate upstream to their breeding grounds. This caused up to 90% of the native sockeye stocks to be eradicated, and a solution had to be found. Most of the debris was cleared, slowing the current back down. Fish ladders were added at Hell’s Gate, the narrowest part of the river, to ease the salmon upstream in turbulent waters. These srategies were effective in helping the remaining…