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Catcher And The Fry: Ecology, Power, And My Life With Salmon, Olivia Mueller
Catcher And The Fry: Ecology, Power, And My Life With Salmon, Olivia Mueller
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
Pacific salmon serve a unique role in their ecosystem as network connectors. From transferring nutrients from the aquatic environment to terrestrial habitats, to subverting trophic hierarchies by nourishing the roots of trees and the bellies of orcas, salmon manage to fulfill an interesting role in connecting networks of biological communities. This connecting nature of pacific salmon is mirrored in the role they play as human community connectors, as is reflected in their part in food and land justice issues in the Pacific Northwest. I will explore the role of salmon in preserving Indigenous people against the imposed hegemony of settler …