Made of Salmon: Alaska Stories from the Salmon Project
All over the world, salmon populations are in trouble, as overfishing and habitat loss have combined to put the once-great Atlantic and Pacific Northwest runs at serious risk. Alaska, however, stands out as a rare success story: its salmon populations remain strong and healthy, the result of years of careful management and conservation programs that are rooted in a shared understanding of the importance of the fish to the life, culture, and history of the state.

Made of Salmon brings together more than fifty diverse Alaska voices to celebrate the salmon and its place in Alaska life. A mix of words and images, the book interweaves longer works by some of Alaska’s finest writers with shorter, more anecdotal accounts and stunning photographs of Alaskans fishing for, catching, preserving, and eating salmon throughout the state. A love letter to a fish that has been central to Alaska life for centuries, Made of Salmon is a reminder of the stakes of this great, ongoing conservation battle.
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Made of Salmon: Alaska Stories from the Salmon Project
All over the world, salmon populations are in trouble, as overfishing and habitat loss have combined to put the once-great Atlantic and Pacific Northwest runs at serious risk. Alaska, however, stands out as a rare success story: its salmon populations remain strong and healthy, the result of years of careful management and conservation programs that are rooted in a shared understanding of the importance of the fish to the life, culture, and history of the state.

Made of Salmon brings together more than fifty diverse Alaska voices to celebrate the salmon and its place in Alaska life. A mix of words and images, the book interweaves longer works by some of Alaska’s finest writers with shorter, more anecdotal accounts and stunning photographs of Alaskans fishing for, catching, preserving, and eating salmon throughout the state. A love letter to a fish that has been central to Alaska life for centuries, Made of Salmon is a reminder of the stakes of this great, ongoing conservation battle.
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Made of Salmon: Alaska Stories from the Salmon Project

Made of Salmon: Alaska Stories from the Salmon Project

Made of Salmon: Alaska Stories from the Salmon Project

Made of Salmon: Alaska Stories from the Salmon Project

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Overview

All over the world, salmon populations are in trouble, as overfishing and habitat loss have combined to put the once-great Atlantic and Pacific Northwest runs at serious risk. Alaska, however, stands out as a rare success story: its salmon populations remain strong and healthy, the result of years of careful management and conservation programs that are rooted in a shared understanding of the importance of the fish to the life, culture, and history of the state.

Made of Salmon brings together more than fifty diverse Alaska voices to celebrate the salmon and its place in Alaska life. A mix of words and images, the book interweaves longer works by some of Alaska’s finest writers with shorter, more anecdotal accounts and stunning photographs of Alaskans fishing for, catching, preserving, and eating salmon throughout the state. A love letter to a fish that has been central to Alaska life for centuries, Made of Salmon is a reminder of the stakes of this great, ongoing conservation battle.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781602232839
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Publication date: 05/15/2016
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 1,064,126
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Nancy Lord is a longtime resident of Homer, Alaska, and a former commercial salmon fisherman. She teaches creative writing at the University of Alaska Anchorage and science writing at Johns Hopkins University. Her books include Fishcamp, Beluga Days, and Early Warming.

Table of Contents

Foreword Bella Hammond xi

The Salmon Project Erin Harrington xiii

Introduction Nancy Lord xvii

Salmon Invictus Lynn Schooler 1

Dustin Connor 7

Chantelle Pence 8

Iqalugruaq: Chum Salmon and the Inuit World William L. Iggiagruk Hensley

Les Palmer 15

The Story Continues Sara Loewen 17

Heidi Hurley 22

Juanita Dwyer 23

Family Business Carol Sturgulewski 25

Melanie Brown 31

The Way of the Real Human Being: A Way of Life for Alaska Native Peoples Ilarion "Larry" Merculieff 33

Thomasina Andersen 41

Maija Lukin 41

Barbara Njaa 41

I Am Now the Age She Was Dan O'Neill 43

Karen Maskarinec 48

George Gatter 49

The King and I Richard Chiappone 51

Laurie Bassett 58

Thank You. Swimmer Emma Teal Laukitis 61

Sarah Harrington 66

Matthew Boline 67

Stone Fish, living Mirrors Hank Lentfer 69

Renamary Rauchenstein 76

Salmon are Worth More than Money Charles Wohlforth 77

Susan Harvey 82

Mark Witteveen 83

What Happens in the Artic? Debby Dahl Edwardson 85

Vice Ago 93

The Right Kind of Hungary Julia O'Malley 95

Sonja Barger 102

Martha Anelon 103

Seasons Ernestine Hayes 105

Christopher Orman 110

Bethany Neubarth 111

Size Matters Charlie Campbell 113

Mi'chelle McCoy 119

Adeline Pete 119

Here on the flocks Seth Kantner 121

Leona Gottschalk 127

River Song Kirsten Dixon 129

Jenny Fast 134

Danika Simpson 135

Bristol Bay Youth Doing Their Part Vemer Wilson III 137

Christy Everett 143

Let Nothing Be Wasted Leslie Leyland Fields 145

Mary Sattler 155

The One That Got Away Don Rearden 157

Tatiana Petticrew 164

Paul Ivanoff 165

My Salmon Project Michael Raudzis Dinkel 167

Eva O'Malley 171

Jerre Wills 171

Give Me a Life Jacket and a Paddle Heather Lende 173

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