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Commentary: As salmon population dissipates, so too does an ancient connection

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 15, 2009 at 9:50 am

From the Sacramento Bee, this commentary by David Martin Olson, a former river guide, writer and photographer who lives in Sacramento:

“A few years ago, my son and I walked along the American River at Sailor Bar, throwing rocks into the green water. He was still small enough to need my hand walking over uneven ground.

We sat on the cobblestones and tossed hunks of granite while gulls and mallards turned in the air over our heads.

“There’s a bird, Daddy!” my son yelled. I smiled and told him that bird had a funny name. He tried to say it, savoring the last syllable like I had, “Mer-gan-zzzerrr.”

We had come in December, like so many Californians do, to see the salmon migration. Their long journey, in from the Pacific, through the Delta and up the Sacramento and American rivers, ends here each autumn. …”

Read more from the Sacramento Bee by clicking here.

November 15, 2009 · Filed Under Salmon

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