Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon Before it's too Late

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Salmon, one of the most determined, single-mindedcreatures on earth, have for hundreds of thousands ofyears succeeded in returning from the sea to their birthrivers to spawn - no matter the conditions or obstacles.But in recent years increasingly fewer are returning due tosteady incursions into their habitat from dams, industry,and climate change. The salmon of the Pacific Rim are setfor near extinction, just like the salmon that once filledthe Atlantic Ocean. An improbable and inspiring story, Stronghold takesthe reader on a wild and at times dangerous adventure as we follow Guido fromOregon to Alaska to one of the world's last remaining salmon strongholds, inthe Russian Far East - a landscape of ecological richness and diversity that israpidly being developed for oil, gas, minerals, and timber. As Guidobefriends and navigates scientists, conservationists, corrupt officials,Russian oligarchs, unexpected allies, and impenetrable bureaucracies, hereveals the astonishing natural history of the endangered salmon, a specieswhose demise will reverberate across the planet. And he sets into motion a planthat can secure their survival.