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The Struggles of the Pacific Salmon

Salmon are the lifeblood of our coastal ecosystem.  Their journey back to their home rivers to spawn is often not an easy one.  The salmon return to the same river which they were born years prior.  How they know where they are going remains one of life’s great mysteries.  The lucky few return, spawn and then all pacific salmon die after spawning, providing nutrients to the river and forest.  This is a coho salmon leaping over the falls on the wild river trip.

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