Bibliograph

Stronghold, one man's quest to save the world's wild salmon, Tucker Malarkey

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Stronghold, one man's quest to save the world's wild salmon, Tucker Malarkey

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-344)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Stronghold

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1057240140

Responsibility statement

Tucker Malarkey

Sub title

one man's quest to save the world's wild salmon

Summary

Environmentalists Guido Rahr has dedicated his life to saving the environment, working to preserve the world's last pristine stronghold habitat for salmon in Russia's Far East-- a landscape of ecological richness and diversity that is rapidly being developed for oil, gas, minerals, and timber in the Putin era. He believes that the fate of the salmon is linked with the fate of humanity, as they contribute in essential ways to our own habitat. Malarkey reveals the astonishing natural history of the salmon, while also providing a fascinating narrative that takes the reader to remote, inhospitable terrain and into the world of Russian oligarchs, corrupt officials, and impenetrable bureaucracies. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

The first stronghold -- Tumbling downstream -- The briny estuary -- The city -- Scaling the ivory tower -- Of maps and math -- Russia, the first glimpse -- Oregon trout -- Catching Lee -- Cold War warriors -- Tiger by the tail -- The Krutogorova -- At the river's bottom -- Truth and beauty -- A perfect stronghold -- Deeper codes -- The right river -- Big fish -- The human ecosystem -- The human factor -- State of the salmon -- An ocean shared -- Oceans and markets -- The oligarchs -- The inner sanctum -- The taimen code -- The dispossessed -- The apex predators -- The Tugur -- Going forward

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