“I am beginning to understand that the stream the scientists are studying is not just a little creek. It's a river of energy that moves across regions in great geographic cycles. Here, life and death are only different points on a continuum. The stream flows in a circle through time and space, turning death into life across coastal ecosystems, as it has for more than a million years. But such streams no longer flow in the places where most of us live.” YearsLittlesDifferentMovingEnergySpaceMillionsStudyFlowRiversScientistEnvironmentalCirclesStreamsLife And DeathRegionsCyclesTime And SpaceEcosystemsRough TimesContinuumCreeksCoastal Author:Kathleen Moore
“I have seen salmon swimming upstream to spawn even with their eyes pecked out. Even as they are dying, as their flesh is falling away from their spines, I have seen salmon fighting to protect their nests. I have seen them push up creeks so small that they rammed themselves across the gravel. I have seen them swim upstream with huge chunks bitten out of their bodies by bears. Salmon are incredibly driven to spawn. They will not give up. This gives me hope.” GivingBodyEyeFallFightingDyingHugeBearsProtectGiving UpRiversGive MeEnvironmentalDrivenFleshSwimSwimmingNot Giving UpNestsSpineChunksSalmonCreeksSpawnGravelPush UpsSwimming Upstream Author:Kathleen Moore