Part lyrical natural history, part social and philosophical manifesto, Totem Salmon tells the story of a determined band of locals who\'ve worked for over two decades to save one of the last purely native Species of salmon in California.
The book-call it the zen of salmon restoration-traces the evolution of the Mattole River Valley community in northern California as it learns to undo the results of rapacious logging practices; to invent ways to trap wild salmon for propagation; and to.
Part lyrical natural history, part social and philosophical manifesto, Totem Salmon tells the story of a determined band of locals who\'ve worked for over two decades to save one of the last purely native Species of salmon in California