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Pacific salmon law and the environment : treaties, endangered species, dam removal, climate change, and beyond /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blumm, Michael C. (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Environmental Law Institute, [2022]
Subjects:
Pacific salmon > Law and legislation > United States.
Pacific salmon > Law and legislation > Northwest, Pacific.
Pacific salmon > Government policy > United States.
Pacific salmon > Government policy > Northwest, Pacific.
Fishes > Conservation > Law and legislation > United States.
Fishes > Conservation > Law and legislation > Northwest, Pacific.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The salmon
  • The pre-treaty fishery
  • The Stevens treaties
  • Treaty rights as property rights
  • The Winans Legacy in the courts
  • Indian treaty rights as a harvest share: the Belloni and Boldt decisions
  • Treaty fishing rights and the environment: the Martinez decision
  • Origins of the dam-building era
  • Salmon hatcheries: the Faustian bargain
  • The Columbia River Treaty with Canada
  • The rise and fall of the hydrothermal power program
  • The Northwest Power Act
  • The Endangered Species Act
  • The Clean Water Act
  • State water laws and salmon recovery
  • Dam removal
  • The Pacific Salmon Treaty
  • The Columbia River Comprehensive Plan
  • Inter-tribal disputes over fishing sites
  • Predator control: extirpating sea lions, cormorants, and northern pike
  • Saving southern resident orca whales
  • The uncertain future of Idaho's wild salmon
  • The effects of climate change on salmon
  • Legal responses to climate change
  • Salmon and the public trust doctrine
  • The future of wild pacific salmon in a climate-changed world
  • Appendix 1. The salmon harvesters
  • Appendix 2. The salmon regulators
  • Appendix 3. The salmon advocates.