Chinook salmon

Like junk food, the health and social problems associated with alcohol dependency among Native communities can also be traced back to the actions of European immigrants. Western movies pushed the unflattering stereotype of the “drunken Indian” onto a mainstream audience throughout the twentieth-century, yet Hollywood was less forthcoming in documenting the fact that before colonisation, alcohol was non-existent within all but a small minority of Native groups located in the American Southwest, where

main sympatric ecotypes of killer whales present in the Pacific Northwest, known as “resident”, “transient” and “offshore” killer whales. Of these, the resident whales of the Salish sea have been by far the most heavily studied. Their prey is salmon, chinook salmon in particular, and they hunt cooperatively. The resident pods are divided into “northern residents” and “southern residents”, the latter being comprized of three pods (J, K, and L). These three pods are well researched, as their markings

Mount Saint Helens is an active volcano that is located in the Cascade mountain range in Washington State. This volcano is considered to be one of the most active in the Cascades, and has a complex ecosystem. This volcano remained mostly dormant until May 18, 1980 where it unfortunately erupted and decimated the plant life, wildlife, and forever changed the geography of the surrounding area. Prior to the eruption of Mount Saint Helens, there was a vast ecosystem that thrived in the area surrounding

A large majority of Homo sapiens do not appreciate the existence of bacteria, as evinced by the myriad hand sanitizer bottles ubiquitous in daily life, boasting, “Kills 99.9% of germs.” This is a highly rational response to the group of microscopic organisms, of which it is true many are malignant to maintaining homeostasis as agents of disease. However, bacteria are essential to the world’s functioning, with important roles and many benefits. Recently, scientists studying certain bacteria have

Biodiversity is essential for the survival of mankind and the environment for many reasons. The loss of biodiversity is a growing epidemic in Canada, as thousands of species are starting to diminish in number to the peak of extinction. According to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, biodiversity is defined as, “the existence of many different kinds of plants and animals in an environment” (“Biodiversity”). The survival of various species on earth depends on biodiversity as each relies on another

3) The Great Lakes • To the west, Algonquian speaking people, including Ottawas, Ojibwas, and Potawatomis, or as all together called Anishinaabe, dominated the Great Lakes ο Clan identities, such as beaver, otter, sturgeon, deer, and others, were what allowed them to distinguish between the tribes ο As a result of such diverse cultures and groups, Europeans remarked the landscape as “bewildering” and “an infinity of undiscovered nations” • Extensive network of lakes, rivers, and birchbark canoes

The Golden State of Mind is Dried And Cracked It’s hard to imagine what life would be like without easily accessible and plentiful water. Humans use water in many different ways for a number of important reasons, so the current drought that’s taking place in California is a big deal. Last year, during an outdoor speech, California governor Jerry Brown made this statement: "Today we are standing on dry grass where there should be five feet of snow. This historic drought demands unprecedented action

In the novel, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, written by Ken Kesey, it shadows the vast journey and relationships of Randle McMurphy, A testy patient newly equipped into the psychiatric ward. The second McMurphy came into the mental institution, he brought a sense of life and resilience to many of the patients in the ward, it was inevitable the McMurphy was their leader and that he was gonna change the dark cloud of personas surrounding the patents. As the story proceeds the members in the ward

Planet Earth is home to millions of species with different forms of life. Due to habitat loss and destruction, hunting, climate change, agriculture, pollution, and deforestation, many animal and plant species have been decreasing significantly. Wildlife conservation, management plans, and acts have been passed in order to help preserve the diverse wildlife habitat An example of wildlife conservation is the Cosumnes River Preserve which is the largest river in central California with natural and unregulated

The Painted Hills, a unit of the John Day Fossil Bed National Monuments, is a beautiful phenomenon exhibiting different time periods throughout Eastern Oregon's history. 40 million years ago,during the Eocene epoch, the creation of painted rocks began. At the time, weather condition were tropical/sun-tropical. This is validated by the consistent ash fall in the area which fossilized organisms like palm trees, avocados and crocodiles.This time is when the rocks/the Clarno formation were created throughout