The Salmon Forest with Richard Nelson

[@jorgeacevedo8389]

Great example on the field. Thank you for a beautiful lesson.

[@iriszzz5422]

thanks！

[@laurarichardson2371]

this is fantastic and an excellent resource for kids - thank you

[@EncountersNorth]

Thanks so much for your comment and for watching!

[@mikewagenblast8504]

Thank you.

[@EncountersNorth]

Thank you for watching Mike.

[@CableInformation]

Actually, it's wolves not bears that normally eat the brains - where bears eat the bellies/eggs especially after they have filled their bellies and there's lots of fish. And often a pack of wolves will scare a smaller or black bear off their favourite eating spot and eat the brains AFTER a bear caught the salmon and brought the carcass back to shore. SO - it is common to see both predation modes on the same stream and often at the same spot where it is shallow because it's easier to catch salmon there. Hard to catch salmon in a deep pool - unless you are a seal. birds like ravens go in from the side after the heart. Otters eat it up until the caudal fin - like a carrot. So - it you are seeing all of these different types of eating/predations - that carcass has been there a while where different predators/scavengers have had their turns.

[@fabulous-sport-outdoors]

Love to hear your stories.. Grear job.. if you can..please make some more videos. Thank you

[@EncountersNorth]

Thanks so much for your comment! To see more of our videos, please visit www.salmonworld.org and www.lizmckenzie.com

[@libertyworks5570]

Thaty beautiful Places

[@bethyoung978]

Reading the island within...amazing writing

[@shawngregory5879]

Excellent. Im a california born, Idaho raised, now living in Florida musician,( yeah long story), no degree, who is really wanting a career change, and to get back to wilderness. My sister lives in Juneau. Im too old now, 49, to become a forest ranger, etc, but, are there jobs, even simple ones, that I could focus on to be able to work in and care for the forest ? Im planning a move to the Tongass area. any help would be appreciated. just your opinion.

[@kattykillfish]

lol it's Richard. Hi Richard!!

[@anthonyc362]

The dams in California and the decimation of the salmon has to have had a negative effect on the Forrest and left it weaker and more susceptible to fire.

[@troyottosen8722]

Fortunately we don’t have those problems here in Alaska.😉

[@paulonapolitano9671]

I think people should watch this video to see how things are interconnected, as a system, and stop taking actions just by looking to one element of the system. The actions taken by people in power related to COVID were based upon a reductionist point of view that will cause a massive disruption in our environement and will cause more deaths than the virus itself. They would learn so much if they just watch this video. Decisions must be based upon an overall understanding of the system (systems view). Now, the damage is already done and they will cause a lot of suffering in the entire world. I pray for the ones that are suffering already, for the ones that will dye in a near future due to faim, suicide, other diseases due to poverty. I also pray for the people who were the ones deciding on our fate by taking actions without thinking properly. They will be remembered in history as the ones who killed millions and millions of people.

[@EncountersNorth]

Paulo, Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments.. Everything in nature is connected, including humans. Our hearts go out to people all over the world affected by the pandemic and hope that those in power who see the whole picture, the interconnectedness all life, will prevail.

[@andrewvillanueva4222]

This guy is exactly correct what salmon do for the forest. We must remove all dams from the rivers in California and or states on the Pacific Ocean. Dams destroy salmon fishery. Remove the dams allow the salmon to go up their native stream and reproduce. Today we catch 15-23lb king salmon. Decades ago when l was 18 years old fishing l would regularly catch salmon in the 25lb class and above. California has destroyed the king salmon fishery very few native salmon most are hatchery fish. Remove all the dams and also to go though rivers without a dam. If we kill the salmon runs what happens? Farmed salmon!!!!!

[@EncountersNorth]

Thanks so much for watching the film and for your comments Andrew. In Alaska, farmed salmon are illegal. We have many natural runs of salmon, but there are also hatchery fish as well.

[@antivraxxer3451]

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