Salmon Dying, Warming Rivers, 70F Water Temps, Heat Stress, Disease: US West Heatwave

[appalachiablue]

- Salmon nearly roasted alive in Pacific north-west heatwave captured on video.
A conservation group recorded the video in a tributary of the Columbia River on a day when water temperatures breached 70F..
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/27/salmon-boiled-alive-pacific-north-west-heatwave-video

- Warming rivers in US West killing fish, imperiling industry, AP News, July 27, 21
https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-fish-climate-change-5c85e86a2ba18171ca55d5de8f89dea3

~ 'First they came for the salmon... ' serious business...

[cilla4progress]

1. This kills me.

So much money and resources have been spent in my little drainage on the east slopes of the Cascades that flows into the Columbia. Habitat restoration, fish enhancement structures, of course hatcheries have been around forever...

Do we just give up now?

If I didn't have people who would miss me, I don't know that I could keep going.

[appalachiablue]

3. Sickening human- caused suffering & destruction

How to stop it and prevent more...

[ffr]

2. This is our legacy.

[appalachiablue]

4. The nightmare humans have created...

Unable to reason with and persuade greedhead killers to stop..

[StClone]

5. Move to the Montana, Idaho to escape ...quess what

Fires, heat, Grizzlies, and warming waters to the demise of the fisheries. You can run...