Relevant Links

Molecular Sites:

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ - National Center for Biotechnology Information. You can get information on salmon sequences, or any other organism that has been sequence and tons of other information.
  
  
• http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pedro/research_tools.html - A phenomenal page for finding out just about anything you need to know for doing molecular biology. Protocols, databases, programs…
  
  
• http://vector.cshl.org/ - Cold Springs Harbor DNA Learning Center page. Check out the PCR animation and the Student Allele Database.

Population Genetics and Evolution Simulations and Stuff

• http://dino.wiz.uni-kassel.de/model_db/mdb/populus.html - a site that allows you to download POPULUS, the best population genetics and ecology simulation package around (and it’s free!). Unfortunately, it runs only on PCs.
  
  

Salmon Sites:

• http://research.nwfsc.noaa.gov/ - Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Home of Linda and Paul. Find out the most recent research results. Get Status Reports on various salmon populations.
  
  
• http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/ - National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Regional Office
  
  
• http://www.cbfwf.org/direct.asp - The Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority has a useful directory of everyone involved in fisheries research and management in the ColumbiaBasin.
  
  
• http://www.tidepool.org/home.html – Daily updates on environmental news from the north Pacific coastal region from regional and national papers.

Salmon Conservation Sites:

Endangered Species Act

• Endangered Species Act, full text
• Perkins Coie primer on ESA
• Fish and Wildlife Service primer ESA
• National Marine Fisheries Service, "Definition of `Species' Under the ESA: Application to Pacific Salmon"
• Endgangered Species page

• NMFS Assessment of Alternatives for Lower Snake River Dams
• Habitat Conservation Plan from Chelan County Fish and Wildlife/Rocky Reach
• Columbia River Basin Multi-Species Framework (NMFS, NPPC, state and federal fish and wildlife agencies, tribes, private industry and environmental groups
• Multi-Species Framework Alternatives and Concept Papers Submitted by Various Groups
• NPPC Fish and Wildlife Program
• James Buchal, The Great Salmon Hoax:An Eyewitness Account of the Collapse of Science and Law and the Triumph of Politics in Salmon Recovery
• Tribal Salmon Restoration Plan, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
• Criticism of PATH process
• Cumulative Risk Initiative

• NPPC gateway: links to many organizations involved in the salmon controversy
• American Rivers
• Columbia and Snake Rivers Campaign (for taking out the Snake River dams
• Columbia River Alliance
• Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
• Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
• Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
• Institute for Fisheries (Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Association)
• Oregon Trout
• Oregon Wheat Growers Association
• Pacific Rivers Council
• Save Our Wild Salmon
• Streamnet, Northwest Aquatic Information Network (established by state fish and wildlife agencies and the tribes)
• Trout Unlimited
• Washington Forest Protection Association

• NPPC study of hatcheries
• NMFS salmon biology studies
• Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Salmon Project
• Bonneville Power Administration
• Bonneville Power Administration Fish and Wildlife Group
• National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northwest Regional Office
• NMFS links to salmon infomation on the internet
• Northwest Power Planning Commission (NPPC)
• NPPC Fish Passage Center
• Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Pacific Fisheries Management Council
• Salmon Information Center, Seattle and King County
• State of Washington, Governor's Salmon Recovery Office
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Western Governors Association

• Scientific analyses of the salmon problem; biodiversity collections on the WWW
• Independent Scientific Advisory Board Reports
• Columbia River Data Access in Real Time (DART)
• UW page focused on salmon in the ocean and the Columbia River
• Ocean conditions research, and other papers
• Columbia River hydroelectric project information

• NW FishLetter
• Endangered Fish News from The Oregonian

• Pacific Northwest Salmon History Snapshots, Oregon State University

US-Canada Issues

• Commentary and data on the US-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty