I like the ecological interaction between bears fishing for salmon and the PNW rainforests. Leaving the carcasses scattered beyond the rivers fertilises the forest floor. Damming the spawning rivers depletes the salmon stocks which starve the bears which turn the forests into tinder boxes. Real bees and architects shit.
Bears are so sick. Watching grizzlies fish for salmon is one of the absolute best memories I have from any job I've done
I like the ecological interaction between bears fishing for salmon and the PNW rainforests. Leaving the carcasses scattered beyond the rivers fertilises the forest floor. Damming the spawning rivers depletes the salmon stocks which starve the bears which turn the forests into tinder boxes. Real bees and architects shit.
The salmon run in the PNW might be the main link between nitrogen in the oceans and nitrogen in the temperate rain forests.
What sort of work were you doing?
salmon counting! Basically monitoring the number/sex ratio/age composition of returning salmon in small spawning tributaries