Before I go...

How fitting. As the Pacific salmon populations crash (so dire, apparently, that brown bears are turning to humans as food), news on Atlantic salmon continues to improve.

See Ted Williams' Blog for more info on this "Great Salmon Year."

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Miss Margaret said…
ha. colbert was onto them first, though i don't think he made the connection with declining salmon available to bears. you should contact him. i'm sure his people would let you through, influential blogger that you are.
7/25/08, 3:49 PM
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