The Ecosystem Influence: How trees in the PNW rely on salmon to survive

in the Pacific Northwest the trees need

salmon

what the trees need salmon basically

Rivers don't have a lot of nutrients a

lot of the nutrients in those Rivers

comes in from the ocean in the form of

salmon bodies and when those salmon are

taken by all sorts of carnivores and

when those carcasses are left on the

stream Banks the nutrients from those

carcasses fertilize the trees and we can

actually Trace those nutrients from the

ocean in to the trees in the Pacific

Northwest who would have thought of such

things as we've learned about all sorts

of hidden connections and ecosystems

we're realizing first of all why were

some of our actions so damaging but the

flip side of that coin is why a little

bit of Action Now can be so rewarding

can be so positive and that these

systems these sort of webs of life can

be restitched just by the introduction

of certain key creatures