It Takes A Lot of Fish to Feed a Forest

This comic was originally published by YES! Magazine

Each year, immense schools of migrating salmon bring nutrients from the ocean to Pacific Northwest rivers—literally feeding the trees. Here’s where humans come in.

Sources: David Suzuki Foundation. Dr. T. E. Reimchen lab, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Salmon Forest Project (Reimchen and Fox 2013). World Wildlife Fund. Klamathrestoration.gov. NOAA Fisheries.