Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Salmon

Photo: Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) photographed at Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado.

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Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) photographed at Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado.

Photo: Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) photographed at Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado.

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Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) photographed at Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado.

Photo: Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) photographed at Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado.

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Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) photographed at Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado.

Photo: Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) photographed at Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado.

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Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) photographed at Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado.

Photo: Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) at the University of California, Davis.

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Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) at the University of California, Davis.

Photo: Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) at the University of California, Davis.

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Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) at the University of California, Davis.

Photo: Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, AK.

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Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, AK.

Photo: Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, AK.

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Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, AK.

Photo: Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, AK.

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Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, AK.

Photo: Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

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Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

Photo: Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

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Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

Photo: Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

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Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

Photo: Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

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Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

Photo: A coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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A coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

Photo: A boy watches his grandfather cut hay in an Idaho field.

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A boy watches his grandfather cut hay in an Idaho field.

Photo: A rancher on horseback in Idaho's snow-blanketed Salmon Valley at dusk.

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A rancher on horseback in Idaho’s snow-blanketed Salmon Valley at dusk.

Photo: A forest ranger looks at heavy metal residue in Bucktail creek at Salmon National Forest in Idaho.

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A forest ranger looks at heavy metal residue in Bucktail creek at Salmon National Forest in Idaho. The slag comes from nearby Blackbird mine, closed in the 1960’s.

Photo: A clear-cut in Salmon National Forest, Idaho.

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A clear-cut in Salmon National Forest, Idaho. The reserve covers a 1.8- million -acre tract.

Photo: The rodeo princess poses with her horses at the Lemhi county fair in Salmon, Idaho.

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The rodeo princess poses with her horses at the Lemhi county fair in Salmon, Idaho.

Photo: Traffic light at the corner of Main and Church streets in Salmon, Idaho.

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Traffic light at the corner of Main and Church streets in Salmon, Idaho.

Photo: A young man carries his girlfriend away after graduating from high school in Salmon, Idaho.

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A young man carries his girlfriend away after graduating from high school in Salmon, Idaho.

These are steelhead salmon smolts (Oncorhynchus mykiss) being raised at a hatchery. They will soon be transported to release streams in the hope that some of them will survive their migration to the sea; but the heavily dammed Columbia river and its tributaries have become an obstacle course for several imperiled species. In addition the Native Americans, to whom the salmon runs are crucial, find fishing very poor. (US: Threatened)

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These are steelhead salmon smolts (Oncorhynchus mykiss) being raised at a hatchery. They will soon be transported to release streams in the hope that some of them will survive their migration to the sea; but the heavily dammed Columbia river and its tributaries have become an obstacle course for several imperiled species. In addition the Native Americans, to whom the salmon runs are crucial, find fishing very poor. (US: Threatened)

Photo: Portrait of a cattleman through a windshield standing with his horse on Hot Spings ranch north of Salmon, Idaho.

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Portrait of a cattleman through a windshield standing with his horse on Hot Spings ranch north of Salmon, Idaho.

Photo: A sun-enhanced shower falls on Lemhi county residents who came to the town of Salmon for the annual Salmon River Days festival.

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A sun-enhanced shower falls on Lemhi county residents who came to the town of Salmon for the annual Salmon River Days festival.

Photo: A grizzly bear fishes for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska's Katmai National Park.

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A grizzly bear fishes for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.

Photo: Grizzly bears fish for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska's Katmai National Park.

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Grizzly bears fish for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.

Photo: A grizzly bear fishes for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska's Katmai National Park.

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A grizzly bear fishes for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.

Photo: Grizzly bears fish for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska's Katmai National Park.

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Grizzly bears fish for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.

Photo: A grizzly bear fishes for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska's Katmai National Park.

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A grizzly bear fishes for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.

Photo: A grizzly bear fishes for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska's Katmai National Park.

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A grizzly bear fishes for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.

Photo: A grizzly bear fishes for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska's Katmai National Park.

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A grizzly bear fishes for salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.

Photo: Brooks Falls in Alaska's Katmai Nat'l Park and Preserve is a popular tourist spot.

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Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai Nat’l Park and Preserve is a popular tourist spot. Bears pack the falls there, catching salmon as they swim upstream.

Photo: Brooks Falls in Alaska's Katmai Nat'l Park and Preserve is a popular tourist spot.

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Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai Nat’l Park and Preserve is a popular tourist spot. Bears pack the falls there, catching salmon as they swim upstream.

Photo: Brooks Falls in Alaska's Katmai Nat'l Park and Preserve is a popular tourist spot.

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Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai Nat’l Park and Preserve is a popular tourist spot. Bears pack the falls there, catching salmon as they swim upstream.

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