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Priscilla Long

Priscilla Long, a Seattle-based science essayist and poet, is the founding editor of HistoryLink.org, a free online encyclopedia of Washington State history. She formerly wrote the science column for The American Scholar and is the author of The Writer's Portable Mentor: A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life.

Coho salmon, here in full vivid spawning colors, are one of many species of wild Pacific salmon in danger of extinction.

What Can Humans Do to Save the Pacific Northwest’s Iconic Salmon?

The fish is facing an upstream struggle to survive. Can human ingenuity find a solution?