Salmon: Running the Gauntlet

Runs of salmon are now conceived in laboratories, raised in tanks, and farmed in pens.

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Salmon: Running the Gauntlet Nature

Premiered April 30, 2011

Salmon: Running the Gauntlet

The parallel stories of collapsing Pacific salmon populations and how biologists and engineers have become instruments in audacious experiments to replicate every stage of the fish's life cycle. Our once great runs of salmon are now conceived in laboratories, raised in tanks, driven in trucks, and farmed in pens. Here we go beyond the ongoing debate over how to save an endangered species.

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A look at extreme measures to protect salmon from predators.

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Education | Extreme Measures

An overview of how humans have impacted salmon populations for more than 150 years.

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Education | Humans and Salmon

A brief look into the life and death of wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest.

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Education | Life and Death of Pacific Northwest Salmon

A brief look into the life and death of wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest.

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Education | Life and Death of Pacific Northwest Salmon

A look at how humans are producing salmon in an effort to protect the species.

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Education | Producing Salmon

A look at efforts to remove dams and restore streams and salmon runs.

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Education | Restoring Streams

Salmon in ecosystems and current efforts to restore salmon nutrients to streams.

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Education | Salmon in the Ecosystem

An overview of salmon's journey after being released from the hatcheries into the wild.

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Education | Salmon's Journey

An extended preview for "Salmon: Running the Gauntlet" which premieres 5/1/2011.

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Salmon: Running the Gauntlet - Trailer

Hatcheries fail to deliver on their promise of a future full of salmon.

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The Hatchery Illusion

After living in the ocean, Pacific salmon return to the rivers to spawn.

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Returning to the Streams

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