Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-277) and index.

The salmon -- The pre-treaty fishery -- The Stevens treaties -- Treaty rights as property rights -- The Winans Legacy in the courts -- Indian treaty rights as a harvest share: the Belloni and Boldt decisions -- Treaty fishing rights and the environment: the Martinez decision -- Origins of the dam-building era -- Salmon hatcheries: the Faustian bargain -- The Columbia River Treaty with Canada -- The rise and fall of the hydrothermal power program -- The Northwest Power Act -- The Endangered Species Act -- The Clean Water Act -- State water laws and salmon recovery -- Dam removal -- The Pacific Salmon Treaty -- The Columbia River Comprehensive Plan -- Inter-tribal disputes over fishing sites -- Predator control: extirpating sea lions, cormorants, and northern pike -- Saving southern resident orca whales -- The uncertain future of Idaho's wild salmon -- The effects of climate change on salmon -- Legal responses to climate change -- Salmon and the public trust doctrine -- The future of wild pacific salmon in a climate-changed world -- Appendix 1. The salmon harvesters -- Appendix 2. The salmon regulators -- Appendix 3. The salmon advocates.