Earth Day

      The film A Fierce Green Fire is focused almost entirely on current around the world pollution and environmental hazards like the cutting down of the world's rain forests, whaling in the oceans,  and chemical pollution. The film includes several different sections all following different people trying to make a point to their governments and try to enforce change. The film really focused on the different groups and organizations that sprung up in times of environmental disaster all around the world. I thought that the film was very well done and made me want to be more aware of the environment.
("A Fierce Green Fire." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014)

Fish have always been a concern of mine. Mainly because I work on a commercial salmon fishing boat every summer. I have experienced first hand what it looks like to kill fish and what it looks like to fish in a sustainable fishery. A lot of the salmon and steel head in the Columbia basin are becoming more and more endangered every day. We need to create a plan that helps these populations and moves them away from the risk of extinction. Many people rely on these fish to feed them or make them money. They also play a very important role in the basin's ecosystem and it would really disrupt it if all these fish died. The government's latest plan, however, offers no new measures to aid salmon, and may roll back existing protections. The government really needs to start helping these fish before they all become extinct. All they would have to do is put in some more fish hatcheries and maybe restrict the laws on fishing a little bit. We could completely increase the fish populations, help the habitat, and make the fishing better/more sustainable for fishermen.

Sources: http://www.wildsalmon.org
http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/take-action/10-things-you-can-do-to-save-the-ocean/