David Herasimtschuk
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David Herasimtschuk
@daveherasimtschuk.bsky.social
Lover of big trees, wild rivers, and all the slimy and scaly critters that inhabit them.

Photographer/Filmmaker/Science Communicator

Ecological Storytelling for Northwest Temperate Rainforests
www.ItTakesAForest.com

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www.davidherasimtschuk.com
Bull trout, once common in the Pacific Northwest, now cling to cold, clean streams in remote headwaters. Logging, road building, and climate change have degraded their habitat. These fish need complex, cool waters to survive, conditions now found only in a few pristine places.
April 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Beneath Willamette Falls, Pacific lamprey gather before scaling the 40-foot cascade to spawn upstream. Once vital nutrient carriers and ecosystem builders, their numbers have plummeted. Now, Northwest Tribes and advocates are working to help restore these ancient fish to rivers they once filled.
April 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The fish of the forest, few species teach us more about the connection between forests
and rivers better than the coho salmon. From headwaters to estuaries, these fish utilize a wide variety of habitats. Yet, many of these environments have been heavily degraded by logging in Oregon’s Coast Range.
March 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Long before salmon return to the Pacific Northwest, another fish signals spring, the eulachon. These tiny, fatty fish fuel bears, seabirds, and marine life while enriching rivers. For Indigenous communities, they are a vital food and medicine, deeply woven into cultural traditions.
March 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Under the Trump administration, new policies are being proposed to dramatically expand timber production on public lands. The US Forest Service is now taking public comments on the NW Forest Plan and there is an urgent need to demand stronger protections for these forests. www.coastrange.org
March 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM