In this article I will explain the life of salmon and discuss the environment in which they live. I will break down the information describing different types of salmon that live specifically in the Kenai River and educate you on different situations. this will affect the salmon population. There are many interesting facts about salmon. The largest salmon caught weighed one hundred and twenty-six pounds. Salmon are called “fry” when they hatch from their eggs. Salmon can travel up to 3,500 miles just to spawn and they typically lay around 2,500 eggs, although it is possible for them to lay up to 7,000 eggs. A few different types of salmon are king chinook salmon, silver salmon and pink salmon, sockeye salmon and chum salmon. The king chinook salmon is the largest species of the genus Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus). Its taxonomy is Animalia. , Chordata, Osteichthyes, Salmoniformes, Salmonidae, Oncorhynchus, tshawytscha. This salmon can weigh between forty and one hundred and twenty pounds and reach up to three feet in length. It feeds on insects, amphipods and other crustaceans when young, and mainly fish as adults. King Chinook salmon have a variety of green, blue and silver colors along their backs. Silver salmon is also known as Coho salmon. Its taxonomy is Animalia, Chordata, Osteichthyes, Salmoniformes, Salmonidae, Oncorhynchus, kisutch. This salmon is a dark metallic blue or green color, with a lighter colored belly. Coho feed on plankton and underwater insects/small fish. An interesting fact about this fish is that its lifespan remains unknown. Pink salmon is often called humpback or humpback salmon. It is the smallest and most c...... middle of paper ......ome to the degrading salmon population. Building dams and barriers is part of the loss of fresh water and is not good because they are built in many river ecosystems, preventing salmon from entering their habitat. In conclusion, I talked about the different types of salmon and described the environment of the Kenai River. I discussed different scenarios involving humans and predators that could harm the salmon population. I learned that there are many things we can do to protect the salmon population. For example, by not building anything on the Kenai River, we can avoid blocking the path salmon take as they migrate from fresh water to the ocean. There are many situations in which humans affect marine animals, whether or not they know they are harming them, and we should look for other ways to stop this.