The Alaskan Salmon Run
Brown Bear (grizzly) – Ursus arctos horribilis
Chum (dog) – Oncorhynchus keta
Red (sockeye) – Oncorhynchus nerka
King (chinook) – Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Silver (coho) – Oncorhynchus kisutch
Pink (humpy) – Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

The Grateful Alaskan Salmon run (Owsley Stanley and his Bear’s Choice)
Brown Jerry bear (jerry grizzly) – Ursus jerriarctos owsleyus
Jerry chum (jerry dog) – Oncorjerrynchus katiemae
Jerry red (jerry sockeye) – Oncorjerrynchus nerkhollow
Jerry king (jerry chinook) – Oncorjerrynchus rounddisworld
Jerry silver (jerry coho) – Oncorjerrynchus kisusie
Jerry pink(jerry humpy) – Oncorjerrynchus gorblkpeter

Using Jerry Bears to help remember the five species of Alaskan salmon. The marching ‘Jerry Bears’ were first introduced to the world in 1973 on the cover of the album ‘The History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear’s Choice)’ produced by Owsley Stanley (aka Bear) and cover design by Bob Thomas.
Album Tracks:
1. Katie Mae
2. Dark Hollow
3. I’ve Been All Around This World
4. Wake Up Little Susie
5. Black Peter
6. Smokestack Lightening
7. Hard to Handle
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The Alaskan salmon run varies from year to year by space, time, and species. Generally chinook are first to return to the rivers to spawn followed by the other four species – sockeye, pink, chum, and coho. Pink salmon (pictured) are known to spawn closest to the ocean, in the lower reaches of rivers and streams. The longest known salmon run in the world is that of the chinook salmon in the Yukon river. Some of these salmon are known to travel nearly 2,000 miles from the Bering Sea to northwestern Canada.
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