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EPISODE · Jul 25, 2025 · 10 MIN

Salmon of Steel: The Story of Sheffield's Salmon

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Ecologists from the University of Sheffield join environmentalists from the Don Catchment Rivers Trust to tell the story of the River Don's Atlantic Salmon, and how pioneering research could help us track the recovery of this iconic species.The 'Salmon of Steel' sculpture made by Jason Heppenstall is on display outside the Sheffield Railway Station on Sheaf Street.Part of Festival of the Mind 2020 festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk

Ecologists from the University of Sheffield join environmentalists from the Don Catchment Rivers Trust to tell the story of the River Don's Atlantic Salmon, and how pioneering research could help us track the recovery of this iconic species.The 'Salmon of Steel' sculpture made by Jason Heppenstall is on display outside the Sheffield Railway Station on Sheaf Street.Part of Festival of the Mind 2020 festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk

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