Wild Salmon Center News - January 2024

In Five Maps, Why Alaska Needs Your Help
In Alaska, everything is bigger. That’s true right now, of a rare chance to save some of America’s largest intact landscapes. We have just a few weeks left to prevent 28 million acres of protected Alaska land (an area larger than West Virginia) from being opened to extractive industrial development. These lands include Bristol Bay, where we recently declared victory against Pebble Mine. In five maps, we detail exactly why all 28 million public acres—not just Bristol Bay—are too precious to put at risk.
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Wild Fry: A Conversation with Dr. Stephanie Carlson
From freshwater to ocean and back, Pacific salmon and steelhead can make some surprisingly wild life choices . This highly variable behavior is particularly visible in the southern end of their range: in places like California’s Central Valley, where Wild Salmon Center Science Advisory Board member Dr. Stephanie Carlson was born and raised. A freshwater ecologist, Dr. Carlson has a few wild stories about even wilder salmon. We sat down with Dr. Carlson to learn why, for salmon, this diversity is a key feature, not a bug.
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In Case You Missed It: 12 Reasons to Love 2023
2023 was a year of epic victories and new challenges for all of us here at Wild Salmon Center. With our partners in Alaska and beyond, we stopped Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay; meanwhile, geopolitics forced us (for now) to suspend our Russia partnerships. All told, this past year showed us that even in times of strife, wild salmon and steelhead can still bring us together across the North Pacific . From our high tech work with First Nations to a $174 million win for Oregon rivers, here are 12 reasons why 2023 was pretty darn fin-tastic.
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