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Dear Friends,  

It is almost surreal how the Covid-19 virus has changed our world within the span of just a few weeks.

Here at the Wild Salmon Center, as everywhere, our collective health is our most important priority. We are taking all precautions to keep our staff and partners well by suspending travel and working from home. We are deploying new digital tools to keep in touch. And we are in communication with our partner organizations in the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Alaska, and the Russian Far East, assuring them that we are behind them as we all weather this storm.

Even as we all hunker down, know that we keep our mission to protect wild rivers and wild fish in front of us. It’s an inspiration, a reminder of our long-lasting commitment to the places we love and cherish, and a way to keep us all busy and connected through uncertain times.  

As health and social distancing allow, I encourage you to spend some time outdoors, preferably streamside, feel the warmth of spring, and reconnect with our favorite species.  

All my very best, 

Guido Rahr
President & CEO

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Public Comment Period Now Open for Chehalis Dam

A proposed 24-story dam on the Chehalis River would put at risk some of the most pristine wild steelhead and salmon habitat in Washington State. Learn more about our campaign here ([link removed]), then make sure policymakers hear your voice ([link removed]).

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Stay-at-Home Students? WSC Salmon School Is in Session!
To get parents and kids ready for the weeks (maybe months) ahead of at-home learning, we've created Salmon School. Our brand-new online hub ([link removed]) has lots of fun salmon education materials: from coloring projects to salmonid quizzes and Smithsonian games.

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What Glacier Melt Means for Salmon Watersheds
A new study from WSC Director Matt Sloat and a team of Pacific salmon experts finds that 80 percent of today's glacier coverage on North America's salmon watersheds will be lost by 2100. What does that mean for salmon? ([link removed]) It's complicated.

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Timber Pact Pushes Forward
Despite a legislative stalemate, two dozen Oregon conservation groups and timber companies are pushing forward with a historic agreement ([link removed]) negotiated with the Wild Salmon Center. The pact aims to develop comprehensive salmon habitat protections and pesticide spray measures for private forest land.

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As Gorse Chokes Oregon, Salmon Fans Fight Back
It looks pretty, blanketing the Oregon coast in butter-yellow flowers. But this invasive shrub doesn’t get much love here. Gorse fuels wildfires and is a hazard for endangered Oregon Coast coho in strongholds like the Elk River. Good thing the Coast Coho Partnership is on the job ([link removed]).

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Share #MySalmonStory   

From the wilds of Alaska to urban Portland, we are constantly amazed at the incredible connections you have to the North Pacific’s extraordinary wild fish and their home rivers. In unprecedented times like these, remembering these connections can help us weather the storm. 

In an effort to share what connects us all to the places we love, we’ve launched the #MySalmonStory ([link removed]) campaign. Every Thursday, we’ll be sharing a new #MySalmonStory post from our community on Wild Salmon Center’s Facebook ([link removed]) and Instagram ([link removed]). To have your story featured, use the #MySalmonStory ([link removed]) hashtag with your own posted stories. 

 Our first story comes from Audie Paulus ([link removed]), WSC’s very own Development Manager, as she takes us streamside for her most memorable day steelheading on the Oregon Coast…

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The mission of the Wild Salmon Center is to promote the conservation and sustainable use of wild salmon ecosystems across the Pacific Rim.

Photo/image credits (from top): Fishing on the Oregon Coast (Guido Rahr); Chinook salmon (Alamy); Salmon School student (WSC); Edziza Glacier, Northern B.C. (Kara Pitman); Tillamook River (WSC); Gorse (Alamy); Oregon Coast steelheading (WSC).





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