Introducing the Bristol Bay Protection Act 

Wild Salmon Center and our Bristol Bay Defense Fund coalition partners are celebrating the May 1 introduction of the Bristol Bay Protection Act in Congress. This bill—sponsored by Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK)—marks a huge step forward in our coalition’s decade-long campaign to permanently safeguard the world’s greatest sockeye salmon nursery.⁠ “Bristol Bay and its irreplaceable fishery deserve the strongest possible defense,” says WSC Alaska Director Emily Anderson. “This bill is a big move in the right direction.”

This Summer, Kwoneesum Dam Comes Down in the Columbia River Gorge

On May 10, the Cowlitz Tribe and Columbia Land Trust met at Kwoneesum Dam—a 60-year-old, 55-foot-tall fish barrier on Wildboy Creek, a Washougal River tributary—to mark the start of the fourth largest dam removal in Washington’s history. "A free-flowing Wildboy Creek not only restores critical habitat for coho salmon and steelhead, but also a sacred way of life for the Cowlitz people," says Wild Salmon Center Watershed Restoration Director Jess Helsley. (WSC helped secure a bit of funding for the project.) “We're honored to celebrate this occasion with our fellow salmon stewards."

Meet Ray Lane: Silicon Valley Sage and Wild Salmon Center Board Member

Ray Lane is one of Silicon Valley's most steadfast and successful leaders. His pivotal business roles include his overhaul of Oracle in the 1990s, and his board chairmanships with Hewlett Packard and Carnegie Mellon. Since joining Wild Salmon Center's board in 2018, he's also been pivotal in advancing our stronghold strategy. ⁠“Salmon carry the vital nutrients to support the entire Pacific Rim lifecycle," Lane says. "Without them, the patient dies. We must get out of their way.”⁠ In a recent interview, Lane shares his salmon journey—and why, for him, our work is personal. ⁠

Wild Salmon Center Science Advisors Launch a New Range-Wide Study of Pacific Salmonids

This month, WSC Science Advisors and staff scientists convened on the Oregon Coast to launch a new project: a long-overdue range-wide status update for Pacific salmon and steelhead. This work will help chart roadmaps for securing salmonid resiliency in strongholds across the Pacific Rim. "Our Science Advisors are among the sharpest minds in salmon conservation today," says WSC Science Director Dr. Matt Sloat. (More on one advisor's work here.) "We're moving forward with some exciting ways to evaluate successes and failures to date, and identify new solutions for managers and conservationists."

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Photo credits (from top): Bristol Bay, Alaska (Wild Salmon Center Science Advisor Dr. Jonny Armstrong); May 10 celebration of the start of Kwoneesum Dam removal, Wildboy Creek, Washington (Photo courtesy Cowlitz Indian Tribe and Columbia Land Trust); WSC Board Member Ray Lane on the Skeena River, British Columbia (WSC Board Member and Science Advisor Dr. Nate Mantua); May 8 meeting of WSC Science Advisors and staff in Pacific City, Oregon (WSC); Trillium (Dee Browning/Alamy).

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