Salmon Futures: A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Moore |
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Glaciers are melting. Sea levels are rising. Just two more ways that climate change spells catastrophe for salmon—right? Not exactly, says Dr. Jonathan Moore, a Wild Salmon Center Science Advisor and the Director of Simon Fraser University’s Salmon Watersheds Lab. Across the North Pacific, there's no doubt that wild fish are struggling. But, Dr. Moore says, we can still make a huge difference in how well some runs adapt to our changing world. Read our conversation with Dr. Moore about the way forward for salmon in a changing climate.
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Bringing Back the Sitka Spruce Swamp |
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“A lot of people know about mangrove swamps,” says Cyndi Curtis, Wild Salmon Center's Oregon North Coast Manager. “Not so many know about Sitka spruce swamps—a version of this habitat totally unique to the Pacific Northwest.” Like mangroves, spruce swamps are carbon-sequestering wild fish nurseries that also serve as storm surge buffers for coastal communities. Now, Curtis and a growing number of partners hope to bring these tidal forests back from the brink: for threatened Oregon Coast coho, and communities facing an increasingly swampy future.
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TAKE ACTION: Help Us Lock in Protections for 28 Million Acres in Alaska |
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We're so close to saving 28 million acres of public lands in Alaska from extractive industrial development! Right now, we have about TWO WEEKS LEFT to tell federal land managers to finalize protections for public lands that feed more than 100 Alaska Native communities, nourish incredible fish and wildlife biodiversity, and serve as massive carbon sinks for the planet. Can you speak up now to protect some of the last, intact large landscapes left on the planet?
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An $8 Million Boost for Oregon Coho Rivers from NOAA Fisheries |
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We're thrilled to announce that NOAA Fisheries' Coastal Resilience Fund has awarded $8.1 million for 11 coho salmon restoration projects in Oregon's Nehalem, Siletz, Siuslaw, Coos, and Coquille watersheds. These Wild Salmon Center-managed projects will restore or improve 640 acres of instream, wetland, and off-channel habitat, enhance 86.5 acres of riparian habitat, and reconnect 9.3 stream miles. NOAA's award will also help us expand restoration work into Oregon's South Umpqua, Alsea, and Sixes watersheds.
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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 credits (from top): WSC Science Advisor Dr. Jonathan Moore observing sockeye salmon, Taku River, British Columbia (Mark Connor); tidal Sitka spruce forestland, Nehalem River, Oregon (WSC); Alaskan bear and salmon (Dave McCoy @DaveMcCoyeWA); Drift Creek, Siletz watershed, Oregon (David Herasimtschuk); sockeye salmon (Tomas Nevesely/Alamy).
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