Big news for small Oregon forestry reforms and even smaller culverts.


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On the Olympic Peninsula, Scouting Out Mini-Dams

For WSC's Betsy Krier, field work for the Cold Water Connection campaign often means bushwhacking, blown-out streams, and muddy boots. This prep work sets the stage for first-round restoration projects that could bring more than $3 million ([link removed]) to the Olympic Peninsula.

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Indigenous Representation and High Seas Management
For millennia, salmon have been central to North Pacific Indigenous Communities. Yet these communities have little say on the high seas, where salmon spend much of their adult lives. A U.N. treaty could change that, with new reforms urged ([link removed]) in a Marine Policy paper co-authored by WSC Science Director Matt Sloat. 

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Pebble Plan Shifts Again, Angering Local Communities
Pebble Mine’s preferred access route across rural SW Alaska has shifted at a late stage in federal permitting, and local landowners are vehemently opposed ([link removed]). Yet the U.S. Army Corps still expects to issue a final EIS in the next few weeks. Stay updated with Defend Bristol Bay ([link removed]). And you will be called to action soon on Pebble!  

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Oregon Forestry Reforms Moving, But Need Help

The Board of Forestry took a small step forward to redress the state's outdated forestry practices, passing a temporary rule to expand stream buffers ([link removed]) in the Rogue-Siskiyou region. Are you an Oregon resident? Help us push legislators to make this change permanent ([link removed]).  

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Wild and Free Rivers, What More Could Dad Want?

Share your love of free-flowing wild salmon rivers this Father's Day. Make a gift in honor of your Dad ([link removed]) and we'll send them a custom card with a special note from you.  

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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): Failed culvert in Washington's Quillayute watershed (Betsy Krier); Bristol Bay set net (Lindsey Ray Aspelund); Bristol Bay sockeye (Steve Baird); Clearcuts east-northeast of Arch Cape on the southern Oregon coast range (Thomas Robinson); Fly fisherman (Ken Morrish). 





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