Alaska Legislature introduces the Bristol Bay Forever Act

In the last days of the 2025 session, Alaska lawmakers introduced a bill to safeguard the 36,000-square-mile Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve from all large-scale metallic sulfide mining. “Alaskans have demanded stronger protections for Bristol Bay for years,” says Wild Salmon Center Alaska Director Emily Anderson. “Now, state leaders are meeting the challenge head on.” See how the Bristol Bay Forever Act advances our long campaign to keep Bristol Bay safe from the Pebble Mine and mines like it.

Salmon and the current state of the union

Eight months into the 119th U.S. Congress and second Trump Administration, and wild salmon, steelhead, and trout feel the headwinds. “Wild Salmon Center has successfully worked with every U.S. administration in our history,” says WSC President & CEO Guido Rahr, adding: “We have hard work ahead of us, to fit salmon and river conservation into this Administration’s agenda.” We check in on progress, setbacks, and conversations happening right now in Washington, D.C.

At low tide, a high water mark for an Oregon restoration project

It’s 4 a.m. on the Oregon Coast. Tides are at their lowest ebb in months when excavators breach a tall earthen wall on the Coos River mainstem. For at least 75 years, this levee has blocked tidewater—and fish—from reaching wetlands just beyond. Now, with the Coos Watershed Association and others in the Wild Salmon Center-led Coast Coho Partnership, we’re opening a new chapter for this key salmon watershed.

Here’s how we’re making a difference across the North Pacific

28 million protected acres in Alaska. Six British Columbia fishing sites enabled with Salmon Vision. 108 restoration projects across Oregon and Washington. “Strongholds for the future,” our new Impact Report, shows what’s possible when we work together to protect the world’s last, best salmon systems. In stunning photos and data-rich stories, we share the progress you’re helping us make for wild fish and their rivers.

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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): Bristol Bay sockeye salmon, Alaska (Cassie Bergman @seattlecassie); Leaping coho salmon (Paul Jeffrey); Overnight tide gate removal, Coos River, Oregon (Coos Watershed Association); Wild Salmon Center staff and partners, Washington (@Holden_Films); Klamath River, California (Ken Morrish @FlyWaterTravel).

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Alaska Legislature introduces the Bristol Bay Forever Act

Salmon and the current state of the union

At low tide, a high water mark for an Oregon restoration project

Here’s how we’re making a difference across the North Pacific

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

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Alaska Legislature introduces the Bristol Bay Forever Act

Salmon and the current state of the union

At low tide, a high water mark for an Oregon restoration project

Here’s how we’re making a difference across the North Pacific

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

Wild Salmon Center2001 NW 19th AvenueSuite 200Portland, OR 97209United States

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United States