This will be the year that wild salmon win.
John – Just two weeks until we ring in the New Year! If you haven’t made your year-end gift to Wild Salmon Center yet, donate now to have your contribution matched ([link removed]) and double your impact for wild salmon rivers. Best wishes to you and your loved ones this holiday season. With thanks, Guido
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Here are three powerful ways you can take action for salmon rivers in 2026.
From California to Alaska, you can help secure key wins for wild salmon in 2026. This is your newsletter for action updates.
It’s Time To Protect Bristol Bay Forever
In 2025, Pebble Mine’s parent company worked to roll back hard-won new safeguards for Alaska’s best salmon fishery. The Bristol Bay Forever Act ([link removed]) offers permanent protections. You can help advance this bill in 2026.
Help Save the Smith and Illinois Rivers from Mining
Winning Outstanding Resource Waters designations for Rough and Ready Creek and the Illinois River. Passing the Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act and the Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act. Stay with us for actions to protect these salmon strongholds and more.
Stop a Dam On The Free-Flowing Chehalis
For years, some have tried to build a massive dam on Washington’s Chehalis River. It would do little to solve local flooding, while creating a lot of harm for wild fish. In 2026, your voice could finally stop this project ([link removed]).
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We want the whole world to fall in love with wild salmon this year.
From high tech innovations to a star turn for salmon, Wild Salmon Center and our partners aim to make wild salmon conservation one of 2026’s hottest topics.
Scaling Salmon Success Stories Across the West Coast
In 2025, salmon returned to a restored Klamath. We’re unlocking similar recovery conditions across the Oregon and Olympic Coasts. Stick with us for updates on an epic restoration season ([link removed]) in 2026.
Salmon Conservation Goes High Tech
We’re calling it: 2026 will be the year of salmon tech. Already, Salmon Vision ([link removed]) is elevating fish management in 16 rivers from Alaska and British Columbia south to Oregon. Your home river could be next.
Running Wild: Salmon’s Epic Journey Hits Theaters
This spring, Running Wild: Return to the River ([link removed]) comes to giant screens and IMAX(R) theaters worldwide. Watch this space for exclusive digital content, opportunities for early screenings, and openings in your backyard.
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What’s your salmon story?
Ten years. Seventeen years. Twenty-seven years—and counting—if you’re our CEO & President Guido Rahr. At Wild Salmon Center, we tend to stick around. We join this team because we’re driven by the urgency of the mission. But we stay for the people we meet along the way. Our colleagues are world-class professionals in fields from science and restoration to administration and development. At Wild Salmon Center, we’re proud of our salmon story. Could this story also be yours ([link removed])?
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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: Sockeye salmon (Adobe Stock); Bear and salmon (Motion Picture Entertainment Group); Wild Salmon Center staff (@Holden_Films ([link removed])); Gear Store (WSC).
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