In B.C., our Salmon Genome Project Gets a Boost

For marine fishers on British Columbia's Central Coast, no practical tools currently exist to avoid catching vulnerable salmon runs alongside the healthy stocks they target. But help is on the way from a ground-breaking new wild salmon genome project co-led by the Wild Salmon Center and Simon Fraser University. This month, this exciting project got a boost from a $250,000 matching grant from Genome BC's GeneSolve program, which will fund the genetic decoding and archiving of 118 distinct sockeye populations native to B.C.’s Central Coast.

Introducing WSC's Oregon
Water Initiative
Oregon’s 19th century water rights system prioritized water withdrawals over the value of flowing rivers. Our new initiative focuses on adapting this system for a changing world, while addressing the growing threats to Oregon’s streams and the salmon they support.

Stories and Actions to
Save Spring Chinook
This month, we published "Orcas and Actions," Part IV of our First Salmon, Last Chance story series, which calls for big actions to save this iconic fish. Right as we wrapped this special series, exciting news broke: a $34B proposal to bring down Idaho's Snake River dams.

Timber Negotiations
Kick Off in Oregon
This month, negotiations began between timber and conservation parties, including WSC's own Bob Van Dyk. The goal is a Habitat Conservation Plan for 10 million acres of private forestland, ready in time for the 2022 legislative session.

Stronghold on Paperback!
Veteran journalist Tom Brokaw calls it “a remarkable account.” David James Duncan, author of The River Why, says it “reads like an international thriller.” STRONGHOLD, the story of WSC President Guido Rahr and his improbable rise as a global conservation leader, is now available in paperback.

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Photo/image credits (from top): WSC Science Director Matt Sloat in B.C.'s Nieumiamus Creek (Scott Carlson); B.C. spring Chinook (Barrie Kovish); OR Rogue Butte Creek (Brian Kelley); Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and timber pact negotiators, early 2020 (Emily Vaughan-Klickman/Crag Law Center); Stronghold paperback cover (cover photo: Ken Morrish); Bristol Bay bear and sockeye (Ben Knight).

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