Wild Salmon Center News - April 2021
READY FOR CHANGE
The heart of Wild Salmon Center's mission is the ‘stronghold approach,’ a conservation strategy designed to protect the core centers of wild salmon abundance and diversity around the Pacific Rim. Now, we're updating our approach to salmon strongholds to ensure that rivers and their fish are ready for climate change. Our new Resilience Framework is a foundational tool for salmon conservationists to better understand local risks and opportunities and identify strategic restoration actions in their communities. While climate change is here, local action will make the difference for wild salmon.
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WSC EARNS AWARD FOR WORK TO STOP PEBBLE MINE
This week, the International Game Fish Association awarded Wild Salmon Center its Barry M. Fitzpatrick Conservation Award for our work to stop the Pebble Mine project in Alaska. “Wild Salmon Center’s ability to rally support from the angling community was instrumental in stopping this potentially dangerous project," says IGFA President Jason Schratwieser. "Fishermen and women everywhere are grateful for the organization’s tireless commitment to salmon and steelhead strongholds, including one of the world’s best in Bristol Bay.”
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HOME WATERS: MEET WSC BOARD MEMBER TATIANA DEGAI
Growing up in Kamchatka, Dr. Tatiana Degai, a member of the Indigenous Itelmen community, ate so much salmon that it took a move to the U.S. to make her miss it. (She really does.) Now a Postdoctoral Scholar at the ARTICenter at the University of Northern Iowa, the new Wild Salmon Center board member hopes to leverage her expertise in Indigenous knowledge systems and visions of sustainability to help salmon conservation campaigns across the North Pacific.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: OUR LIFE HISTORY PROJECT IS LIVE
Three Wild Salmon Center staffers, three human life histories that make the salmon conservation movement whole . From Betsy Krier, who found home deep in the Olympic Peninsula, to Dr. Sam Snyder, a native Texan who's defended Bristol Bay for the past decade, to Mariusz Wroblewski—who had the farthest road to travel—the stories of our Life History Project show us that we all live for the same things. (Next up: we're taking the Life History Project to the wider WSC community.)
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TOP THREE WAYS TO GIVE BACK ON EARTH DAY
With Earth Day just one week away, here are a few ways you can support our work to protect the salmon strongholds of the North Pacific:
1. Become a Monthly Donor : a hassle-free way to donate.
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2. Donate Stock : an impactful way to give and save on taxes.
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3. Make a Qualified Charitable Distribution: a powerful way to use your IRA.
Donate for Earth Day
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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): Alaska aerial (Erin McKittrick, Ground Truth Trekking); Bristol Bay sockeye (Ben Knight); ; Dr. Tatiana Degai (Courtesy Tatiana Degai); From left: Betsy Krier, Dr. Sam Snyder, Mariusz Wroblewski (Brian Kelley @brianfilm ); Elliott Forest, Oregon (Greg Vaughn).
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