Eight Ways We Can Help Salmon and Steelhead Right Now
This summer, drought and heat are again challenging Pacific Northwest salmon and steelhead rivers. But while struggling, heat-stressed runs in the Columbia and Sacramento river systems are making national news, what's brought salmonid runs to the brink are 150 years of poor decision-making. Luckily, there’s plenty we can still do to reverse those harms—starting with eight high-leverage actions that will make an outsized impact for wild fish right now.
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Donor Spotlight: The Martinelli Family
Talking to John and Megan Martinelli, it’s immediately clear that both deeply care about their community and all things wild. And while it was John’s passion for fly fishing that initially brought Wild Salmon Center’s work to the couple’s attention, both quickly realized that they deeply valued the cascading benefits to people and wildlife that come from protecting wild salmon.
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Progress for Oregon Water Policy: 2021 Legislative Update
Oregon’s historic drought has reached every corner of the state. But thanks to the recent passage of a massive $530 million water investment package, the state’s water resources—including its iconic salmon streams—are now poised for better stewardship in the next two years. We break down the 2021 legislative session by good bills passed, bad ones blocked, and critical funding won for state water programs that benefit our fish streams and rivers.
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Raising a Glass for Wild Salmon
Right now through the end of September, 10 percent of the proceeds from the sale of Dobbes Family Estate's 2018 Symonette Vineyard Pinot Noir will benefit Wild Salmon Center's conservation work. Grab yourself (or a friend) a bottle today.
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In Case You Missed It: Our 2020 Annual Report
Between wildfires, the pandemic, and historic economic, political, and social disruptions, 2020 was one of the most challenging years that the Wild Salmon Center has ever experienced. And yet, 2020 also proved to be a year of breakthroughs. Our latest annual report shares how WSC and partners delivered major wins for clean water, healthy forests, and wild salmon and steelhead in stronghold rivers across the Pacific.
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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): Leaping steelhead (Alamy); John and Megan Martinelli (Courtesy Martinelli Family); Dobbes Family Estate 2018 Symonette Vineyard Pinot Noir (Courtesy Dobbes Family Estate); Oregon's Nehalem River (Freshwaters Illustrated);Coast coho (Alamy/Paul Jeffrey); Bristol Bay, Alaska (Jason Ching).
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