Salmon Advocates Sue EPA Over Pebble

On October 8th and 9th, six Bristol Bay groups and conservation allies including Wild Salmon Center filed two independent lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency, charging that its withdrawal of Clean Water Act protections for Bristol Bay was both arbitrary and illegal.

WSC rarely takes legal action; this time political appointees’ actions at EPA proved too egregious for the organization to stay on the sidelines. Says Emily Anderson, WSC's Alaska Director: “We can’t let politics jeopardize Alaska’s largest wild salmon fishery and all those who depend on it.”

Oregon's #FailingForestry Regime

The new "Failing Forestry" series in the Oregonian, the state's largest newspaper, details chronic mismanangement at the Oregon Department of Forestry. These failures are costing Oregonians prime fish and wildlife habitat, threatening drinking water, and encroaching on some of Oregon's favorite recreation areas.

In Alaska, Time for Salmon School

Fifth graders in Cordova, Alaska, are knee-deep in a unique, interactive science program developed by the Wild Salmon Center, Prince William Sound Science Center, and the Copper River Watershed Project. With salmon as the common theme, they're learning about food chains and river hydrology, connecting fish with economics, and raising salmon to release into the wild.

Donor Profile: Dan Brack and Lam Research

Oregon fly fisherman Dan Brack teamed up with his employer, Lam Research, to deliver an Inspire.Together grant that will help WSC continue to work on the health of western Oregon's watersheds.

Respecting the Chehalis River

For centuries, tribes near the Chehalis lived in partnership with this lovely, wild river, one of the most important for salmon and steelhead in Washington State. But after 170 years of development, basin flooding is on the rise. In the coming months, Lewis County will face a choice: learn from history, or ignore it—and build a 24-story dam on the Chehalis River?

Russians Learn How the "Salmon State" Operates

At Wild Salmon Center’s September 2019 U.S./Russia Exchange, Russian participants spent a week behind the scenes with Alaskan fisheries scientists, commerical fishermen, and enforcement agents. Of the 50-some international exchanges WSCH has hosted since 1998, this one may have been the best yet, said WSC's Mariusz Wroblewski.

Give and Get a WSC Hat

When you make a $50 donation to WSC, we'll send you a Rising Sockeye trucker hat for days spent on and off the water. Your purchase supports our work to protect wild salmon and steelhead rivers across the North Pacific.

https://www.wildsalmoncenter.org/2019/09/17/wsc-trucker-hat/

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): sockeye (Steve Baird); Tillamook State Forest (Lightbox Photography); Cordova kids (Signe Fritsch); Nehalem (WSC); Dan Brack; exchange (WSC); hat (Annti Rastivo).

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