Salmon Take the Stage at U.N. Climate Conference

Starting October 31st, heads of state and official delegates attending COP 26 in Glasgow will dine daily under 350 hand-blown glass salmon. The Salmon School installation, a project of Washington-based artist Joseph Gregory Rossano, comes to COP 26 via our partnership with the Missing Salmon Alliance, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Salmon Nation, and the Smithsonian. Through Salmon School, we're inspiring world leaders to focus on protecting critical keystone species like salmon. In doing so, we can secure a habitable planet today and make real progress in slowing climate change. 

Lummi Island Reef Netting: Eat this Salmon

It’s a heartbreaking fact that the Salish Sea’s salmon runs—and the orcas that feed on them—aren’t nearly as abundant as they once were. For some, that prompts talk of simply shutting down commercial salmon fisheries. But according to Ellie Kinley, a lifelong fisher and Lummi Nation citizen, there are better ways to meet the needs of all species. Here's why Kinley says conscientious diners should seek out the reef netted salmon that her family sells through sustainable seafood purveyors like Patagonia Provisions.

An Urgent Push for Washington Steelhead Science

Since the 1980s, Olympic Peninsula wild steelhead runs have been in sharp decline. The last five years have brought some of the lowest returns on record. But so far, data gaps and other challenges have driven a reactive, rather than proactive, crisis response. To recover Washington Coast steelhead, we'll first need consensus on the science and history of the species’ decline. A new online approach offers steelheaders a fresh chance to get it right.

Forest Stories from the Tillamook

Oregon's Tillamook Rainforest is a special place, home to giant trees, world-class wild fish runs, and stunning wildlife. It’s a place of refuge, sustenance, and play for thousands of residents every week. And it’s a source of clean water and air that millions of Oregonians rely on every day. In a new video series, WSC and the Protect the Tillamook campaign share the stories of a handful of forest users and their place in the Tillamook. 

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