Wild Salmon Center News - December 2021

WHAT'S NEXT FOR BRISTOL BAY?
After nearly two decades of work, we can finally see the opportunity to protect Bristol Bay coming into view! 2022 looks like it will be the year to prevent toxic projects like the Pebble Mine from threatening the world's greatest sockeye salmon fishery . However, we’re going to need all hands on deck to finish the job. In a few short months, we'll be rallying people across the country and around the world to speak up for Bristol Bay one more time. Your voices have the power to finally end the threat of Pebble Mine. Are you still with us?
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PARTING SHOTS: WILD SALMON CENTER'S SARA LABORDE
After three decades in fish and wildlife conservation, Wild Salmon Center's formidable and notoriously frank Executive Vice President is retiring. We talked with Sara LaBorde about her experience, what it will take to keep wild salmon around in the Lower 48, and what she’s doing next.
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SAVING THE SALMON STRONGHOLDS OF THE FUTURE
Retreating glaciers could create more than 6,000 kilometers of potential new salmon habitat by 2100 , finds a new study in Nature Communications from a team including Wild Salmon Science Director Dr. Matt Sloat. The team found that under moderate climate change conditions, retreating ice could create new salmon-accessible habitat for 315 glaciers in the study area . “We should be considering where future productive habitat could be,” says Dr. Sloat, “even if it’s under the ice right now.”
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WHAT SALMON SHOULD I EAT? YOU ASKED; WE HAVE ANSWERS
Winter feast season is here, and with it, this question: should we be eating salmon? It’s complicated, but the short answer is yes. If we ask more questions and make informed choices, we can absolutely help drive wild salmon conservation . Our "Eat This Salmon" guide is the place to start , with our easy-to-follow choice matrix, two-page handout, and "Eat This Salmon" story series, where we source the world's most sustainable salmon products with chefs and scientists, fishing communities and First Nations.
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MEET WSC AMBASSADOR KATE CRUMP
By this time of year, Wild Salmon Center Ambassador Kate Crump is usually decompressing between guiding in Bristol Bay and winter steelhead season at her Oregon fishing lodge. This year, no break. That’s because Crump—an intensely busy fishing guide, activist, brand ambassador, and owner of Frigate Adventure Travel —is now also the new owner of a lodge on Alaska’s Naknek River. In our profile, Crump shares more about her fly fishing journey, including the magical day that launched her WSC Ambassadorship.
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A VERY MERRY FISHMAS GIFT
Looking for a gift to send your fish-obsessed friends or family? Look no further! Donate $50 or more in their honor before Friday, December 17 and we'll send them a WSC buff and a hand written card in time for the holidays.
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SUPPORT WSC WITH A GIFT OF STOCK
Stock gifts allow you to save on capital gains and, in many cases, state income taxes as well. That means bigger benefits for you and wild fish.
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