Wild Salmon Center News - January 2022

NEW RESEARCH SHOWS 55 PERCENT DECLINE OVER 70 YEARS FOR OP STEELHEAD
Wild steelhead populations in the Olympic Peninsula have declined by more than half since the 1950s . This alarming fact is one of the main findings of a new paper published in the North American Journal of Fisheries Management from Wild Salmon Center Science Director Matt Sloat and scientists with Trout Unlimited and NOAA’S Northwest Fisheries Science Center. The study authors also confirm that OP wild steelhead are returning to freshwater an average 1-2 months later than they did 70 years ago .
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REMEMBERING FRANK MOORE, AN OREGON LEGEND
This weekend, Oregon bid farewell to a conservation and fly fishing legend, when Frank Moore died at the age of 98. After storming the beaches at Normandy on D-Day in 1944, Moore returned to the North Umpqua and, with wife Jeanne, ran the renowned Steamboat Inn while passionately defending the river and its fish. His life from Normandy to the North Umpqua is beautifully chronicled in the 2014 film Mending the Line . His legacy lives on in the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary , which protects 100,000 acres around the North Umpqua’s Steamboat Creek tributary. We send condolences to the Moore family and celebrate the long run of one of Oregon’s greatest sons.
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OREGON COMMISSION EXPANDS SOUTH COAST WILD FISH PROTECTIONS
Last month, the Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission voted to establish a network of Wild Fish Emphasis Areas covering Southwest Oregon. It's an important win in the world of salmon conservation, says Wild Salmon Center President & CEO Guido Rahr, and creates the largest network of wild fish management zones south of Canada . Click here for more on what the move means for wild runs of coho, fall Chinook, winter and summer steelhead, and other salmonids.
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MEET OUR NEW WILD SALMON CENTER AMBASSADORS
We're thrilled to welcome two new members of WSC's Ambassador Council! April Vokey is a former WSC Board member and the founder of Fly Gal Ventures and the podcast Anchored with April Vokey . She splits her time between Australia and northern B.C., and is a former fishing guide, FFF certified casting instructor, fly-tying instructor, traveling speaker, and TV host and writer. Gennady Zharkov is a Moscow-based salmon ecologist and advisory board chairman of the Russian Salmon Association , where he works to advance regional and federal salmon protections, including a recently-adopted federal law that elevates awareness of catch-and-release sportfishing.
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LEAVE A LEGACY OF WILD SALMON RIVERS
Including Wild Salmon Center in your will is an impactful way to support wild salmon rivers for many generations to come. To learn more, visit our Planned Giving page or contact Director of Development Kim Kosa at [email protected].
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