Why We're Fighting to Keep the West Su Wild 

In its five-decade history of shoveling public funds into failed “growth” projects, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority has pursued its share of boondoggles in salmon watersheds. There was the $10 billion plan to dam the Susitna River, the $300 million, still-idle Healy Coal Project, and the $17 billion railroad to nowhere. Now the agency is trying to build a 100-mile industrial road through the vast, roadless West Susitna region northwest of Anchorage—crossing at least 80 salmon-bearing streams in the process. Our local partners are fighting back before this bad idea gets any bigger. Click for more on the campaign to Defend the West Su, and how you can help.

Announcing Our New Partnership with B.C.'s Watershed Watch Salmon Society

Through our Stronghold Fund, Wild Salmon Center is pleased to announce the launch of a new partnership with Watershed Watch Salmon Society, a science-based charity based in British Columbia. Defending B.C.’s wild salmon against harmful open net-pen fish farms is a key goal of our new collaboration, with WWSS and local partners working to ensure Canada’s federal government meets their commitment to transition away from the use of open-net salmon farms in B.C.’s coastal waters. 

A $23 Million Investment in Oregon Coast Coho

In a huge boost for Oregon’s Coos and Siuslaw watersheds, a state agency has awarded $23 million to WSC's restoration partners for projects prioritized by our collaborative Coast Coho Partnership. The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board's 2022 Focused Investment Partnership awards include $11 million to the Coos Basin Coho Partnership and $12 million to the Siuslaw Coho Partnership to launch years of high-priority restoration projects in these watersheds to recover local populations of endangered coho salmon.

Thanks to You, EPA Got the Message: 500K Say No Pebble Mine!

In the years since the first federal comment period on Pebble Mine, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has received more than four million letters in opposition. Thanks to you, we got the message through once again during this summer's seventh and LAST comment period, flooding EPA with half a million new comments backing Bristol Bay! 30,000+ came directly from Alaskans—the state's highest turnout in the long history of this process. In December, EPA is expected to issue its Proposed Determination on the Pebble Deposit. Its decision on protections for Bristol Bay must reflect this overwhelming consensus, and condemn Pebble Mine to the dustbin of history.

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): Susitna River, Alaska (Alamy); British Columbia wild sockeye (Alamy); Five Mile Bell, Siuslaw watershed (Brian Kelley @BrianFilm); WSC Ambassador Kate Crump and her copilot in Bristol Bay (Cassie Bergman @cassie_bergman); North Umpqua steelhead (Ken Morrish @FlyWaterTravel). 

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