Pushing for Responsible Forestry on the Babine River

Right now, logging trucks are circling the temperate rainforests of British Columbia's Skeena and Babine watersheds. This is Big Timber, pressing west as the industry flees wildfires and pests, hungry for B.C.'s last, great old growth stands. But can commercial forestry coexist with Canada's largest sockeye salmon system? Our partners at SkeenaWild say yes—and share how.

National Geographic Takes on the Threat of Pebble Mine
In a two-part investigation, the national magazine interrogates Pebble's "risky plan" to carve a ferry port corridor and road network into the wilderness of Alaska's Cook Inlet: an area known for unrivaled bear-watching—and for ship-and-shore-battering extreme weather.

Taimen Rivers Have Answers in Landlocked Mongolia
Taimen—massive, mysterious salmonids revered by conservationists and anglers alike—are declining in Russia’s Far East. WSC Science Director Matt Sloat explains how a new WSC research project in Mongolia could help protect taimen across their range.

In Russia, Class Time is Game Time with Salmon
For two decades, WSC partner Boomerang Club has built local ecology into lessons that reach nearly every Sakhalin Island student. Says chair Valentina Mezentseva: "Our mission is to teach human respect for nature.” Now the program is expanding across the Russian Far East.

A New Year, a New Way to Protect Wild Salmon

It’s not too late to make a New Year’s resolution! The Wild Salmon Center can help you craft a resolution that will check an important item off your to-do list.

WSC has partnered with FreeWill to give all of our supporters the opportunity to write a legally valid will for free—in less than 25 minutes. It’s a great way to take care of your loved ones and consider a legacy that will help protect the Northern Pacific's salmon strongholds for generations to come. Start writing your will today!

Start Your Legacy Today

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): Babine River, British Columbia (Billy Labonte); an Alaskan brown bear with sockeye salmon dinner (Dave McCoy); Mongolia's Onon River (WSC Staff); Boomerang Club class materials (Valentina Mezentseva); Alamy.

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