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January 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM

Hope for endangered coho, and our new Wild Fish Manager's big plans.

Plus, our 7 greatest salmon wins of all time. Meet James Losee, our new Senior Wild Fish Manager for Washington State For 25 years, James Losee worked with NOAA and the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife to shape policy on where, when, and how people fish. Now, our new Washington Senior Wi…

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January 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Thank you for the big wins of 2024.

And check out our exciting plans for 2025. Dear John,  As I counted down the final days of 2024 with family and friends, I couldn’t help but reflect on the big numbers we saw over the past twelve months.  In 2024, Wild Salmon Center and our partners protected 28 million acres of public land from ext…

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December 30, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Do you know the Wild Salmon Center GOATs?

Our "Greatest Of All Time" Wins Our biggest wins of all time  Since 1992, Wild Salmon Center has been laser-focused on our work to protect wild salmon rivers across the North Pacific. Because we’re always looking ahead—to the next policy campaign, restoration plan, or critical partnership—we someti…

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December 17, 2024 at 7:47 PM

Hot water (and salmon science) on the Klamath, and updates from Mongolia.

Plus, remembering Ehor Boyanowsky. John — Just 2 weeks until we ring in the New Year! If you haven’t made your year-end gift to Wild Salmon Center, make your gift now to protect wild salmon today and for the years to come. Best wishes to you and your loved ones this holiday season. With thanks, Gu…

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November 14, 2024 at 6:59 PM

Election reflections, supersized salmon culverts, and more.

Plus, our Mongolia program is expanding! John — The conservation work you’ll read about below is only possible because of our incredible network of supporters. We just kicked off our big fall fundraising challenge, so now is the perfect time to join in. If you haven’t already, please give now to pro…

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November 8, 2024 at 2:00 PM

The US election means change. We’re ready to meet the moment.

Our long experience shows us how to advance our mission.Dear friends, The results are in: this was a change election in the United States. A new Trump Administration and likely a Republican Congress will assume leadership in January.   As jarring as these political moments can be, we’ve been here be…

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October 17, 2024 at 10:26 PM

A great year for Oregon coho, and chasing salmon for the big screen.

Plus, why tech leader Ratmir Timashev is betting big on strongholds. Coho: A Bright Spot in Salmon RecoveryGets Brighter An expanded fishing season off the Oregon Coast. Early fishing at the Columbia River’s Buoy 10. Record returns above Willamette Falls. For Oregon coho salmon fishers, an exceptio…

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September 19, 2024 at 6:44 PM

What's up with Skeena steelhead, and new facts on logging and salmon.

Plus, don't miss Headwaters, our first EVER virtual event! Skeena Steelhead are Having a Good Year. What Does that Mean? Numbers are in from the Tyee Test Fishery: more than 33,000 summer-run steelhead have passed the lower Skeena: the 13th best return since 1955. Yet we’re just three years from th…

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August 27, 2024 at 8:21 PM

YES! 28 million acres of land are protected because of you.

BREAKING NEWS: A historic win for public lands in Alaska. BREAKING: Federal Land Managers Protect 28 Million Acres in Alaska Wow: the Secretary of the Interior just announced protections for tens of million acres of public lands across Alaska, safeguarding them from extractive industrial development…

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August 15, 2024 at 6:21 PM

Oregon rallies for coho, Alaskans for a wild West Su.

Plus, honoring Jim Lichatowich, the gentleman of the salmon wars. Across Oregon, We're Breaking Ground on a New Generation of Salmon Restoration Projects This summer, Wild Salmon Center is getting deep in the weeds (we're talking about you, reed canary grass!) in the Coquille, Coos, Siuslaw, and Si…

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July 18, 2024 at 6:21 PM

Bringing back Sitka spruce swamps—and saving the salmon habitat of the future.

Plus, an Alaska action to take right now! Salmon Futures: A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Moore Glaciers are melting. Sea levels are rising. Just two more ways that climate change spells catastrophe for salmon—right? Not exactly, says Dr. Jonathan Moore, a Wild Salmon Center Science Advisor and th…

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June 28, 2024 at 6:05 PM

BREAKING: We just got a big step closer to protecting 28 million acres in Alaska!

You can help us cross the finish line. BREAKING: We Just Got a Big Step Closer to Protecting 28 Million Acres in Alaska Dear John,  This is a great day for Alaska fish, wildlife, and public lands! Today, the federal Bureau of Land Management took a big step toward finalizing protections for 28 mil…

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June 20, 2024 at 7:20 PM

Meet the Taku: a stronghold to watch.

Plus, celebrating salmon stories and $10 million for restoration. Meet the Taku: a Salmon Stronghold to Watch  Salmon know no borders. But humans do—and our border politics can have consequences for vulnerable wild fish. Case in point are transboundary salmon rivers like the Taku. Originating high …

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June 11, 2024 at 5:02 PM

You, salmon, and a year of epic reconnections.

Find your salmon story in our 2023 Annual Report What is your salmon story? Late last fall, I was chasing fall Chinook salmon in the tidal section of a small river on the Oregon coast. Fishing was slow, so I tucked my boat into some cover and sat in the grass next to the river. Eventually, I noticed…

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June 6, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Celebrate Dad with 15% Off All Gifts 🐟

Show dad you care with a thoughtful gift from the WSC Gear Store. The perfect gift for any dad in your life! Father's Day is right around the corner. This year, treat the incredible dads in your life to a gift that gives back. Whether he enjoys a Saturday on the river, behind the grill, or in front…

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May 16, 2024 at 2:01 PM

Tearing down another dam, and Bristol Bay stars in a new federal bill.

Plus, meet board member Ray Lane. Introducing the Bristol Bay Protection Act  Wild Salmon Center and our Bristol Bay Defense Fund coalition partners are celebrating the May 1 introduction of the Bristol Bay Protection Act in Congress. This bill—sponsored by Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK)—marks a…

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May 6, 2024 at 6:30 PM

🎁 Celebrate Mom with 15% Off All Gifts 🌷

Show mom you care with a thoughtful gift from the WSC Gear Store. The perfect gift for any mom in your life! Mother's Day is right around the corner. This year, treat the incredible moms in your life to a gift that gives back. Whether she enjoys a Saturday on the river, at the farmer's market, or co…

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April 18, 2024 at 7:20 PM

The world's first salmon IMAX, and an Alaska lodge owner speaks up.

Plus, springers have sprung! The World's First Salmon IMAX: Coming to a Theater Near You  As reported in Forbes earlier this month, the world will soon get its first-ever wild salmon IMAX and giant screen film. Wild Salmon Center is the film's lead conservation supporter and scientific advisor. We'r…

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March 21, 2024 at 10:07 PM

A victory for Oregon state forests, and $19 million for cold water in Washington.

Plus, meet Ivan Thompson, salmon champion. Oregon State Forest Plan Clears Key Hurdle  On March 7, a plan to protect essential fish and wildlife habitat on Oregon’s North Coast got a big boost when the Oregon Board of Forestry voted to advance a habitat conservation plan covering more than 600,000 s…

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February 16, 2024 at 12:26 AM

Meet California's secret stronghold. See the Klamath running free.

Plus, thanks! You really showed up for Alaska public lands! Meet Butte Creek: California's Secret Stronghold  A century ago, California's Central Valley may have seen spring Chinook runs as large as 700,000 fish. Today, good years rarely top 30,000. Almost all of these wild springers are headed to …

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January 18, 2024 at 8:21 PM

An Alaska story in 5 maps, and a science deep dive with Dr. Stephanie Carlson.

Plus, why 2023 was one fin-tastic year. In Five Maps, Why Alaska Needs Your Help  In Alaska, everything is bigger. That’s true right now, of a rare chance to save some of America’s largest intact landscapes. We have just a few weeks left to prevent 28 million acres of protected Alaska land (an are…

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January 4, 2024 at 3:20 PM

Thanks to you, we’re taking historic steps for salmon in 2024.

Your support drives campaigns and conservation gains across the North Pacific. Dear John, In 2000, Wild Salmon Center launched an idea as wild as the fish we seek to protect. We committed ourselves to securing the long-term health of an entire archipelago of wild salmon and steelhead strongholds acr…

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December 27, 2023 at 4:26 PM

12 Reasons Why We Love 2023

The moments that make this one of the best years ever for Wild Salmon Center.Moments of Gratitude: A Dozen Things We Couldn’t Have Done Without You Dear John,    2023 was a year of epic victories and new challenges for all of us here at Wild Salmon Center. From our high tech work with First Nations…

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December 14, 2023 at 8:16 PM

Your chance to save 28 million acres in Alaska, and remembering Sandra Day O'Connor.

Plus, an Oregon story of chutes and ladders. In Oregon, Carving a New Path for Coho, Informed By the Past  Above Tioga Falls, on Oregon’s Central Coast, stretch 14 miles of exceptional wild fish habitat. Climbing Tioga has always been tricky for salmon. Then came logging and the largest splash dam…

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November 16, 2023 at 6:26 PM

Five years of coho restoration and one wild new West Susitna video.

Plus, a home for our Heart of Steel series. WATCH: What's Really at Stake in the West Susitna?  Have two minutes? Check out "No Return," a new video from the Defend the West Su coalition about the proposed West Susitna Industrial Access Road. This 100-mile road to a speculative mining district wou…

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October 19, 2023 at 6:03 PM

A.I. meets Indigenous fishing knowledge, steelhead series part III, and so many pink salmon.

Plus, behold the Haa Aani Alliance Collection! Artificial Intelligence, Meet Ancient Indigenous Fishing Technology Right now, in rivers across British Columbia’s Central Coast, we often don’t know how many salmon are returning until after fishing season is done. For fisheries managers here and beyo…

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September 21, 2023 at 2:17 PM

Cold water detectives and new cash for Oregon conservation.

Plus, why we're at One Fly. Salmon Need Cold Water. We're Tracking It Across Continents. From the Olympic Peninsula to Mongolia, our thermal detectives are knee-deep in rivers, searching out cold spots. “We have the tools and tech to get this data, and it's pretty inexpensive,” says Cyndi Curtis, W…

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September 12, 2023 at 7:12 PM

New merch released today!

We added new items to the store in time for the start of fall. New merch just dropped! Introducing new WSC gear for every member of the family, featuring designs inspired by the critical role salmon play in watersheds around the Pacific Rim. Snag something for you or a loved one and protect your fav…

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August 17, 2023 at 6:13 PM

Helping wheels turn in B.C., and making PALS on the Olympic Peninsula.

Plus, our new Annual Report has all the wins! Making PALS on the Olympic Peninsula On Washington’s ferny Dickey River, mid-August flows were unusually low. Normally, that would bother Wild Salmon Center Fish Habitat Specialists Betsy Krier and Nicole Rasmussen. But they saw one bright side. Low wat…

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August 10, 2023 at 6:00 PM

What is true victory? Our new Annual Report shows the way.

Wild Salmon Center's 2022 Annual Report—how we win protections that stand the test of time. Our 2022 Annual Report is here! I am thrilled to share Wild Salmon Center’s 2022 Annual Report, highlighting our work over the past year, and celebrating the hard-won victories we’ve achieved for wild salmo…

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July 20, 2023 at 6:57 PM

Sad news from Russia, and our response. Good news for wild fish in Oregon and Washington.

Plus, what you missed at our Seattle screening of "The Lost Salmon." Russian Government Names WSC an "Undesirable" Organization On July 18, we received some bad news. After more than 30 years proudly working alongside Russian scientists, governments, and local people to protect salmon strongholds, …

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June 15, 2023 at 4:59 PM

A summer of action for a wild West Su, the Lost Salmon in Seattle, and more.

Plus, gifts for dads who ❤️ wild salmon. A Summer of Action for a Wild West Su Alaska's iconic West Su region is vast and roadless. But unless we act, it might not be for much longer. This summer, our Defend the West Su coalition is reaching out to Alaskans and others to help us stop a state-sponso…

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May 19, 2023 at 5:05 PM

A White House party for Bristol Bay, our gear store goes live, and a steelhead origin story.

Plus, our 20-year plan for the Nehalem River. Launching Heart of Steel Part II: A Steelhead Origin Story What's a half-pounder? Technically, it's a steelhead—because this young rainbow trout took the ocean plunge that triggers its transformation to saltwater. What's different is that after three to…

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April 20, 2023 at 2:17 PM

Bright spots for wild Chinook, and big news for the Northwest restoration economy.

Plus, listening in on what the taimen said. A New Boom for the Pacific Northwest Restoration Economy Millions in new federal fish passage funding are set to flow to coastal salmon watersheds. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced $15.5 million in grants to support 25 res…

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March 28, 2023 at 8:30 PM

Watch our coastal restoration work take off, and catch our story series "Heart of Steel."

Also, meet fish habitat specialist Nicole Rasmussen. Natural Infrastructure: Our Coastal Restoration Video Series Kicks Off Six years into our major restoration programming, Wild Salmon Center and our partners have built deep working relationships with Pacific Northwest coastal salmon communities. …

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February 23, 2023 at 8:04 PM

The new science rocking Chinook conservation, plus updates on Pebble Mine and Oregon forests.

Also, meet a fly fishing refugee. What EPA's 2023 Decision Really Means for Bristol Bay On January 31, 2023, we declared victory in the long fight to save Bristol Bay from the world’s largest open pit mine. That day, after so many years of fighting Pebble Mine, we finally had an answer: the U.S. En…

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January 31, 2023 at 3:44 PM

Victory for Bristol Bay!

THIS IS IT: We stopped Pebble Mine. IT'S OFFICIAL: PEBBLE MINE IS STOPPED.Long Live Bristol Bay! Dear John,  Today is Victory Day in our long, long fight against Pebble Mine. That's because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that Clean Water Act (“404c”) protections will safegua…

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January 19, 2023 at 8:46 PM

A shot to save 28 million acres in Alaska and scale taimen research in Mongolia.

Plus, our new Oregon North Coast Manager gets chummy. The Taimen Fund Closes, Entrusts Mongolia Work to Wild Salmon Center For decades, The Taimen Fund has worked to build scientific programming and partner networks to protect taimen in Mongolia. Now, The Taimen Fund hands its work to Wild Salmon…

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January 5, 2023 at 4:45 PM

Thanks to you, the future of salmon looks bright

This is a big moment for wild salmon and steelhead and the rivers they call home.Dear John, This is a big moment for wild salmon and steelhead and the rivers they call home. And thanks to your year-end generosity, you’ve positioned us perfectly to take advantage of it.  Right now, wild salmon, stee…

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December 15, 2022 at 4:31 PM

Winter is coming for Pebble Mine, a game-changer for fisheries managers, and more.

Plus, Bob Van Dyk's Oregon policy legacy. Pebble Mine: Winter Is Coming Twelve years ago, Tribal representatives first asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop a massive proposed open pit mine at the headwaters of Alaska’s Nushagak and Kvichak rivers in Bristol Bay: the planet’s mos…

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November 17, 2022 at 8:47 PM

Good news for Oregon Coast coho and the Olympic Peninsula.

Plus, why we're fighting to end open net-pens in B.C. Oregon Coast Coho: a Bright Spot for Salmon Recovery  A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds hopeful signs for some threatened salmon and steelhead populations, with Oregon Coast coho, in particular, called…

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October 20, 2022 at 5:07 PM

Sneak peek at B.C. sockeye project, Snake River dams update, and Eastern Oregon waterworks.

Plus, meet the newest member of our Science Team! In British Columbia, Sockeye DNA Project Enters Exciting New Phase  In the language of the Nuxalk First Nation, the place name for the Kimsquit River—“Suts’lhm”—means “place of sockeye. So it follows that this remote British Columbia river was a f…

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September 20, 2022 at 2:31 PM

Fighting a $350 million road on the West Susitna, and our new partnership with B.C.'s Watershed Watch Salmon Society.

Plus, a $25 million win for coho restoration on the Oregon Coast. 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…

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August 30, 2022 at 8:23 PM

ACTION ALERT: One week left to defend Bristol Bay!

Your voice has never mattered more in the fight to end Pebble Mine. One Week Left: EPA's Final Decision On Bristol Bay Depends On You!Dear John,  For more than two decades, Tribes, Alaskan communities, and commercial fishermen have lived under the shadow of Pebble Mine.   If built near Bristol Bay,…

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August 18, 2022 at 6:27 PM

Blocking a bad road in the West Su, Pebble action last chance, and 30 years of Wild Salmon Center.

Plus, meet Jon Hart, our new GIS Spatial Analyst! Salmonfest Fans Agree: No Road in the West Su!  Salmonfest 2022 was another organizing success for Wild Salmon Center and our Defend the West Susitna coalition. You might remember our successful 2016 fight to defeat a dam on the Susitna River—a wa…

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August 11, 2022 at 5:58 PM

Our Annual Report: Celebrating 30 Years!

Wild Salmon Center's 2022 Annual Report Shares a Generation of Conservation Success—and What’s Next. We’re thrilled to share Wild Salmon Center’s 30th Anniversary Annual Report!  Thirty years ago, our work started with a vision: an archipelago of protected wild salmon and steelhead watersheds spann…

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July 21, 2022 at 7:53 PM

Our new water campaign video, a key B.C. fishery closure, and a job for Oregon policy wonks.

Plus, photographer Jason Ching on reimagining Bristol Bay. Watch Finding Flow, Our New Short Film  The water that feeds Oregon’s creeks, streams, and rivers is one of the state’s most precious assets. But for too long, people have viewed it as an endless resource. Population growth, a warming cli…

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June 16, 2022 at 6:34 PM

Be a hero for Bristol Bay, Tillamook Rainforest action update, and introducing our science advisory board.

Plus, meet new Oregon Policy Manager Stacey Detwiler! You Can Be a Bristol Bay Hero  On May 31, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency kicked off a five-week public comment period on its proposed plan to protect Bristol Bay under the Clean Water Act. This gives us a rare and powerful opportunity…

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May 26, 2022 at 4:58 PM

This is our moment to end Pebble Mine forever.

You can be a hero in the last battle to save Bristol Bay. Be a Hero. Back Bristol Bay!Dear John,  These days are hard on hope. Sometimes the pain, frustration, and heartache out there has us doubting our power to make good things happen. Especially when year after year, we rally for change without…

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May 19, 2022 at 9:29 PM

Defend Bristol Bay's DC fly-in, a West Susitna campaign launch, and our Coast Coho Partnership's new digital home.

Plus, Oregon's Private Forest Accord is signed into law. WSC, Bristol Bay Allies Head to DC for Final EPA Push  On May 10, Wild Salmon Center and members of our Defend Bristol Bay coalition—led by the United Tribes of Bristol Bay—joined Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-02) on the steps of the U.S. Capitol t…

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