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Protected Area Progress in Russia
May, 2012 -- WSC and partners make headway in efforts to establish nine parks and reserves in the Russian Far East with a combined watershed area of over eight million acres. Plans include funding for existing and new Sakhalin protected areas through 2018. Read more.
- July, 2011 Construction Begins on Russia's First Salmon Park
- August, 2011 Sakhalin Governor Signed an Order for the Support and Development of Nature Protected Areas
- April, 2011 The Long (Bumpy, Cold, Wet) Road to Protecting Salmon on Sakhalin Island
- April, 2011 WSC Partner Dmitry Lisitsyn Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize
- March, 2011 Russians Protest In-River Fisheries
- 2011 Champion for Wild Salmon: Vladimir Smirnov
- March, 2011 Sakhalin Taimen Extinction Risk Highlighted in New Study
- August, 2010 International Salmon Forum Brings Together Russian and U.S. Youth
- April, 2010 Sakhalin Stronghold a Riverprize finalist
- December, 2009 Sakhalin Salmon Initiative Receives Prestigious Award
- September, 2009 First Russian Fishery Certified as Sustainable
- August, 2009 New Partnerships for Sustainable Fisheries in Russia
- July, 2009 Salmon Stewardship Summit
- May, 2009 GIS and Watershed Analysis on Sakhalin Island
- November, 2008 Key Stakeholders Meet in Portland Oregon to Discuss Advancing Sustainable Fisheries
- October, 2008 Conservation Action Plan Workshop
- September, 2008 Sustainable Fisheries: International Seafood Buyers Tour Sakhalin Fisheries
- September, 2008 Sakhalin Salmon Initiative Opens New Education Center
- May, 2008 Watershed Council Seminar in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Initiates Municipal Council Project Planning
- May, 2008 Indigenous Russian Fisheries Managers Visit Oregon and Washington
- April, 2008 WSC and Partners hold GIS Seminar on Sakhalin
- March, 2008 Eight Sakhalin Salmon Initiative Participants Tour Oregon Watershed Councils
- February, 2008 $8.8 Million Landmark Agreement Established for Wild Salmon Conservation in Sakhalin, Russia
- December, 2007 Seminar in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Launches SSI Regional Monitoring Plan
- August, 2007 Sakhalin Salmon Refuge Established
- January, 2007 Sakhalin Prioritization Seminar Identifies Project Sites
- January, 2007 Leaders Sign Sakhalin Salmon Resolution
- November, 2006 Sakhalin Salmon Initiative International Conference Update
- April, 2006 Where Your Oil Comes From: Skiing the Sakhalin Pipeline
- January - February, 2006 Sakhalin Governor Declares "Wild Rivers" Protection
- January - February, 2006 Sakhalin Island Delegation Visits Pacific Northwest