We Protect Wild Salmon

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Salmon Rivers Sustain Us

At Wild Salmon Center, our focus is the future of a species critical to watersheds, communities, economies, and our individual wellbeing.

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Once lost, wild salmon rivers are politically and economically expensive to reclaim.

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Our Three-Part Approach

Wire Transfer
Strongholds
Science
Partners

Defending & Restoring Rivers

Out in the wild, we fight to stop projects that will harm salmon habitat now and in the future, and work to reverse damage done in the past.

Conserving Wild Fish

Through cutting-edge science, we can understand wild salmon, so we can protect them and all who depend on this keystone species.

Supporting Local Stewards


The people who live near watersheds can be the most powerful voices for change. We partner with them to harness their power for lasting action.

Threats Facing Salmon

We are at a pivotal moment for wild salmon survival.

Large-Scale Industrial Development

Mining, clear-cut logging, and other forms of large-scale development are the single greatest threat to wild salmon rivers across the North Pacific.

Dams and Other Barriers

In many rivers, wild salmon face steady incursions into their habitat through dams and other barriers—a road here, a drained wetland there—that over time have pushed many runs to the brink.

Overfishing

A century of overfishing and accidental harvest by commercial, recreational, and sport fishers has reduced salmon abundance and genetic diversity.

 

Climate change

Increasingly volatile weather conditions are heating salmon streams, destabilizing ecosystems, and increasing the risk of natural disasters like landslides.

Our Impact so Far

35.7
Million

Acres of salmon
habitat preserved

89
Rivers

Managed for wild
fish diversity

30+
Years

Protecting salmon
and ecosystems

Our mission is to protect the world’s salmon strongholds.

These wild salmon rivers are essential to salmon survival.

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