Wild Salmon Center

Thrilled to get out on the Oregon Coast with @Holden_Films! This month, Wild Salmon Center and our talented film crew toured active #CoastCohoPartnership restoration sites in the Coquille, Coos, Siuslaw, and Siletz watersheds—meeting the amazing folks breaking ground on projects that will benefit coho salmon for generations to come. This shot is from Tioga Falls, high up in the Coos watershed. Posing for the camera are our friends at the Coos Watershed Association and the expert local contractors behind both the cascade's beautifully-carved new fishway and the bounty of painstakingly-placed logs now cooling and slowing Tioga Creek upstream. Bonus: right after this shoot, our film crew spotted schools of young coho practicing leaps up their new fishway! https://lnkd.in/gXtzQ7Mk (PC: WSC)

In late June, #OregonWaterPartnership brought a bipartisan group of Oregon legislators and staff to the water-stressed Rogue Basin. The goal? Show the real-world impacts of Oregon’s outdated water system and share win-win solutions that enhance fish and wildlife habitat, improve water security, and increase climate resilience. Learn more about the journey at https://lnkd.in/gUp9hEJJ. Environmental Defense Fund, Oregon Environmental Council, Trout Unlimited, WaterWatch of Oregon,  @SustainableNW, The Nature Conservancy in Oregon, @RogueRiverWC @ButteCreekMill @MedfordSavesWater

Glaciers are melting. Sea levels are rising. Just two more ways that climate change spells catastrophe for salmon—right? Across the North Pacific, there's no doubt that wild fish are struggling. But according to Dr. Jonathan Moore, a Wild Salmon Center Science Advisor and the Director of Simon Fraser University’s Salmon Watersheds Lab, we can still make a huge difference in how well some runs adapt to our changing world. Click https://lnkd.in/gU8gZDKJ... for our conversation with Dr. Moore about the way forward for salmon in a changing climate, and the beauty of straying from the beaten path. (Photo: Dr. Jonathan Moore observing Taku River sockeye. Credit: Mark Connor.)

Great news for Oregon rivers! The @NOAAFisheries Coastal Resilience Fund just awarded $8.1 million to @WildSalmonCenter for 11 #CoastCohoPartnership projects in the Nehalem, Siletz, Siuslaw, Coos, and Coquille watersheds. All will improve life for threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon runs. Together, they'll: -Restore 494 acres of tidal wetland habitat; -Improve 145.5 acres of instream, non-tidal wetland and/or off-channel habitat; -Enhance 86.5 acres of riparian habitat, including 1.3 miles of livestock exclusion fencing; and -Reconnect 9.3 miles of streams for salmon. And more great news! NOAA's award will also support the expansion of the #CoastCohoPartnership's work into the South Umpqua, Alsea, and Sixes watersheds. We can't wait to get to work for wild fish and the people who love them. (Photo: Drift Creek, Siletz watershed. Credit: David Herasimtschuk.)

“A lot of people know about mangrove swamps,” says Cyndi Curtis, Oregon North Coast Manager for @WildSalmonCenter. “But not so many know about Sitka spruce swamps—a version of this habitat that’s totally unique to the Pacific Northwest.” Sitka spruce swamps once hugged estuaries and tidelands up and down the Oregon coast. Like mangroves, Sitka spruce swamps can sequester a lot of carbon, and they also can act as important storm surge buffers for coastal communities. Now, Curtis and a growing number of Oregon conservationists and landowners are partnering to bring this vanishing habitat back from the brink: for threatened species like Oregon Coast coho, and also for communities facing an increasingly swampy future. Click https://lnkd.in/g6YzgNNM for the full story. (Photo: Sitka spruce swamp, Nehalem River. Credit: WSC)

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 in the territorial homelands of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation, high in the boreal forests of British Columbia’s Stikine Plateau, the Taku crosses the Canadian border into Alaska near Juneau before entering Taku Inlet and the Pacific Ocean. In this remote, border-spanning watershed, the Taku River Tlingit are advancing a bold wild fish strategy, while navigating climate change and complex politics. Their experiences and insights could help inform the evolution of salmon management policies across the Pacific. Read more at https://lnkd.in/gKtex-cD. (Photo: Glacier, Taku River watershed. Credit: Alamy.)

Sharing the annual report from our partners, working together to restore key wild salmon habitat on the Washington Coast. Check it out!

Are you a wild salmon champion looking to make waves? Wild Salmon Center is looking for a Portland-based team member to help conserve and recover wild salmon by advancing precautionary, science-driven fish management policies and programs across the Pacific Northwest. Our new Senior Manager for Wild Fish Conservation will focus on coastal populations of wild fish in Oregon, while coordinating with WSC staff in Washington. Apply for this exciting opportunity now at https://lnkd.in/d79yjNwT, and share far and wide with your networks!⁠ #hiring #conservationjobs #sciencejobs #conservationcareers #nonprofitjobs #conservationopportunities #nonprofitcareers #ecojobs #greenjobs #fishjobs #fishconservationjobs