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Hydropower That Respects Salmon

Finding a path in Alaska to reliable clean energy and resilient salmon streams.

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Glaciers, Hot Water, and Steely Steelhead

As we head into the summer field research season, here are three WSC science projects that seek to understand salmon resilience in a changing world.

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Clean Water for Salmon

Working with local landowners and watershed groups on the Oregon Coast to improve water quality.

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Cooling Down Washington Coast Rivers

The next phase of conservation on the coast: connecting fish to coldwater reaches.

© John McMillan
Event: The Super Salmon Film Tour

Join us for a screening of The Super Salmon this July in Bend and Portland, Oregon.

© Matt Stoecker
Radio Telemetry on the Upper Klamath

New research on Klamath rainbow trout could provide clues to how fish populations can remain productive in an increasingly hot world.

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Skeena River

The entire Skeena system is at risk, due to a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal over Flora Bank, an intertidal area used by the vast majority of the Skeena’s juvenile salmon as they enter salt water.

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Susitna River

The Susitna region is home to Alaska’s 4th-best Chinook salmon run and prime hunting and recreation lands. A mega-dam puts it all in jeopardy.

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Bristol Bay

The world’s greatest sockeye fishery is threatened from mining claims in the region’s headwaters.

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