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Protecting globally significant salmon ecosystems.

When we protect wild salmon, we safeguard our rivers, forests, communities, and economies.

The mission of the Wild Salmon Center is to identify, understand and protect the best wild salmon ecosystems of the Pacific Rim. We devise and implement practical strategies, based on the best science, to protect forever these extraordinary places and their biodiversity.

Wild Salmon Center Newsletter

Latest issue: Summer, 2008

  • Wild Salmon Center Helps Strengthen Pacific Salmon Treaty
  • Russian Salmon Fund Officially Launches
  • Habitat Restoration in the John Day Basin
  • Notes from the Field: Salmon Monitoring on Sakhalin

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Wild Salmon Center 2007 Annual Report

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Центр Дикого Лосося

Главная задача Центр Дикого Лосося - изучить, понять и защитить самые лучшие природные лососевые экосистемы Тихоокеанского побережья. Мы разрабатываем и осуществляем научно-обоснованные и практически приемлемые стратегии, чтобы сохранить на вечные времена эти замечательные места и их биоразнообразие.

News & Updates

Hoh River

Hoh River, Olympic Peninsula. Photo Credit: James Starr

Wild Salmon Center Releases Hoh Tributary Report

July 2008 -- One of the most intensive salmon and habitat studies ever conducted on the Olympic Peninsula was released by the Wild Salmon Center, focusing on the Hoh River Basin, one of the most productive wild salmon rivers in northwest Washington. The report's findings will be used to inform the prioritization of Hoh River tributaries for conservation actions, and can be used to bolster the case for funding watershed health projects identified by the North Pacific Coast Lead Entity. Some of the report's recommendations include riparian habitat restoration, land conservation easements and willing-seller land acquisitions. Read the full press release.

Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury delivering opening remarks

North American Salmon Stronghold Partnership Hosted by WSC

June 2008 -- On June 18th-19th, 2008, approximately 80 partners representing state and federal agencies, tribes, local government, watershed councils, private foundations, and nonprofit conservation groups from Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, and Alaska gathered in Portland, Oregon for the North American Salmon Stronghold Partnership's summer meeting. Read More...

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Charity Navigator Gives Wild Salmon Center its Highest Rating

Wild Salmon Center has received Charity Navigator's highest 4-star rating for sound fiscal management for the fourth year in a row.

"Only 4% of the charities we've rated have received at least 4 consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that The Wild Salmon Center outperforms most charities in America in its efforts to operate in the most fiscally responsible way possible. This exceptional designation from Charity Navigator differentiates The Wild Salmon Center from its peers and demonstrates to the public that it is worthy of their trust " - Trent Stamp, President, Charity Navigator, August 30, 2007