Our mission is to protect the world’s salmon strongholds.
We Call Them Guardians
Around the world, thousands of people have joined our movement to protect wild salmon rivers.
How to Become a Stronghold Guardian
Guardians are people like you who directly support our work to save wild salmon. They’re just as crucial to our success as our team in the field.
Donate
Donations are our most critical need at Wild Salmon Center. None of our protection work is possible without your support.
Take Action
Take the next step and write leaders who can help us secure policy wins and long-term protections.
Shop Wild
Choosing wild salmon when shopping is a key part of protecting these keystone species.
Explore Their Stories
Meet people just like you who have taken the step to join our movement.
Sheila Dunn
Artist and Activist
Walt Mintkeski
Wild Salmon Center Donor
“Some people go to the mosque or church. I go to the Tillamook.”
Yassine Diboun
Ultramarathoner
Jeremy Jorgenson
Heiltsuk Resource Manager
Mark Villers
Oregon Timber Company
Wild Salmon are Under Threat
Salmon face many challenges in nature, but today’s greatest threats come from people.
Large-Scale Industrial Development
Mining, clear-cut logging, and other large-scale development represent the single greatest threat to wild salmon rivers across the North Pacific.
Habitat Loss
In many rivers, wild salmon face steady incursions into their habitat through dams and other obstacles—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 Together
With help from our Stronghold Guardians, we’ve already made a significant impact. We’re looking to do more.
120
Million
wild fish protected
annually
60,240
Miles
of streamside buffers created in Oregon
15
Coalitions
founded with partner organizations
35.7
Million
acres of salmon habitat preserved
119
Strongholds
Identified as critical for wild salmon survival
89
Rivers
Managed for wild fish diversity
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