News & Features

Meet Butte Creek: California’s Secret Stronghold

High up in the western slopes of the Sierra Nevadas, one small tributary is a bright spot for California salmon.

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In California, a Big Step Forward for Spring Chinook

The State’s Fish and Wildlife Commission unanimously approves Endangered Species protections for Upper Klamath-Trinity spring Chinook.

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First Salmon, Last Chance – PART II

On Northern California’s Klamath River, dams have brought spring Chinook to the brink. To save the species, Indigenous knowledge is key.

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First Salmon, Last Chance – PART I

A small group of scientists is unlocking the mysteries of spring Chinook—right as the species nears extinction. Can we still save a fish critical to the Northwest’s future?

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Rewriting the Story of Spring Chinook

Ancient bones and new genetics show that spring Chinook derived from a single genetic mutation. Once lost, these populations can’t easily be recovered.

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California Strongholds

See our short video about California strongholds and find out what we’re doing to restore and protect the regions last, great salmon and steelhead rivers.

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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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South Fork Eel

Keeping it cool on one of California’s best coho salmon strongholds.

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Salmon Stronghold: Smith River

Monitoring program on California salmon stronghold critical to fishery management.

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Video: Wild Salmon of the Pacific

In this short film produced in conjunction with the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), Wild Salmon Center explores what we can do to affect the future of not only salmon, but the future of all the species that depend on them, including our own.

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