Resources
All We Do Now to Save Salmon Could Mean Nothing
Fish that spawn in the south and in the summer will die first as the world warms. Idaho's high-elevation runs may offer one of the best chances the species has.
Strong Salmon and Steelhead Populations - CA, OR, ID, WA
Detailed assessment of salmonid populations throughout the Western United States.
HR 2055 Salmon Stronghold Bill
Full text of the legislation to establish the Salmon Stronghold Partnership.
Editorial: State Forests Are Not Tree Farms
Washington Senator Proposes "Salmon Strongholds"
S. 817 Salmon Stronghold Act 2009
Full text of the legislation to establish the Salmon Stronghold Partnership.
Statement by Senator Maria Cantwell on the Introduction of the Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009
"I will continue the fight to protect this salmon recovery funding. But more must be done. A key purpose of this Act is to complement existing federal, state and local salmon recovery efforts by directing new federal resources to conserve healthy salmon populations. This legislation will utilize sound science to identify and sustain core centers of salmon abundance, productivity, and diversity in the healthiest remaining salmon ecosystems throughout the Pacific states."
Global Wave of Wild Salmon Conservation – Essential to Biodiversity
Applying the Salmon Stronghold Concept in Canada
"The Salmon Strongholds concept is meant to reinforce the vitality of salmon and steelhead habitat ecosystems through voluntary and locally-based initiatives, along with government agency participation. A particular focus of Salmon Strongholds is the purchase or property-rights arrangements (covenants, set-asides) of land at the landscape level with special significance or vulnerability for salmon."