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  • Are Cold Water and Diverse Strategies the Key to Chinook Success?

    Amid troubling overall trends for the iconic species and salmon-dependent coastal communities, a new study led by WSC’s Dr. Will Atlas finds some bright spots—and pathways to reverse declines.

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  • Meet Dr. Tasha Thompson

    Our first Polsky Science Fellow is building a groundbreaking genetics map for Pacific Chinook and steelhead. 

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  • Climate-Resilient Agriculture: a Win-Win for Farmers and Fish

    An innovative water conservation project in Eastern Oregon shows a way forward for thriving farms and healthy rivers.

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  • Keeping the West Su Wild

    The West Susitna Industrial Access Road would threaten at least 80 salmon streams in the Susitna River drainage – one of Alaska’s top Chinook producing watersheds.

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  • Welcome Caylin Barter

    At a time of volatility on Oregon’s landscape, Wild Salmon Center’s new Water Policy Program Manager joins the team to get more water flowing through the state’s world-class salmon streams. …

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  • A Dam on One of Washington’s Best Salmon Rivers?

    The math behind a proposed Chehalis River dam just doesn’t add up. This spring, residents will have the opportunity to demand a better solution for people and fish.

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  • Restoring the Quillayute, Before It Floods La Push

    Gouged by flooding and human interference, the Quillayute River could soon change course—and flood the Quileute village of La Push. Slowing its path is a win-win for both people and fish.

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  • Quillayute River, Washington

    Keeping Chinook Rivers Whole in Washington

    The Wild Salmon Center’s Cold Water Connection campaign is working to reopen key Olympic Peninsula rivers after 150 years of heavy logging and road-building.

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  • Keeping the Chehalis Dam-Free

    Washington’s Chehalis River is slated for a dam which would inundate key Chinook spawning grounds and damage the hydrology of the river. We’re determined to find a better solution.

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  • Chinook

    Chinook get a fresh shot at recovery

    Impacts linger from The Blob, keeping Chinook counts low, but ocean conditions look somewhat improved as salmon continue to deal with the impacts of climate change.

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