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Dmitry Lisitsyn

Saving Sakhalin’s Tym River From Poachers

Several residents of a village on northeastern Sakhalin Island managed the impossible: stopping a poaching epidemic.

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Wild Salmon Center

Field Notes: Unlocking Taimen Mysteries

In the Russian Far East we are working with partners to protect strongholds for taimen, the largest member of the trout and salmon family.

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Sakhalin Environment Watch

Sakhalin Raid Busts Taimen Poachers

The operation on the Nabil River protects important wild salmon habitat that hosts critically endangered Sakhalin taimen.

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Wild Salmon Territory

Sakhalin Fishermens’ Protection Efforts Deliver Returns

Increased anti-poaching efforts are tied to healthy salmon runs on Sakhalin Island’s northeast coast.

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Establishing the Wild Salmon Territory

Innovative designation to help protect wild salmon in the Russian Far East.

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Sakhalin Public Salmon Councils in Action

Collaboration yielding results in environmental education, outreach, and anti-poaching efforts.

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Restoring the Bolshaya

Russian salmon councils work to combat poaching and restore salmon on Kamchatka’s “Big River.”

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Donor Profile: MOKAI

Donated, state-of-the-art watercraft aid anti-poaching efforts in Kamchatka.

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Koppi Salmon Councils

First watershed council in Khabarovsk unites stakeholders to protect salmon rivers.

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Koppi River Raid

Notes from the Field: Joining rangers on Russia’s Koppi River to combat poaching.

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