Salmon Need Cold Water. We’re Tracking It Across Continents.
From Oregon’s North Coast to Mongolia, our thermal detectives are out in rivers, searching out cold spots. What they’re finding is both sobering and hopeful.
Taimen
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The Taimen Fund Closes, Entrusts Mongolia Work to Wild Salmon Center
The Taimen Fund’s plans for closure include funding for WSC’s work to protect a cherished and vulnerable wild salmonid.
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Meet Melaney Dunne
Our new Salmon Watershed Scientist is boosting Wild Salmon Center’s science efforts in Mongolia and beyond.
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Russia Gains Two Vast New Protected Areas
For the Tugur and Maia watersheds, new legal status could be a powerful tool to safeguard priceless biodiversity, including salmon and giant taimen.
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New Research Finds Taimen’s Supersized Strength in DNA
New research from scientists including WSC’s Dr. Matt Sloat suggests that protecting genetic diversity could help save the world’s largest salmonid.
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A Catch-and-Release Campaign for Russia
The Russian Salmon Association is redoubling efforts to win fly fishing hearts and minds.
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Mongolia’s Taimen Rivers Have Answers
The massive, mysterious salmonid—revered by conservationists and anglers alike—is declining in Russia’s Far East. A new Wild Salmon Center research project in Mongolia could help protect taimen across their range.
