We Protect Wild Salmon

Mining, clear-cut logging, and other forms of large-scale development are the single greatest threat to wild salmon rivers across the North Pacific.

In many rivers, wild salmon face steady incursions into their habitat through dams and other barriers—a road here, a drained wetland there—that over time have pushed many runs to the brink.

A century of overfishing and accidental harvest by commercial, recreational, and sport fishers has reduced salmon abundance and genetic diversity.

Increasingly volatile weather conditions are heating salmon streams, destabilizing ecosystems, and increasing the risk of natural disasters like landslides.