Our Mission. The mission of the Wild Salmon Center is to identify, understand and protect the best wild salmon ecosystems of the Pacific Rim (see a map of where we work).
Why Salmon? When we protect wild salmon, we safeguard our rivers, forests, communities, and economies. Salmon occupy a unique ecological niche, supporting scores of other wildlife, including bears, seals, eagles, wolves and for generations have sustained human cultures and regional economies.
Our Key Initiatives - The Wild Salmon Center identifies and protects the most important river basins across the North Pacific, where salmon runs are abundant, where biological diversity remains high, and where our scientific efforts and partnerships will have the greatest conservation impact.
North America - A pivotal piece of Wild Salmon Center's North America Program strategy has been the formulation of the Salmon Stronghold Partnership. The Partnership seeks to bring about a fundamental change in salmon conservation by promoting the protection and restoration of the healthiest remaining salmon ecosystems in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, and Alaska.
Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act - Introduced by both the US Senate and House of Representatives in April 2009, the legislation would protect and restore the healthiest remaining wild Pacific salmon ecosystems in North America-- "Salmon Strongholds." The Salmon Stronghold Act will complement vital efforts to recover threatened and endangered salmon populations.
Kamchatka and the Russian Far East - The Wild Salmon Center is working with our partners in Russia to secure protected area designation for over 6,000,000 acres in the Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin Island, the Russian Far East mainland and Japan. We are complementing this habitat protection initiative by promoting sustainable salmon fisheries and creating local conservation capacity to ensure wild salmon rivers continue to thrive in the Western Pacific.
