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See\u00a0what\u2019s possible when people across the North Pacific work together\u00a0to protect the world\u2019s last, best salmon rivers<\/strong>. “Strongholds for the future,” our 2024 Impact Report<\/a>, tells the story of Wild Salmon Center’s stronghold strategy<\/a> in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stronghold strategy has been our guide for 25 years. We built this strategy to ensure that salmon can continue to thrive for generations, and us alongside them. By proactively protecting our greatest salmon rivers, we also protect global food security, biodiversity, and climate resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stronghold strategy rests on three pillars: protections for land and water, wild salmon diversity, and local stewards. In our new report, we show how this unique approach is making an impact across the planet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Alaska<\/strong>, long-standing federal law protects millions of public acres from mineral, oil, and gas development\u2014including in iconic salmon watersheds like the Copper and Bristol Bay. We’re defending these land and water protections<\/strong> alongside business owners, Tribes, hunters, anglers, mushers, and outdoor enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n

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(Photo: Bristol Bay, Alaska. Credit: Jason Ching.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In British Columbia<\/strong>, we’re advancing the science to better understand\u2014and protect\u2014wild fish diversity <\/strong>through technologies both new and ancient. Projects like Salmon Vision are now expanding to rivers across the province and accelerating the transition to data-rich, selective fisheries. <\/p>\n\n\n

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(Photo: Gitga’at First Nation fish weir enabled with Salmon Vision in Kitkiata Inlet, British Columbia. Credit: Dani Ramos.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In Oregon and Washington<\/strong>, a growing network of local stewards share our vision of salmon rivers fully restored. With these partners, we’re scaling our whole-watershed restoration plans to 21 river systems<\/strong> in the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n

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(Photo: Wild Salmon Center staff and Cold Water Connection Campaign partners on the Quillayute River, Washington. Credit: WSC.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This past winter, in the scientific journal Fisheries<\/em>, we published insights from decades of practical application of the stronghold strategy, so that conservationists and fisheries managers around the world can build on our experience, successes, and lessons learned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, we share these powerful stories with you: from the sweeping land protections our coalition helped to secure in Alaska to our painstaking coho recovery campaign in Oregon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Photo: Sacramento Basin spring Chinook. Credit: Shannon Thompson.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wild salmon and steelhead represent endurance, interconnection, and hope. We need the story of salmon more than ever<\/strong>. As you read through our new Impact Report, we hope you share our pride in how far we\u2019ve come together, along with a renewed sense of resolve for the work ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re inspired, please make a gift today to help protect the wild salmon rivers of the North Pacific. Together we can ensure they endure for generations to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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