{"id":29775,"date":"2016-01-20T19:35:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T19:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.wildsalmoncenter.substancedev.com\/?page_id=348"},"modified":"2025-10-12T14:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T14:27:05","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/projects\/skeena-river\/background\/","title":{"rendered":"Skeena River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Defending the salmon nursery that nurtures the entire Skeena system<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Skeena is British Columbia\u2019s second most productive salmon river, the center of a $110 million fishing economy, and has been a source of sustenance for local First Nations for millennia. In recent years, a slew of proposals for liquefied natural gas export terminals in the Skeena River estuary have threatened the entire river system. The worst proposal would build an export terminal over Flora Bank, an intertidal area used by juveniles from&nbsp;40 different populations&nbsp;of Skeena salmon as they enter salt water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The small but powerful British Columbia-based <a href=\"http:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/who\/partners\/skeenawild\/\">SkeenaWild Conservation Trust<\/a> mobilizes local communities, First Nations, and conservation advocates to stop the worst developments and permanently protect the Skeena estuary. Through our Skeena Stronghold Partnership, Wild Salmon Center is supporting SkeenaWild and their allies with fundraising, communication, and technical expertise to win this fight for the future of one of the Pacific\u2019s most beloved rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Salmon Strongholds: Skeena River\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/183724209?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017 <a href=\"http:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/2017\/07\/25\/skeena-lng-dead-for-now\/\">Petronas and partners suspended plans to build their terminal over Flora Bank<\/a> and closed their British Columbia offices. WSC and our partners will push ahead to ensure this area of the river is never again threatened by damaging mega developments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"acf-fields-container\" data-post-id=\"29775\" data-canto-acf=\"true\"><div class=\"acf-field-image\" data-field-name=\"hero_image\" data-field-type=\"image\"><h3 class=\"acf-field-label\">Hero Image<\/h3><img src=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Skeena-watershed-KenMorrish.jpg\" alt=\"Skeena Watershed\" class=\"acf-image\" data-id=\"29596\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Skeena-watershed-KenMorrish.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><style>\r\n        .acf-fields-container {\r\n            margin: 2em 0;\r\n            width: 100%;\r\n            clear: both;\r\n        }\r\n        .acf-field-image {\r\n            margin: 1.5em 0;\r\n            position: relative;\r\n        }\r\n        .acf-field-label {\r\n            margin-bottom: 1em;\r\n        }\r\n        .acf-image {\r\n            max-width: 100%;\r\n            height: auto;\r\n            display: block;\r\n            margin: 1em 0;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Skeena watershed, with a drainage the size of Switzerland, produces some of the world&#8217;s largest Chinook and steelhead. 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