Wild Salmon Center

WILD SALMON CENTER WILL BE AWARDED $11,942,573 TO DESIGN, PERMIT, AND REMOVE NINE CULVERTS ON COUNTY AND TRIBAL RESERVE ROADS AS PART OF THE COLDWATER CONNECTION CAMPAIGN, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NON-PROFITS; STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL AGENCIES; AND STAKEHOLDERS TO RECONNECT 125 MILES OF HIGH QUALITY SALMON AND STEELHEAD STREAMS IN WASHINGTON'S COASTAL AREAS. THE PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE QUILEUTE AND QUINAULT TRIBES AND WILL INCREASE TRIBAL CAPACITY FOR FISH PASSAGE RESTORATION. CULVERT REPLACEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE QUILLAYUTE AND QUINAULT WATERSHEDS. THEY WILL IMPROVE ACCESS FOR NATIVE MIGRATORY SALMONIDS TO THEIR HISTORIC RANGE WHILE IMPROVING THE DURABILITY OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

PURPOSE: THE WILD SALMON CENTER WILL IMPLEMENT A SUITE OF HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS TO SUPPORT FIVE POPULATIONS OF THREATENED OREGON COAST COHO SALMON. THESE PROJECTS WERE PRIORITIZED WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGH A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS TO GENERATE STRATEGIC ACTION PLANS FOCUSED ON POPULATION-SCALE COHO RECOVERY. IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING COHO, MANY OF THE RESTORATION EFFORTS WILL INCREASE RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE HAZARDS SUCH AS FLOODING.

WILD SALMON CENTER WILL BE AWARDED $3,625,107 TO SUPPORT NINE FISH PASSAGE PROJECTS IN FOUR OREGON COASTAL WATERSHEDS. THE EFFORT WILL HELP RECOVER TWO THREATENED SPECIES: SOUTHERN OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST COHO AND OREGON COAST COHO. PROJECTS WILL REMOVE AND REPLACE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING OLD DAMS, CULVERTS, AND TIDE GATES TO INCREASE STREAM CHANNEL CONNECTIVITY AND CREATE OFF-CHANNEL AND COLD WATER REFUGIA, LIMITING FACTORS IN COHO RECOVERY. THE PROJECTS WERE PRIORITIZED THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE, INCLUSIVE SELECTION PROCESS GUIDED BY NOAA FISHERIES RECOVERY PLANS. PROPOSED TECHNIQUES FOR RESTORING NATURAL PROCESSES INCORPORATE CLIMATE CHANGE CONSIDERATIONS, AND ARE ANTICIPATED TO BENEFIT LISTED SPECIES AS WELL AS SURROUNDING RURAL AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.

COAST COHO RECOVERY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION IN OREGON

COAST COHO RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION IN OREGON

THIS PROJECT WILL CORRECT TWO FISH PASSAGE BARRIERS ON TRIBUTARY STREAMS WITHIN THE SOL DUC WATERSHED ON WASHINGTON STATE S OLYMPIC COAST THE TWO TRIBUTARIES, ANTON CREEK AND CEDAR CREEK, CROSS AT MILEPOSTS 1 74 AND 1 78 OF THE BEAR CREEK ROAD WHICH IS MANAGED BY CLALLAM COUNTY THERE ARE NEARLY 5 MILES OF FIELD VERIFIED HABITAT FOR SALMON AND TROUT SPECIES UPSTREAM OF THESE CULVERT BARRIERS, AND THE SITES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIGH PRIORITIES FOR CORRECTION ACTIVITIES PRELIMINARY DESIGNS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND FUNDING FOR FINAL DESIGNS IS SECURED DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES THIS PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT THE CONSTRUCTION AND CORRECTION OF TWO BARRIERS INTENDED BENEFICIARIES THIS PROJECT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING WILD SALMON CENTER, TROUT UNLIMITED, COAST SALMON PARTNERSHIP, CLALLAM COUNTY, WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND THE QUILEUTE TRIBE THE PROJECT WILL BENEFIT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AS WELL AS AQUATIC ORGANISMS AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES

RUSSIAN FAR EAST SALMON BIODIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP

SALMON HABITAT CONSERVATION IN RUSSIA

RUSSIAN FAR EAST BIODIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP

BUILDING FRESHWATER CONSERVATION CAPACITY ABROAD

NORTH AMERICAN SALMON STRONGHOLD PARTNERSHIP

RUSSIAN FAR EAST BIODIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP

RUSSIAN FAR EAST SALMON BIODIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP

THIS PROJECT WILL TAG AND TRACK FISH ALONG MIGRATION CORRIDORS IN THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA TO INFORM MANAGEMENT PLANS, HARVEST LIMITS, AND RESTORATION PRIORITIES. BY FILLING CRITICAL DATA GAPS, THIS WORK ENSURES THAT WILD SALMON WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A THRIVING AMERICAN FISHING AND RECREATION ECONOMY.

COMMON FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT FOR OREGON COAST COHO RECOVERY AND BUSINESS PLAN