THE WILD SALMON C ENTER

REPORT 2005–2006 For years we’ve argued that if we want healthy salmon runs for our children and grandchildren, at a minimum we must act quickly to safeguard our remaining wild salmon strongholds while we still have the chance.

This approach, while I also am proud to report that in the fall of still a new concept, 2006 the Wild Salmon Center Board approved is gaining support a 10-year strategic plan. The plan describes along both sides of three goals: (1) winning the adoption of a series the Pacific Rim. The of key principles and standards for wild salmon “stronghold strategy” management across the Pacific Rim, (2) winning – which emphasizes the long-term conservation of 20 of the most proactive, place-based species rich and productive strongholds for conservation of globally important salmon rivers Pacific salmon, and (3) creating a broader – has been adopted by our Russian partners in network of 96 stronghold rivers where we can Kamchatka and Sakhalin Island, and in the fall facilitate the exchange of new models of salmon of 2006 the Wild Salmon Center brought key conservation and management. Altogether, this United States federal and state agencies and network of salmon strongholds supports over non-governmental groups together to launch half of the world’s remaining wild Pacific PHOTO (LEFT): Scientists tour a an initiative to support the conservation of salmon abundance and diversity. volcanic crater lake stronghold rivers in the Pacific Northwest. When we succeed, we will have made a in Kamchatka. I’m pleased to present our Biennial Report historic – and unprecedented – contribution to (Photo by Guido Rahr) for 2005-2006. We have a lot to report – the the long-term health of native salmon and the PHOTO: last two years have been the most successful thousands of species and human communities Guido Rahr and his since the founding of the Wild Salmon Center they support. boys at the family in 1992. We are proud of how far we’ve come in cabin on Oregon’s After years of work, some of our most the last 15 years, and we are looking forward Deschutes River. (Photo by Lee Rahr) ambitious conservation programs have borne to great success in the years ahead. We couldn’t fruit. The most dramatic gains were in the do it without help and support from our Russian Far East, a remote and pristine region partners: the organizations and individuals that generates a third of all wild Pacific salmon across the North Pacific who care about wild and is being rapidly developed for oil, gas, salmon, trout, char and steelhead and the rivers minerals and timber. where they swim. On Sakhalin Island, the Wild Salmon Center On behalf of the board and staff of the We are dedicated to conserving succeeded in bringing environmental groups, Wild Salmon Center, we send our tremendous Russian government, scientists, indigenous groups gratitude for your commitment to the wild the most important wild salmon rivers and international energy companies together to salmon of the North Pacific. launch a far-reaching salmon conservation plan across the North Pacific. called the Sakhalin Salmon Initiative. Sincerely, The most extraordinary developments were in Kamchatka, where years of work and generous support from The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation culminated in an agreement with the Kamchatka Administration to Guido Rahr designate 10 river systems as refuges for native President & CEO salmon. 2 3

WILD SALMON CENTER REPORT 2005-2006 Kamchatka Salmon Biodiversity Program

ussia’s Kamchatka Peninsula – a largely The goal of our work is to support local undeveloped region about the size of efforts to secure the peninsula as a global RCalifornia – produces up to one-quarter stronghold for wild salmon and the many species of all wild Pacific salmon. Its river systems host they sustain. To accomplish this goal, the Wild all six Pacific salmon species, as well as steelhead, Salmon Center is working in partnership with rainbow trout, Dolly Varden, Arctic and white- local and regional government agencies, Russian spotted char. and international non-governmental organiza- Kamchatka’s rivers, long protected from tions, scientific institutions and other stakehold- development because of their isolation, are ers to support protection of Kamchatka’s highly now facing serious threats that range from the productive salmon ecosystems. We are working with Russian partners to secure widespread poaching of salmon caviar to road The foundation of this effort is the creation building and the development of natural gas and of a network of whole-basin protected areas to Kamchatka as a global stronghold for wild salmon mineral deposits. Recent surveys have indicated safeguard Kamchatka’s most extraordinary that large oil fields may lie off Kamchatka’s salmon rivers. These rivers also will be centers and the many species they sustain. west coast – underneath some of Russia’s most for the research and monitoring of salmon and productive marine fishing grounds. their river ecosystems. The Wild Salmon Center and partners have built and operate two biological stations: the Utkholok River Biostation in northwest Kamchatka, and the Kol River Biostation on Kamchatka’s central coast. The biostations have become international hubs where multi-discipli- nary teams of Russian and American researchers work together to explore the interrelationships of salmon abundance, diversity and ecosystem health. These biostations have formed the nucleus of the Salmon Rivers Observatory Network, a cooperative research effort directed by the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station and Moscow State University’s Department of Ichthyology. The PHOTO (ABOVE): The Wild Salmon Center is playing an long-term goal of SaRON is to use a series of Scientists collecting juvenile salmon and extremely important role in Kamchatka. In pristine salmon rivers along both sides of the char on Kamchatka’s many ways, the peninsula is at the same cross- Pacific Rim to study the impacts of human Utkholok River, near roads faced in the United States Pacific activity and natural processes on salmon the site of the WSC Northwest 50 years ago. Fortunately, experts at biodiversity and bioproductivity. SaRON biostation. (Photo by Guido Rahr) the Wild Salmon Center can help our Russian provides the scientific foundations for the partners learn from the mistakes and successes of Wild Salmon Center’s conservation strategies. PHOTO (RIGHT): other nations. If our colleagues in Kamchatka The Krutogorova River can bring their wild salmon through this danger- in Kamchatka. (Photo by Guido Rahr) ous period of development, it will be a gift not just to Russia, but to the world.

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WILD SALMON CENTER REPORT 2005-2006 Kamchatka Salmon Biodiversity Program

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PHOTO (LEFT): • Helped establish the Kol River Salmon Protected • Supported the launch of “Kamchatka Salmon,” David Moskowitz Area, a headwaters-to-ocean preserve that an education program now taught in with a September restricts development on 544,000 acres of the Kamchatka’s middle and high schools. The steelhead from Kol and Kekhta watersheds. The Wild Salmon program encourages young people to under- Kamchatka’s Center and partners also initiated an effort to stand and appreciate their natural resources. Utkholok River. (Photo by Guido Rahr) create an additional 330,000-acre protected area Initiated a training program for Russian that will encompass the Utkholok and Kvachina • protected area managers in collaboration with river basins to safeguard rare populations of the United Nations Development Programme. steelhead. Gained international attention for Kamchatka’s Launched an ambitious effort to create an addi- • • salmon conservation initiatives, and, in October tional five whole-basin salmon protected areas. 2006, were featured in a front-page article in the This initiative will create a salmon protected area Sunday New York Times. (New York Times, Oct. network that encompasses 10 entire river sys- 15, 2006) tems, protecting up to 6 million acres of habitat for salmon, bears, eagles, seals, and hundreds of other species. Safeguarding these rivers is crucial for the region’s commercial and sport fisheries. • Completed construction of biological stations on the Kol River and Utkholok River and created the WSC-SaRON research program on salmon ecosystems. Biostation salmon scientists partici- pated in many international conservation science meetings and produced 15 scientific articles for publication. Researchers collected three years of baseline data for long-term salmon trend monitoring, and examined the roles of river complexity and marine-derived nutrients from carcasses on salmon productivity and diversity. Students have completed six graduate projects through the biostations.

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WILD SALMON CENTER REPORT 2005-2006 The Russian Far East Salmon Biodiversity Program

extends the full length of Sakhalin Island crossing over 1,000 rivers and streams. The Wild Salmon Center has worked in the Russian Far East since the late 1990s. With our Russian partners we have conducted assess- ments of the biological diversity, habitat quality, and conservation potential of 28 river basins. This work has contributed to a list of the region’s highest salmon river conservation priorities. The Sea of Okhotsk and the rivers that flow into We have joined with partners to protect these strongholds. it support some of the world’s more productive Our success in the Russian Far East has fisheries, as well as gas, oil and mineral deposits depended on establishing conservation goals that support local communities and accommodate worth tens of billions of dollars. We are working a broad range of human activities – from hunting and commercial fishing to extractive industries with Russian partners to answer critical questions like oil and gas development and commercial

PHOTO (ABOVE): est of the Kamchatka Peninsula, forestry. We have worked with a diverse range about how people can protect salmon as they Wild Salmon Center the vast and rugged coastline of of stakeholders to achieve a shared goal of partners Sergei mainland Russia Far East runs from ensuring the long-term health of the region’s develop the region’s natural resources over the Zolotukhin and Anatoly W the Sea of Okhotsk south to Sakhalin Island, the wild salmon rivers. Semenchenko count next 20 years. juvenile salmon as Sea of Japan and down to the Korean Peninsula. For example, over the last two years we part of basin-wide The salmon rivers that flow from this remote and collaborated with the USDA Forest Service to research to identify key beautiful region feed rich food webs that include share land management experiences with Russian salmonid habitat in the Koppi River basin. Steller’s Sea-eagles, rare Blakiston’s fish owls, partners, and we are working with international (Photo by Brian Caouette) brown bears, and Amur tigers. oil and gas companies to promote best practices This region faces critical questions about and support salmon conservation. We also PHOTO (RIGHT): Campfire smoke drifts how to develop its ample natural resources – oil hosted conferences and professional exchanges, over the Koppi River and gas, forests, fish and minerals – over the next and we have provided much needed funding for (Photo by Guido Rahr) 20 years. scientific research and conservation projects. The Sea of Okhotsk and the rivers that flow By working with all of the region’s stakehold- into it support some of the world’s most produc- ers, The Wild Salmon Center has succeeded in tive fisheries, which are key sources of protein and raising salmon conservation as an economic, a central economic driver for the people of Russia, social and environmental priority. Our Russian Japan, Korea and China. Underneath the marine partners increasingly recognize the global signifi- and river habitats that support these fisheries are cance of their salmon fisheries. Our goal is to oil and gas fields thought to be worth tens of ensure that all of our colleagues in the Russian billions of dollars. Right now, a consortium of Far East have the tools and support they need to energy companies is completing the world’s largest preserve their native runs of salmon, taimen and integrated oil and gas project, with a pipeline that char and all the species they support.

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WILD SALMON CENTER REPORT 2005-2006 Russian Far East Salmon Biodiversity Program

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PHOTO (LEFT): Launched the Sakhalin Salmon Initiative, a • • Launched the Siuslaw - Sakhalin Restoration A large set-net catches public-private partnership which brought Partnership, an effort to develop a pilot river salmon in the ocean together businesses, local communities, and restoration project on Sakhalin. The partnership waters south of the nongovernmental organizations to develop a has facilitated exchanges between Sakhalin mouth of the Koppi long-term strategy for the conservation and and Oregon community leaders and specialists River. Non-lethal sustainable use of wild salmon and their to conduct watershed assessments and learn fishing practices ecosystems on Sakhalin Island. The Sakhalin about restoration approaches. can help ensure Salmon Initiative was launched at an internation- sustainable fisheries. al conference hosted by the Wild Salmon Center, Provided key support to create a national park • (Photo by Guido Rahr) Sakhalin Energy Investment Company and the on the Shantar Islands, in the western Sea of Sakhalin Regional Administration in October, Okhotsk. The Shantars are home to the only 2006. The event was a huge success, drawing population of rainbow trout in Asia west of the more than 200 people from Sakhalin, Russia, Kamchatka Peninsula. Canada, Japan and the United States. The Wild Helped partners on Sakhalin Island in their Salmon Center joined with the Sakhalin Oblast • efforts to re-establish the 166,000 acre Administration and Sakhalin Energy Investment Vostochnii Refuge, which will protect two entire Company to sign a declaration supporting ocean-draining river basins – the Vengeri and international cooperation on salmon conserva- Pursh-Pursh rivers – and some of the last intact tion and sustainable development. forest ecosystems on Sakhalin Island. The refuge • Completed two full expeditions down the is expected to be designated in 2007. Samarga River, one of the last unfragmented watersheds that flow into the Sea of Japan. Although the 2 million-acre Samarga basin is slated for logging, the Wild Salmon Center won an agreement to identify and map the most important habitat areas for wild salmon and aquatic biodiversity. Together with our conserva- tion partners, we presented a joint recommenda- tion to the regional logging company, Terneyles. This work will also help Terneyles win Forest Stewardship Council certification of its logging practices in the Samarga. • Formalized a partnership with the USDA Forest Service to collaborate on international projects in the Russian Far East. These projects include restoration of Sakhalin Island rivers, conserva- tion planning for the Samarga River, and protect- ed area management training for conservation officials in Kamchatka.

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WILD SALMON CENTER REPORT 2005-2006 State of the Salmon Consortium

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Led the effort to add Sakhalin taimen to the IUCN World Conservation Union Red List of Threatened Species. Sakhalin taimen are the one of the largest and oldest salmonids in the world, capable of living up to 40 years and reaching over 100 pounds. Their presence reflects the health of the rivers in which they live, and Sakhalin taimen are critically endangered throughout their native range in Japan and Russia. The Redlist designation elevates the level of urgency for taking action to prevent further declines and sets a course for conservation. • Completed a data inventory for all salmon river basins in North America. The inventory offers historic perspectives of management and conserva- State of the Salmon is a joint program of the tion issues, which will be used to develop stock- Wild Salmon Center and Ecotrust, a Portland, status assessments for individual species in 2007. Oregon-based organization dedicated to conser- vation and sustainable development in western • Hosted a conference, Building the new agenda for North America. State of the Salmon is building North Pacific salmon conservation, in April, 2005. The three-day conference drew nearly 200 interna- PHOTO (ABOVE): awareness of salmon status and trends across the State of the Salmon North Pacific and providing the scientific and tional salmon specialists to Anchorage, Alaska. specialists review Participants focused on salmon biology, habitat, technical support for developing new salmon fisheries data. management, policy and communication issues. (Photo by Guido Rahr) conservation policies and management practices. The event helped salmon experts throughout the Salmon managers throughout the North PHOTO (RIGHT): Pacific Rim share best management practices for Coho salmon moving Pacific often use different approaches to salmon salmon, and provided a forum for professionals upstream to spawn. monitoring and conservation. This can lead to to exchange information and lessons learned. (Photo by Barrie Kovish) a patchwork of information and misguided management decisions that hamper wild salmon • Published the Atlas of Pacific Salmon, the first conservation efforts. State of the Salmon works map-based status assessment of salmon in the North Pacific. The Atlas addresses the biological, to create a seamless portrait of salmon status and cultural and economic importance of salmon, trends, from headwaters to the high seas through- State of the Salmon exists to build as well as the risk of extinction faced by salmon out the North Pacific and in close partnership populations along both sides of the Pacific. with local researchers and conservationists. a seamless portrait of salmon status The comprehensive knowledge baseline State • Completed the Salmonid Field Protocols hand- and trends, from headwaters to the of the Salmon is building will help us measure book, a reference manual that provides a guide our progress toward saving salmon. The scientific to salmon research and monitoring standards high seas around the North Pacific. foundation the program provides is helping to for salmon researchers in any ecosystem. build the next generation of salmon management • Hosted the North Pacific Rim Salmon policies and tools. Monitoring Inventory workshop for fishery managers across the Pacific Northwest. Attendees from state fishery management agencies in Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho gathered to review, share and validate field data that ultimately will provide a clearer picture of salmon health throughout the region. 12 13

WILD SALMON CENTER REPORT 2005-2006 Where salmon were once bountiful, from mountains to estuaries and into the waters of the North Pacific, today The North Pacific Ecosystem healthy populations are diminishing in number and in diversity. These remaining salmon populations face serious Science and conservation in priority water basins threats. The Wild Salmon Center identifies the most important places—the key river basins where salmon runs are robust, where biological diversity remains high, and where our scientific efforts and partnerships will have the greatest conservation impact.

C H U K O T K A

A L A S K A

Y U K O N T E R R I T O R Y M A G A D A N

K O R Y A K I A Anchorage

Nushagak, Kvichak

l a B e r i n g S e a Okhotsk s u

P e n i Juneau K H A B A R O V S K G u l f o f A l a s k a Utkholok, Kvachina

Sopchnaya,

Oblukovina, m c h a t c k a a

Krutogorova, K Korpakova S e a o f O k h o t s k Shantar Islands K A M C H A T K A

Kol, Kekhta Zhupanova B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A Tugur Petropavlovsk u t i a n A l e Opala n d s S A K H A L I N l a I s

Vengeri, Pursh-Pursh

Vancouver

Koppi Hoh/ Seattle Quileute Samarga WASHINGTON

Krilyon Tillamook/ Portland Nehalem

John Day P R I M O R Y E Nehalem O R E G O N The Samarga River: The Kol River: The Hoh River: The remote, 2 million-acre Samarga River basin is home to some of the last The Kol River system flows from the Central Mountains in west-central The Hoh River, which flows from its headwaters in Olympic National Park S e a o f J a p a n large tracts of old growth forests in the southern Russian Far East. Kamchatka, 76 miles west to the Sea of Okhotsk. The river contains one of the at 8,000 feet to the ocean, is one of the most important strongholds for wild Healthy populations of pink, cherry (masu), and chum salmon, Dolly richest known assemblages of salmonids – all seven Pacific salmon species salmon south of Canada. It has one the region’s last native populations of Varden, and white-spotted char inhabit the basin. The Samarga is also home including steelhead and rainbow trout, Dolly Varden and white-spotted char. coastal spring chinook salmon, some of the last healthy populations of coho to the region’s largest remaining population of the rare Sakhalin taimen. The watershed provides habitat for Kamchatka brown bears, Steller’s salmon, and a race of large winter steelhead that can reach weights of more The area supports Amur tigers, Himalayan bears and perhaps the largest sea-eagles, otters, and numerous other marine and terrestrial bird and than 25 pounds. The Hoh also supports resident cutthroat trout, rainbow population of Blakiston’s fish owls in the world. mammal species. trout and coastal bull trout. The Wild Salmon Center is working with Russian and international The Kamchatkan government recently declared the entire Kol River a Salmon-dependent wildlife diversity in the Hoh floodplain includes San Francisco J A P A N conservation groups to ensure sustainable timber development and creation protected area for salmon. The creation of the 544,000-acre Kol River Salmon northern spotted owl, marbled murrelet, bald eagles, black-tailed deer, otters, of a series of protected areas within the Samarga basin. Refuge is a major milestone for Pacific salmon conservation. cougars, and black bears. C A L I F O R N 14 15

WILD SALMON CENTER REPORT 2005-2006 North America Salmon If we are to enjoy wild salmon Biodiversity Program and free-flowing rivers in the future, we must take steps today The Wild Salmon Center is working to identify and defend the most important remain- to protect this region’s remaining ing salmon strongholds in the United States Pacific Coast region. Our North American healthy wild salmon runs. Program activities include working with regional scientists to identify river basins which offer salmon the best chance of surviving the long- term impacts of natural resource development and global warming. In these areas, we are building public-private partnerships to support local efforts to protect and restore key salmon populations and their habitat. These collaborative efforts involve federal, state and tribal governments as well as non-governmental organizations, scientists, funders and private sector partners. We believe ild salmon are an icon of the that, most importantly, local landowners are North American Pacific critical to the success of this non-regulatory, WNorthwest. This region once was incentive-driven effort. among the greatest salmon producing areas on PHOTO (ABOVE): Wild Salmon Center earth. But after 250 years of human impacts on biologists gather the region’s rivers and streams, salmon have been scientific data reduced to just five percent of their historic in Washington’s abundance. As the region continues developing Hoh River. (Photo by John McMillan) rapidly, competition for resources, particularly water, will continue to be intense. PHOTO (RIGHT): Oregon’s John Day River If we are to enjoy the beauty of wild salmon is the longest and free-flowing rivers in the future, we must un-dammed tributary make a concerted effort to protect this region’s of the Columbia River. last healthy salmon runs. This means applying (Photo by Guido Rahr) the first principle of conservation: protect the best first.

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WILD SALMON8 CENTER REPORT 2005-2006 North America Salmon Biodiversity Program

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PHOTO (LEFT): Provided key support for the acquisition of 4,700 • • Supported the establishment of the John Day The Hoh River valley acres by Western Rivers Conservancy along the Basin Trust. Now completely independent of in Washington. Hoh River, on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. the Wild Salmon Center, the Trust will provide (Photo by Guido Rahr) Today, most of the private land along the Hoh important resources and support of local River is protected, creating a conservation conservation efforts in the John Day, the longest corridor between the Olympic National Park and un-dammed river in the Columbia River basin the Pacific Ocean. and a key stronghold for wild spring chinook salmon, summer steelhead, bull trout, rainbow Worked in partnership with Western Rivers • trout and westslope cutthroat trout. Conservancy to establish the Hoh River Trust to manage lands and support the long-term conser- • Developed a river ecosystem conservation plan vation of the Hoh River ecosystem. The Trust for the John Day Basin and continued work with now has a strong executive director and board a wide range of partners to identify funding to of directors, is financially self-sustaining, and is implement restoration and protection actions. leading the protection and restoration of habitats Authored technical reports and scientific papers in the Hoh River watershed. • to describe and share the groundbreaking • Created the Elk Creek Salmon Refuge on results of six years of salmonid research and Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. With support monitoring on the Olympic Peninsula. One from public and private partners, we completed report identifies tributaries critical to salmon purchase of critical habitat along Elk Creek, a conservation in the Hoh River Basin. The other vital spawning and rearing tributary for wild offers a detailed fish monitoring plan for the salmon and steelhead in the Calawah River region, which is transferable to many other Basin. watersheds. Three scientific papers are under- way, co-authored by the scientists from the Worked with a coalition of conservation groups • Wild Salmon Center and NOAA Fisheries. to prevent the logging of key salmon “anchor” One, which has been accepted for publication habitats along five rivers in the 500,000-acre in the Transaction of American Fisheries Society Tillamook and Clatsop State Forest in northwest Journal, is the first published manuscript to Oregon. provide detailed observations of the mating • Produced a regional salmon conservation habits between steelhead and rainbow trout. strategy, titled “A Proactive Strategy to Anchor Launched the North American Stronghold and Restore High-Priority Wild Salmon • Partnership, a public-private initiative to demon- Ecosystems.” The strategy was presented at strate that human communities, economies several conferences and published in a book, and healthy salmon populations can coexist. titled “Salmon 2100: The Future of Wild Pacific Salmon.”

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WILD SALMON CENTER REPORT 2005-2006 Statements of Activities For the fiscal years ending Dec. 31, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2005 in thousands

2006* 2005 Revenue: The Wild Salmon Center has been Foundations $5,084 $3,773 awarded The Independent Charities “Best in America” Seal of Excellence by Individuals 2,458 2,005 the Independent Charities of America Governments 119 104 and Local Independent Charities of Corporations 148 15 America. This signifies that, upon Investments and other income 78 53 rigorous independent review, the Total revenue 7,887 5,950 organization met the highest standards of public accountability, as well as Expenses: program and cost effectiveness. Program services: North America Salmon Biodiversity Program 638 1,072 Kamchatka Salmon Biodiversity Program 2,315 1,962 Russian Far East Salmon Biodiversity Program 637 402 State of the Salmon 516 755 Other 23 - Support services: Management and General 496 432 Development and Communications 501 366 Total expenses 5,126 4,989 Change in net assets 2,761 961 Net assets at the beginning of the year 3,708 2,747 Net assets at the end of the year $6,469 $3,708

* These are unaudited figures. Final 2006 financials are available on the WSC Web site in March 2007.

The Wild Salmon Center has received a four–star rating of excellence from FY 2006 Operating Revenue: $7.9 Million FY 2006 Total Expenses: $5.1 Million Charity Navigator, which evaluates the Other Other financial health of 4,000 of America’s 1% 1% Corporations Kamchatka 3% Program largest charities. Charity Navigator Foundations North America 4 64% Programs 5% Government 12.5% noted that, “The Wild Salmon Center 1% has demonstrated exceptional financial health, outperforming most of its peers

Development PHOTO: in its efforts to manage and grow its 10% Audrey Thompson, finances in the most responsible way graduate student of the University of possible … supporters can be assured Administration Montana’s Flathead that the Wild Salmon Center is worthy Individuals 9.5% 31% Lake Biological of their trust and commitment.” Research Station, State of the Salmon Russia Far East 10% Program 12% on Kamchatka’s Utkholok River (Photo by Guido Rahr)

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REPORT 2005-2006 WILD SALMON CENTER Partners Donors

The Wild Salmon Center would like to acknowledge the following groups and individuals for their contributions and their in-kind United States US Fish and Wildlife Service Administration Sakhalin Environment Watch gifts. Without the generosity of our supporters, our work would not be possible. Alaska Department of Fish and USDA Forest Service Kamchatka State University Sakhalin Fishing and Hunting Game US Geological Survey, Biological Kamchatka Technical University Society Audubon Society of Portland Resource Division KamchatNIRO Center for Coastal Fisheries and California Trout US NOAA Fisheries Khabarovsk Division TINRO Stock Assessment, Sakhalin FOUNDATION, Kerr Pacific Corporation Coast Range Association Washington Department of Fish Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation Regional Administration NON-PROFIT AND Kongsgaard-Goldman The Conservation Fund and Wildlife Koryak Autonomous Okrug Sakhalin Oblast Administration GOVERNMENT Foundation Conservation International Washing ton Trout Administration Sakhalin Wild Nature Fund Bella Vista Foundation Kulakala Point Foundation CIPAM - Consortium for Western Rivers Conservancy Krechet Hunting & Fishing Society SakhNIRO Brainerd Foundation Lazar Foundation International Protected Area Wild Salmon Rivers Living Seas Coalition Sakhrybvod Broughton & Mary Bishop Lear Family Foundation Management Wild Steelhead Coalition Pacific Research Fisheries Centre Sakhalin State University Family Advised Fund Leatherback Foundation Ecotrust (TINRO) Sevvostrybvod Bullitt Foundation Margaret H. & James E. Kelley Flathead Lake Biological Station, Russia Russian Federal Ministry of Sobolevo District Administration Charles Engelhard Foundation Foundation University of Montana Agzu Indigenous Co-op Protection of the Environment Terneyles Joint Stock Company Citigroup Foundation Mazamas Conservation

and Natural Resources Wild Fishes and Biodiversity Committee ARTIN

Foundation for Russian-American (Obshchina) Conrad N. Hilton Foundation M Rosprirodnadzor Foundation Economic Cooperation Biodiversity Conservation Center Conservation & Preservation McGeady Family Foundation AVE Moscow State University, Wildlife Conservation Society D Hoh River Trust BP Charities of America Meyer Memorial Trust WSC Board Chairman Werner Paulus (L) and Vice Chairman David Wimberly (R) take a break Hoh Tribe Bureau for Regional Outreach Biological Faculty, Ichthyology WWF Russia The Crane Creek Family Fund Mountaineers from fishing the Koppi River in the Russian Far East. Department Far Eastern Branch Native Fish Society Campaigns of the Oregon Community Mountaineers Foundation Russian Academy of Sciences Kamchatka Branch Foundation USDA Forest Service Robert & Karen Scott The Nature Conservancy DVS-Tours (Magadan) Mr. & Mrs. David J. Field Fund Institute of Biological Zov Taigi (Vladivostok) Cumming Foundation Walton Family Foundation Peter Seligmann The North Umpqua Foundation Ecodal (Khabarovsk) National Geographic Problems of the North WEM Foundation Olympic National Park Far Eastern State University The David E. & Mary C. Becker Conservation Trust Olympic Park Institute Greenpeace Russia Institute of Biology and Soil Canada Fund of the Oregon Wiancko Family Donor Advised $1,000 to $9,999 Community Foundation National Science Foundation Fund of the Community Oregon Department of Fish and Sciences, Vladivostok British Columbia Ministry of Anonymous (2) International Socio-Ecological Norcross Wildlife Foundation, Foundation of Jackson Hole Wildlife Union Institute of Ecology and Environment, Biodiversity Dover Fund, Inc. Donna & Leonard Albert Inc. Willard L. Eccles Charitable Evolution Branch Ecotrust Oregon State University Interregional Association of Oak Foundation Foundation Jane & Walter Barry Oregon Trout Institute of Water and Department of Fisheries & ESRI Conservation Program Independent Tour Operators Otto Haas Charitable Trust #2 William & Flora Hewlett Alexander W. Barth Ecological Problems Pacific Environment ISAR-Far East (Vladivostok) Oceans Foundation for Russian Foundation Stephen & Barbara Bradley Kamchatka Branch of the American Economic Paulus Family Foundation Quileute Tribe Kamchatka Ecotourism Society Wyss Foundation Elizabeth & Jack Bunce Pacific Institute of Geography Japan Cooperation Phoebe W. Haas Charitable The Sonoran Institute Kamchatka Environmental Tr u st B Geoffrey & Ann Coley Tillamook Bay National Estuary Protection Committee Russian Forest Service, Sakhalin Hokkaido Fish Hatchery The FSC Global Fund Prairie Foundation Charles & Beverley Ann Conn Project Kamchatka League of Regional Branch Hokkaido University Gordon & Betty Moore INDIVIDUAL DONORS Foundation Puget Sound Flyfishers Club Michael L. Corbat Trout Un l i m i te d Independent Experts Sakhalin Energy Investment National Institute of $100,000 & up Rahr Foundation Anonymous (1) Peter S. Corbin University of Washington Kamchatka Regional Company Environmental Studies Japan Harder Foundation National Salmon Resources Harry C. & Dorothy Murphy Resources Legacy Fund John & Julie Dixon Tench & Simone Coxe Center Foundation Robert H. & Joanne M. Williams William & Sally Neukom Strachan & Vivian Donnelley River Policy Network Japan Independent Charities of Foundation, Inc. Werner K. Paulus Harald Ekman America Rockefeller Brothers Fund David R. Syre Robert & Elizabeth Fisher International Jackson Foundation Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation J. David Wimberly Larry & Pamela Garlick International Bering Sea Forum James Ford Bell Foundation Searle Family Trust David L. Goodman International Ecotourism Society Japan Foundation Center for Seattle Audubon Martin Miller $50,000 to $99,999 Scott & Kristine Griffin Worldwide Global Partnership Wildlife Sanctuary Fund IUCN The World Conservation Stone Gossard Pete & Leslie Higgins JCK Foundation, Inc. Sprenger Lang Foundation Union, Species Survival Brent & Chrys Hutchings The John & Frances Von Sustainable Fisheries Foundation Commission Schlegell Family Fund $10,000 to $49,999 A. Felton Jenkins III The Tagney Jones Family Fund United Nations Development at the Schwab Fund for Elizabeth Jennings at The Seattle Foundation Anonymous (1) Programme/Global Charitable Giving Howard & Doreen Johnson Tokyo Economic University Tom & Meredith Brokaw Environment Facility Joseph & Catherine Johnson Michael Keaton Trout Unlimited - Tualatin Yvon Chouinard WWF International Family Foundation Valley Chapter Mark T. Gates Richard & Susan Koe Jubitz Family Foundation Trust for Mutual Understanding Furman & Susan Moseley Terry & Mary Kohler JYN Foundation Turner Foundation, Inc. Liz Moyer Allan & Janet Larson KCS Pacific Foundation Inc. L to R: Sakhalin Energy Investment Company CEO Ian Craig, Sakhalin Oblast Vice Governor Sergei Sheredekin, and Wild Salmon Center President Guido Rahr celebrate the official signing of the Sakhalin Salmon Initiative conference resolution. (Photo by Tatyana Polishuk). We deeply regret any errors or omissions. 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WILD SALMON CENTER REPORT 2005-2006 Fountain David English Roger Hemminghaus Barbara Kelley Barry Lopez Joseph R. Car Kevin Erb Michael Henry Charles Kelley Stephen Ludahl Sarah C. Carey Joanne Erskine Bjornar & Bjorg Hermansen Megan Kemple Phil Lund Philip & Sally Carlin A. V.Farmanfarmaian Nancy Herzberg William & Terry Kessler John Lyons Warren Carlson Matthew R. Farnen Kirk Hindoien Jeong-Bae Kim Ewan Macdonald & Kirstin Josephine Benz Carpenter John & Marlene Feddema David B. Hohler Robert & Margee Kinney Walker Joseph A. Carter Raul H. Fierro Karen Hojnowski Brett M. Kishkis Whitney & Betty MacMillan Benton & Joanne Case Gary B. Fildes James F. Hole Stephen J. Klarquist G. Neal Maine Michael & Jean Casey Shirley & Herb Fitterman Stephen Y. Hord Andrei Klimenko Brent Malarkey Robert & Stephanie Chandler Charles & Zoe Foster E. Horner Calvin Knight Sarah Malarkey & Jonathan Kaplan Gerald Chew & Laura Martin Daniel Franckowiak Richard Howell Amanda K. Koch Dale Marks Peggy K. Chew Rob Fuller Larry L. Hsu, M.D. Gary J. Kocher Curtis L. Marshall Starling Childs Marna W. Fullerton Raymond & Mary Jo Ann Jonathan Kochersberger James & Sara Martineau Lisa & Kyle Clark Sara L. Gabin, P.C. Hubley Kevin & Amy Kohnstamm Brendan Mason Sue R. Clark Frederick R. Gamble Jr. Lee Hughes Molly Kohnstamm Admiral Henry Mauz USN ret. Andrew R. Clark To ny Ga r v e y Cletis C. Hull Jr. James E. Koski Nathan Mayl Leslie Cockburn Derrell W. Gee Allen T. Jacoby Peter Kuchlenz AHR

R Jonathan M. McCloud Elizabeth Coffey Garth Gibson Daniel M. Jaffer Lawton Lamb Shannon McCormick & Connie UIDO Patricia D. Jaffray G Frederick J. Colbert Peter & Julia Gillette Gordon Lane S. Johnson WSC Partners Professor Kirill Kuzichshin of Moscow State University and Dr. Jack Stanford of University of Montana, on Kamchatka’s Kol River. Janis K. Jarvis John P. Cole Kenneth Glass Charles Lane Philip & Annika McCrea Wanda Jaworski Leonard Connor David W. Glissendorf Christine A. Laphy Peter & Jill McDonald John & Jane Malarkey William F.Willson Jay H. Beckstead Phil Jensen Gordon L. Cox, M.D. Daniel Gockerell Bill Lazar J. M. McDowell Lewis L. McArthur Mike & Penny Winton Spencer & Jane Beebe Robert Jesseman Adam D. Croft Frances Goode-Rivera John & Carolyn Leach Chris McGrann John & Ronni McGlenn Esther M. Beebe Lauren & Christopher Johnson Patrick Cronin Herbert Goodman & Mel Lee Peter & Jan Lee Michael A. McManus Bruce & Jeanne McNae Gifts under $1,000 John Behnke John & Janet Jost Tom & Ellie Crosby Molly Goodyear & Mike Wolter John E. Lesoing Greg McMillan Michael D. Mercier Anonymous (17) Suzy & Samuel H. Bell Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Harold Just G. C. Crosby David & Lysbeth Gordon Susan Lettenberger Steven & Carol Bailey-Medwell Kenneth & Sandra Metviner Justin R. Abold Lewis Bell Michael J. Justice David & Meribeth Daines J. Richard & Nanette Goss Jesse K. Lince Dennis Meier William & Angela Mink Bruce & Susan Ackerman Jonathan S. Bishop John & Sherold Kaib John & Cheryl Dale Daniel E. Gould Rita V.Litin Berkeley & Marie Merchant Colin Moseley Jane Alcaca Broughton & Kelly Bishop Matthew Kane Gerald E. Dalrymple, M.D. Joel Grade John & Nancy Lively Roger L. Meyer Richard & Sara Newlands Michael & Lynn Aldrich Mary Bishop Benjamin S. Kauffman Andre B. Datu John S. Grady Marsha Livingstone Mike Michalak Susan & Roy O'Connor Jack & Mary Alexander Lawrence & Susan Black Alice B. Davies Bert E. Grant H. Stewart Parker Penny Algar Jane Blanch Phil & Cathy Davis Pam & Joshua Green III Maunsel Pearce, M.D. Kevin Allen Thomas C. Bland James S. Davis Aubry Greenberg Edgar & Prudence Ragsdale Nevenka Anastas Jonathan & Betsy Blattmachr Dale & Jeanette De Priest D. Gail Grimston Laurie Rahr Shari Anderson Russ Blauser Douglas A. DeHart, Ph.D. Polly Grose James & Jane Ratzlaff Florence & Robert Arenz Greg Block Charles E. Di Leva Deirdre Gruendler Joe & Shirley Regan John Aronson Gloria Boncy Andrew J. Dibrasky Jeffrey J. Hack William & Jill Ruckelshaus Eric L. Ashford Robert Bonnet Lenox & Helene Dick John & Laurie Haffenreffer Franklin Schurz Jr. Peter Bahls & Judith Rubin Harold Boswell Robert P.Dickinson Gerald A. Hale Mary Scurlock & Peter Adamson Lawrence & Mary Ann Bailey Roger L. Bowman Michael & Nancy Dixon Roger C. Hall John & Dorcy Seethoff Richard C. Bailey Michael Boy Kathleen Dodds & Paul Dickson Margaret H. Hamachek Tom Skerritt & Julie Tokashiki Craig & Barbara Barrett Jennifer Brabson Julie & David Dougherty Mary C. Hanlon Peter & Marion Soverel Christopher T. Barrow Glenn Brackett Michael Dowling Keith & Lisa Hansen John & Carla Stroh Heinrich Barth David L. Bragdon Todd A.Duez Tim Harden Louise & Trent Stumph Joseph P. Basten Ernest Brent Shannon M. Dunfee Martha Hare HILCOTE Joe Sugura David & Heidi Bateman Gretchen Brevig Roy Dunlap William F.Hartfiel C Paul & Lory Utz Ruth & David Bath Katherine Brigham Thomas L. Eggerman Cynthia & Andrew Haruyama

Henry von Eichel David & Chita Becker Elizabeth & John Brooke James R. Ellis Aaron Haux AMANTHA . S R

Brooks & Summer Walker Mark Becker & Tucker Malarkey John Burger Roe Emery II William Hayman D Robert & Elizabeth Warren Emily Becker Virginia Butler & Andrew Native watershed council representative Arcady Kaza and Russian fisheries researcher Anatoli Semenchenko take a break from guiding WSC partners John Emrick Roger & Lynn Headrick down the Samarga River.

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WILD SALMON CENTER This project is printed on New Leaf Reincarnation Matte, made with 100% recycled fiber, 50% post-consumer waste, processed chlorine free. © 2007 The Wild Salmon Center B. Jenkins Middleton Dennis Richey Ken Spalding Stanford & Elaine Young Suzanne & Max Millis John Riles James M. Spencer Meghan Young Board Henry & Eulia Mishima Curtis H. Robinhold Douglas C. Spieske Jerry Zabokrtsky Eric & Robby Mogren Nicholas & Shelley Robinson Horton Spitzer Robert Zeigler Christopher S. Moore Matthew Robinson Kurt Stahl Darryl Zimmerman Werner K. Paulus, Chairman Gretchen Mueller Charles Root & Michelle Lesh Jack & Bonnie Ellis Stanford Bow, WA Ned & Willa Mundell David L. Rothenberg Nick & Carolyn Stanley CORPORATE DONORS J. David Wimberly, Vice Becky & Rick Murphy-Dickson Steven G. Rothmeier Bradley Staples Blauser Technologies Chairman Boston, MA Sarah Murray Jill S. Rubinstein Judith A. Stefen Blue Drake Travel Jerry Myers James D. Rubinstein Julie Sterling BP Peter W. Soverel, Founder Mill Creek, WA Keith Myott Tom & Anna Rudd Susan M. Stoker Buffalo Exchange Charles Nelson Kristin Ruether Jim Street Copytronix Steve Nelson Gene Rummel Leif H. Stremberg Data Pro Services, Inc. Ehor Boyanowsky, Ph.D. Richard A. Nelson William & Barbara Runge John & Melody Sullivan Luhr-Jensen & Sons West Vancouver, BC Malinda Nesvold Nancy Russell Jonah E. Sutherland Matenaer Corporation Vladimir N. Burkanov, Ph.D. Ernest & Wanda Niemi Inge Russell Lester Sutherland & Rebecca McDonald Jacobs Seattle, WA Ann & William Nitze Yale Sacks McGown Microsoft Mark T. Gates Michael Noble Carl Safina Jr., Ph.D. Peter Swartz Normandy Corporation Palo Alto, CA Wild Salmon Center staff. (Photo by Kenneth Gustafson). Daniel Norman John Sager Mary C. Sweat Organically Grown Co. Stone Gossard Robert J. Norris Milton Sams William L. Swingseth Our Associates, LLC Seattle, WA Mr. & Mrs. Walter A. North James W. Sanford Victor N. Takla, M.D. Patagonia, Inc. Leah Knapp Hair Miles & Ellen Novy Norman A. Sauer Jr. Hideki Tamai Riverlake Partners, LLC Seattle, WA Staff Robert & Libby Noyes Mark A. Saylor Julia Tang Sakhalin Energy Investment John McGlenn Roger Nye Dale Scheffler Thomas & Frances Thacher Company, Ltd. Seattle, WA Donal O'Brien Jr. Gordon & Jean Schellhas Daniel Torok Sappo Hill Soapworks, LLC To m Mc G u a n e UNITED STATES Meredith & Jon Oksenholt Dorothy C. Schoonmaker Clinton & Louise Townsend SDG Palm City Inc. McLeod, MT Andrei Klimenko, Director of the Evgeniy Lobkov, Conservation Guido Rahr, President & CEO Kamchatka Salmon Biodiversity Program Director, Wild Fishes Daniel L. Tubbs Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Sydney McNiff Ferguson James & Lee Olsen Ronald & Nancy Schwarz Program and Biodiversity Foundation Sam Tucker Sweetgrass Rods Washington, DC Greg Block, VP for Conservation Philip & Cassy Ordway Michael Scott Programs Roman Kultajev, Kamchatka Ludmila Nechpai, Office Manager John Tyler Walker/Warner Architects William & Sabra Otteson Henry & Gail See William Dinty Miller Rachel Uris, VP of Development Salmon Biodiversity Project and translator Amy Pamplin North Linda & Robert Seevers Rachel Uris Casper, WY and Communications Manager Dr. Gennady Inozemstev, WSC Grant V.S.Parr, M.D. Steven L. Seligmann James & Sharon Van Loan Dmitry Pavlov, Academician Thomas Bland, CFO David Martin, Russia Far East Russia Program Manager Salmon Biodiversity Program Livingston Parsons Jr. Steven & Ellen Shapiro Marty Vanderploeg Moscow Xan Augerot, VP for Science Zlata Velichko, Accounting and Director Finance, Wild Fishes and Steven L. Pattison David Sheffner, M.D. To ny Ve l d h u i s e n James Ratzlaff Programs Alla Popova, Financial Assistant Biodiversity Foundation Steven Paulikas Robert Sheley Todd J. Verrill Roseburg, OR Nicole Portley, Project Manager for Vyacheslav Zvyangintsev, Wild The Honorable Paul Volcker Connie Behe, Executive Assistant Maraquita J. Pauly Rep. William Shields & Shelda Peter Seligmann Russia Programs Salmon Center Kamchatka Holmes Leslie Walker Washington, DC Lucy Bernard, Grants Manager William G. Pearcy Peter Rand, SOS Conservation Representative and Wild Fishes Frank Perkins Richard & Ann Shull Steve Walter Jack Stanford, Ph.D. Donna Blair, Project Coordinator Biologist and Biodiversity Foundation Director Michael Petrvcci John & Lucretia Sias Jeanne Ward Polson, MT Paula Burgess, Director of North Chris Robbins, Policy Coordinator America Programs Sumner & Hope Pingree Matt Siegmund Harold M. Webster Jr. Mike Sutton, J.D. Danielle Smith, Development E. F.Siemon William F.Weege Monterey, CA Brian Caouette, Program Assistant FRONT COVER: Stephen A. Polacek Coordinator, Japan and Markets The Trask River on Evan B. Sirota Katie & Tom Wendel Dane Springmeyer, GIS Technician Sally Polk Sam Walton Programs Oregon’s North Coast. James Starr, Cascadia Program Harry Ptasynski Brian Sittlow William W.Wessinger Flagstaff, AZ Gabe Carleton-Barnes, Network (Photo by Guido Rahr) Habitat Biologist Kirk A. Pyrka Gordon Sleeper Carrie L. Wicks Administrator Brad Wurfel, Communications Richard & Jeanne Slinn Lewis Wilks Dr. Samantha Chilcote, Senior BACK COVER: Josee S. Radzikowski Manager Jason & Jennifer Smesrud Carrie L. Wilks Aquatic Ecologist Anglers enjoy the sunset Lynn Ransford & Jack Knox Marina Yudin, Office Manager Devona Ensmenger, Olympic on the Samarga River. Thomas W. Rauch James A. Smith Jr. Brian K. Williams Peninsula Program Coordinator (Photo by Eric Redman Richard W. Smith Susan D. Wilson Anna Gabis, Controller RUSSIA Dr. Samantha Chilcote) Nick Rench David Smith & Ilene Weinreich Jeremy S. Wolf Cheryl Hojnowski, Kamchatka Sergei Tikhonov, Deputy Director, Douglas H. Smith Arthur Wurfel REPORT: Elizabeth Repass Salmon Biodiversity Program Wild Fishes and Biodiversity Design by Bryan Potter Design. Laurillo Reynolds Linda Lane Soper Jeffries Wyman Jr. Associate Foundation

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