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North America

Th e Pacifi c Coast of North America was once one of the most important salmon producing regions on Earth. But 150 years of habitat loss, damming, overfi shing, and pressures from fi sh hatcheries have reduced wild salmon and steelhead runs south of the Canadian border to less than 5% of their historic levels.

Salmon are an icon of the Pacifi c Northwest. The decline of salmon runs has triggered a broad regional effort to recover salmon popula- tions that are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endan- gered Species Act (ESA). But the cost of recovery is high, and no salmon strategy will work unless there is also an effort to protect the region’s last remaining healthy salmon ecosystems. This is a fundamentally new approach to salmon conservation, and it will take a new level of collaboration from state and federal agencies, as well as organizations with expertise in land acquisition and management. To achieve this ambitious goal, Wild Salmon Center has established the Salmon Stronghold Partnership (Partnership). The Partnership is a central component of WSC's North American program strategy and seeks to affect change in salmon conservation by promoting the protection and restoration of our last, best wild salmon ecosystems throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, and Alaska. It consists of federal, state, tribal and local governments, land manag- ers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other stakeholders in stronghold river basins working together to implement high-value WSC Staff Photo conservation projects across jurisdictional and political boundaries. This stronghold approach is designed to complement existing programs "We fully support entities like Wild that seek to recover endangered and threatened salmon populations; Salmon Center and the proposed both are necessary for the long-term viability of the species. stronghold legislation, because both are cognizant of the need to preserve and protect species on a basin-wide basis, North America Stronghold River Facts before they crash, while diversity of Salmon Stronghold: a watershed, multiple watersheds, or other genetics still exists." defi ned spatial unit where salmon populations are strong, diverse, and the habitat has a high intrinsic potential to support a particular – Mel Moon, Quileute Indian Tribe species, or suite of species. The Wenatchee River (WA) is home to the second strongest remaining sockeye population in the lower 48 states, representing a unique genetic source in the Upper Columbia River Basin. Above: Tom Miewald (WSC) discusses impacts of logging in Tillamook state forests. The John Day River (OR) is the longest undammed river in the Columbia Right: North Fork John Day River, Oregon. Basin and supports the strongest runs of wild summer steelhead and spring Chinook in the Mid-Columbia ecoregion. The Smith River (CA) is California’s only remaining major undammed river system and supports abundant, and healthy populations of winter steelhead and fall Chinook. wildsalmoncenter.org  John McMillan Wild Salmon Center  North America Programs

PARTNER PROFILE Trout Unlimited Salmon Stronghold Partnership Wild Salmon Center and Trout Unlimited (TU) are expanding our alliance on a number of strategic initiatives to forward wild salmon conservation in North America. In Washington DC, WSC and TU are working closely to advance the Pacifi c Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act. In Alaska, we are collaborating on the Pebble Mine Report, a scientifi c summary of the potential ecological impacts posed by the proposed Pebble Mine project on the Bristol Bay watershed and its extraordinary salmon runs. In California, we are collaborating to identify salmon strongholds and build support for their protection. And in Washington State we are integrating our policies and action plans on salmon harvest, hatchery reform, and habitat conservation.

"I am grateful for all the input and collaboration from key stakeholders . . . I am especially grateful for the input from the Quileute Tribe, the Wild Salmon Center, and Bill Ruckelshaus." – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) in her introductory statement

of the Pacifi c Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act Travel Ken Morrish, Fly Water The Smith River, California’s only remaining major undammed river system, represents an important stronghold for winter steelhead and fall Chinook.

PARTNERSHIP CONSERVATION MILESTONES In its fi rst full year of operation, the North American Salmon the Pacifi c Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act. This Stronghold Partnership convened over 80 partners for bipartisan legislation was introduced by Senators Maria 2008 Highlights its annual meeting, drafted a strategic plan, and offi cially Cantwell (D-WA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) in the U.S. • Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2008 endorsed nine stronghold river basins. To identify and Senate, and Representatives Mike Thompson (D-CA was introduced with co-sponsorship from eight West st nd prioritize salmon strongholds, WSC developed a tool that 1 ) and Mike Simpson (R-ID 2 ) in the U.S. House. If Coast Senators. incorporates species abundance and diversity from over passed, this Act will establish a new, proactive policy to 900 geographically distinct salmon populations throughout expand federal support and resources for the protection • Nine stronghold river basins were endorsed last year, North America. and restoration of North America’s healthiest Pacifi c providing the foundation for future identifi cation of salmon ecosystems. It will also create a grants program priority watersheds and local community engagement. Wild Salmon Center achieved another signifi cant milestone to support locally-led, high value cooperative conservation for the North America Program with the introduction of • Released reports on salmon ecosystem analyses of the in salmon stronghold basins, creating green jobs and Hoh River in Washington and the Oregon North Coast enhancing coordination among stakeholders across that are being used to prioritize habitat and inform jurisdictional boundaries. conservation activities. Left: Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and WSC President Guido Rahr celebrate the introduction of the Pacifi c Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act with partners at WSC headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Left Above: Robyn Thorson (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service), Laurele Fulkerson (WSC), and Rob Masonis (Trout Unlimited) discuss Stronghold Legislation.

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KEY NORTH AMERICAN RIVER BASIN MILESTONES Washington State’s magnifi cent Olympic Peninsula hosts some of the most productive salmon rivers in the Pacifi c Northwest. Last year WSC released the Hoh River Tributary Report, a comprehensive watershed level analysis of Pacifi c salmon habitat in the basin. Science team on the Hoh. This report has already helped direct the acquisition of 13 land parcels, and will guide partners as they continue to prioritize habitat restoration projects, conservation easements, and land acquisitions to benefi t wild salmon and steelhead populations. Additionally, WSC provided key testimony at Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission hearings in support of conservation policies that were subsequently adopted to protect and rebuild wild steelhead stocks throughout Washington State. The Oregon North Coast, which encompasses the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests, is the largest expanse of unprotected, contiguous coastal rainforest south of the Olympic Peninsula and one of the most important remain- ing strongholds for wild salmon and steelhead. In response to proposals to convert these forests into industrial tree farms and increase clear cutting, WSC helped complete the Oregon North Coast Salmon Conservation Assessment, a Ben Knight

Devona Ensmenger (WSC) in the Olympic Peninsula describing the Jeff Mishler biological elements of a salmon ecosystem to local students. Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests combine to represent the largest expanse of unprotected, contiguous coastal rainforest south of the Olympic Peninsula and one of the most important remaining strongholds for wild salmon and steelhead.

forward-looking plan for Northwest Oregon’s forests that to Governor Ted Kulongoski and Oregon state fi shery agreement to permanently restore summer fl ows to the identifi es habitat refuges for salmon and other species as managers recommending that the railroad not be rebuilt. lower two miles of Rudio Creek, an important spawning and well as areas suitable for logging. WSC analyzed the effects Taking into account economic considerations, as well as rearing tributary of the John Day’s North Fork. of timber harvest increases on sensitive watersheds and the long-term impacts on the Salmonberry’s wild steelhead Bristol Bay, Alaska and its primary tributaries, the proposed that clear cutting be eliminated on 50% of the and salmon, the Port of Tillamook announced it would not Nushagak and Kvichak rivers, represent the most state forest lands and that 35% of state forests (totaling rebuild the railroad. productive strongholds for salmon in North America, 200,000 acres) be managed with enhanced protections The John Day River in the Columbia River Basin is a key producing more sockeye than any place on Earth. The for salmon and other aquatic species. These fi ndings have stronghold for healthy populations of native summer Pebble Mine, an enormous gold and copper mine proposed been included in management proposals submitted to the steelhead and spring Chinook. WSC is playing a leadership for development at the headwaters of Bristol Bay, poses Oregon Department of Forestry and will be considered for role in the recently formed Lower John Day Conservation signifi cant threats to the long-standing ecological and adoption in 2009. Workgroup, a partnership of conservation organizations, economic viability of this salmon-rich region. WSC and The Salmonberry River is one of the healthiest wild winter soil and water conservation districts, counties, and Trout Unlimited are collaborating on the development steelhead streams in Oregon. The Tillamook Railroad landowners committed to conservation throughout the and publication of a technical report that examines the follows the Salmonberry from its mouth upstream 20 basin. With our support, the Workgroup has completed threats posed by a mining operation of this magnitude on miles into the river's headwaters. In 2008, catastrophic several restoration projects in the John Day’s lower basin the health and productivity of the Bristol Bay Basin and fl oods washed much of the railroad away sending tons of tributaries in order to promote natural stream processes neighboring watersheds. mud and sediment into the river, burying habitat that is and allow steelhead to move freely upstream to spawn. critical for steelhead and salmon. WSC submitted a report WSC also successfully helped the Workgroup advance an

wildsalmoncenter.org  WSC Staff Photo Wild Salmon Center  WILD SALMON CENTER PROGRAMS Kamchatka Th e Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East is one of the last, great unspoiled natural wonders of the world. With 28 active volcanoes, endless expanses of mountains, valleys, lakes, wetlands, and forests as well as thousands of miles of virtually untouched rivers, it is truly one of the most spectacular wilderness areas along the Pacifi c Rim.

The peninsula is comparable to California in land mass, but has roughly 1% of its population and only one passable road to the Russian mainland. Kamchatka’s salmon runs, long protected by virtue of their remoteness, are now facing serious threats from oil and gas development, mining, dam building, and an unprecedented wave of illegal fi shing. The poaching of spawning salmon for caviar, also known as “ikra,” has reached epidemic levels, and according to a recent report, at least 55,000 tons of salmon (the equivalent of fi ve times the annual catch of Washington Guido Rahr state) were harvested illegally in 2007. WSC and our The Utkholok River, currently in the process of becoming a protected area, is one of the most productive steelhead rivers in Kamchatka. Russian partners are working to protect salmon habitat and reduce poaching pressure in these remarkable river basins. CONSERVATION MILESTONES Wild Salmon Center is collaborating with our partner WSC and our Russian partners are working to ensure the 2008 Highlights in Kamchatka, Wild Fishes and Biodiversity Foundation Kol River Salmon Refuge, and future protected areas, are Research team on the Kol River collect salmonid life cycle data. (WFBF), to establish protected areas (“zakazniks”) on the managed to enforce anti-poaching activities and support • Kamchatka Protected Area Development Plan peninsula’s most important salmon watersheds. The fi rst sustainable commercial fi shing efforts. will guide all future Protected Area creation in the Kamchatka Peninsula. of these “salmon protected areas” was established in 2006 Because Kamchatka features virtually untouched wilderness, to protect the 550,000 acre Kol River Basin. WFBF has also • Salmon protected area nomination has been it is also an ideal laboratory to conduct wild salmon re- signed a three-way agreement with the Kamchatka Ministry completed for the Opala and Oblukovina rivers search. The biostation on the Kol River Salmon Refuge has of Natural Resources and the Kamchatka Pacifi c Institute and two additional salmon refuges are also under served as a platform for this research, which has been led by of Geography to advance the Kamchatka Protected Area consideration. scientists from Moscow State University and the University Development Plan. This plan will guide the future creation of of Montana. Their fi ndings have shown that the Kol is one of • WSC worked with National Geographic Magazine four additional salmon refuges on the peninsula: the Opala, the most productive and diverse salmon rivers ever studied, to support development of a feature article Oblukovina, Utkholok/Kvachina, and Zhupanova — in all, and data from this project are being used to defi ne conser- highlighting key salmon rivers in Kamchatka and over 6,000,000 acres of pristine wild salmon ecosystems. vation success and priorities for other rivers in Kamchatka issues affecting their long-term viability. and around the Pacifi c Rim. The Kol River’s inherent ecological and biological value creat- "Without the eff orts of the Wild Salmon Center, we ed an opportunity to go one step further. In partnership with water fi ltration, protein delivery, and other economic ben- would never have the Kol River Salmon Refuge." the University of Vermont Gund Institute, WSC released the efi ts that healthy ecosystems contribute but have not been Kol River Salmon Refuge's Ecosystem Services report. This previously quantifi ed. The Kol report and similar studies will – Vladimir Belyaev, Director of the Department of Science and study is the fi rst attempt to approximate the economic value provide WSC and its Russian partners with the preliminary Education, Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries of the “ecosystem services” associated with a healthy wild information needed to create incentive based market mech-

WSC Staff Photo salmon river. These services include carbon sequestration, anisms to support wild salmon conservation. wildsalmoncenter.org  Wild Salmon Center  WILD SALMON CENTER PROGRAMS Sakhalin Island

Russia's largest island, Sakhalin, is the site of some of the most important salmon river systems in the Russian Far East. Millions of pink, chum, cherry and coho salmon, dolly Varden, white spotted char, as well as the ancient and endangered Sakhalin taimen, return to Sakhalin’s rivers each year.

Sakhalin is also home to the largest integrated natural gas and oil development project in the Western Pacifi c. In 2004, WSC brought together energy companies, indigenous groups, commercial fi shermen, local government, and other stakeholders to develop a broad scale conservation strategy called the Sakhalin Salmon Initiative (SSI). The SSI is managed by the Sakhalin-based SSI Center and overseen by a Coordinating Committee of 23 organizations that operate locally, including the Sakhalin Oblast Administration, the governing body on the island. In early 2008, WSC and the Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (SEIC) established a landmark agreement that funds a three- year, $8.8 million program for wild salmon conservation efforts on Sakhalin Island. The conservation work is conducted through local SSI partners with a focus on the following key areas: creation of a watershed council network, development of an island-wide salmonid conservation plan and monitoring program, support of sustainable fi sheries efforts, and education initiatives including the construction

WSC Staff Photo of an aquatic education center. WSC and its SSI partners are committed to promoting the "Th ere is a lot of work ahead of us conservation and sustainable use of the island’s wild salmon but the results will confi rm that in ecosystems and are working to ensure that habitat is protected and restored, poaching reduced, and that wild salmon production joining forces, the community and continues in perpetuity for the long-term benefi t of Sakhalin’s governing bodies can achieve more people and communities. than working alone." – Deputy Sergei Sedov, Sakhalin Regional Duma member Sakhalin Island Facts About the size of Massachusetts, Sakhalin is home to 11 salmonid species and is the third most abundant salmon region in the world after Alaska and Kamchatka. Above: Watershed Council Exchange participants and Council members discuss Stronghold Rivers: Langry, Bolshaya, Vengeri, Pursh-Pursh, methods for improving conservation and Kura, Naicha, Dagi restoration of salmon habitats. Right: An auger (or screw) trap is one of the Salmon Species: Pink, chum, coho, masu/cherry, sockeye; new monitoring methods being used to count Additional salmonid species: dolly Varden, kundja, lenok, Arctic outmigrating salmon on the Taranai River. grayling, Amur whitefi sh, Siberian and Sakhalin taimen Indigenous People: Nivkh, Orok, Evenk Jobs: 50% of rural communities employed by salmon fi sheries

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PARTNER PROFILE The Freshwater Trust Salmon Watch Education Program With our ongoing partnership with The Freshwater Trust, WSC has been able to expand our conservation efforts in Sakhalin. The Freshwater Trust's Salmon Watch curriculum, a salmon ecology and biology education program, was adapted for Sakhalin students and teachers. This partnership offers stu- dents and professionals from Russia and Oregon an opportu- nity to share and learn about salmon ecosystem conservation from an international perspective. In 2008 a new education center opened offering advanced scientifi c training.

Above: New education center at Sakhalin State University. Below: As part of the Salmon Watch curriculum, students on Sakhalin Island help clean up the coastline and riverbanks.

"Creating lasting international relationships between Russian and Oregon students, and preparing them with the knowledge and skills they will need to work collaboratively with their neighbors, is key to safeguarding wild salmon ecosystems." SSI Center Sakhalin Island and its surrounding waters contain both some of the Pacifi c Rim’s rarest salmon species and some of the most commercially – Traci Price, Director, Healthy Waters Institute, The Freshwater Trust valuable populations of salmon. CONSERVATION MILESTONES In 2008, the Sakhalin Salmon Initiative made important The fi rst year of this monitoring plan was completed with 2008 Highlights progress in developing regional watershed councils and successful fi eld work conducted on the Taranai, Kura and furthering monitoring efforts in key river basins. Naicha rivers of the Aniva Bay region. A rotating smolt • Two scientific expeditions were conducted that will Photo Credit trap, the fi rst to be used on Sakhalin Island, was used provide data for a conservation plan for the Langry and The formation of watershed councils is gaining traction to monitor juvenile outmigration. Local scientists were Bolshaya River basins. on the island with three of Sakhalin's municipal regions trained in remote sensing habitat analysis using the most • The first year of a successful public/private regional having successfully created councils. Over the course of advanced monitoring and tracking technology. salmonid monitoring program was completed in the year, the Aniva and Smirnikhovsk watershed councils partnership with SakhNIRO and Sakhalinrybvod. have launched independent conservation programs in their WSC, SSI Center and our other partners have also respective regions including community anti-poaching continued efforts to protect and conserve Sakhalin • The formation of the first watershed councils on efforts, fi sh passage restoration (the fi rst known watershed Island's most outstanding salmon river basins. Two Sakhalin is resulting in new anti-poaching efforts, fi sh restoration project in the Russian Far East), and salmon- research expeditions were conducted on the Langry and passage restoration, and education initiatives. oriented education initiatives. the Bolshaya rivers, and both trips yielded important data that were synthesized and drafted into protected The SSI Center has also been making important strides in its area nomination proposal documents. Simultaneously, monitoring efforts, and collaborated with Sakhalin Fisheries WSC and the SSI Center developed a conservation and Oceanography Institute (SakhNIRO) and Federal action plan for the Langry River region that resulted in a Fisheries Agency (Sakhalinrybvod) to establish an island- community anti-poaching effort focused on protecting wide monitoring plan to determine status and detect trends wild runs of pink and chum salmon. among six salmonid species and their habitat condition.

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Khabarovsk Region Along the remote eastern coast of Russia, between the clear blue waters of the Sea of Japan to the south and the rugged landscapes of Magadan to the north, lies a pristine and beautiful region known as Khabarovsk.

Khabarovsk offers one of the largest remaining expanses of unfragmented temperate rainforest in the North Pacifi c. These primeval forests are home to a tremendous diversity of plant and animal species including Brown bears and Siberian tigers. Its rivers host a rich assemblage of salmon, char and taimen species that fl ow from the headwaters of the Amur east into the Sea of Okhotsk.

"By bringing together all their partners from the Russian Far East, the Wild Salmon Center creates an opportunity for an exchange of ideas and brings their

expertise of stronghold protected area strategies." Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation WSC is working with our Russian partners to protect one million acres of temperate rainforest and wild salmon rivers, including the Nimelen River. – Alexander Kulikov, Director of the Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation CONSERVATION MILESTONES Seals off the coast of the Shantar Islands — one of many species With our Russian partners, we have conducted ensure the Koppi PA conserves its wild salmon resources that depend on salmon for survival. assessments of the biological diversity, habitat quality, for the long-term and maintains broad support from the Th e Russian and conservation potential of priority river basins in District government and other stakeholders in the region. Salmon Fund Khabarovsk, and are working towards advancing salmon ecosystem conservation, promoting sustainable use of In the Shantar Islands, an extremely biologically diverse and The Russian Salmon Fund (RSF) natural resources and creating local conservation capacity. unique archipelago, preliminary approval was secured for was founded as an all-Russian a National Park proposal. A federal commission has been vehicle to work with government, In partnership with the Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation established to assess the nomination documents, and if businesses and NGOs to promote conservation and the (KWF), WSC made signifi cant progress in the past year favorable, the Shantar Islands National Park could be rec- sustainable use of salmon throughout the Russian Far toward the creation of three wild salmon protected areas in ognized by the Khabarovsk government as early as 2010. East. The RSF Board of Trustees was established with the Khabarovsk Region. If successful, over one million acres high ranking Russian government offi cials, business of pristine wilderness, including the Shantar Islands and WSC and the KWF is also moving forward with plans to cre- leaders, and key academicians and stakeholders most of the Koppi and Nimelen Rivers, will be safeguarded. ate a federal fi sheries reserve, a new type of federal protect- providing leadership. In 2008, the RSF held its opening ed area mandated by Russian fi shery law, on the Nimelen ceremony in Moscow and was well attended by important Through the efforts of the KWF, the total acreage for the River. The fi rst of two planned scoping expeditions was suc- representatives from the Russian government and proposed Koppi River Protected Area (PA) was expanded cessfully conducted in 2008 and a variety of data were col- conservation movement. to include important salmonid spawning and rearing lected that will help inform the reserve nomination process tributaries within the watershed and other critical habitat for the Nimelen. WSC and its Russian partners are navigat- for fi sh and wildlife. A new watershed council, comprised ing the other necessary steps to create this federal protected of government, academic and NGO representatives within area reserve on the Nimelen River in hopes that this unique the Khabarovsk Region, will help develop conservation and remarkable wild salmon ecosystem will be managed and management planning for the Koppi PA. This will help and regulated under robust federal fi sheries law.

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State of the Salmon 2008 Highlights Th e Wild Salmon Center and Ecotrust created Since its inception in 2003, SoS remains the only non- • The Salmonid Specialist Group conducted range- governmental program dedicated to evaluating status State of the Salmon (SoS) to track the health, wide research resulting in the addition of the first and conservation challenges of wild North Pacifi c salmon anadromous Pacific salmon to IUCN’s Red List of status and trends of wild salmon populations, and across the six nations that comprise their entire range. Threatened Species. inform salmon management and conservation In 2008 the Salmonid Specialist • State of the Salmon Conference attracted over 400 Group (SSG) of the International attendees from six nations to discuss the latest chal- improvements across the Pacifi c Rim. Union for the Conservation lenges and opportunities for wild salmon conservation. of Nature (IUCN), led by SoS conservation biologist Dr. Pete Rand, completed a range-wide "Th e challenges are daunting …but there has been a assessment of sockeye salmon. Nearly 400 people gathered for the 2009 State of the As a result, the IUCN added Salmon Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. The real eff ort to focus on solutions. Wild Salmon Center is the fi rst anadromous (sea run) Pacifi c salmon species conference was likened to "the Olympics of Pacifi c salmon providing a leadership role in salmon conservation and to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. While the conservation" with attendees and speakers hailing from WSC Staff Photo Korea, Japan, Russia, Canada, and the United States. In Scientifi c monitoring on the Sarufutsu River, Japan. the Pacifi c Fisheries Resource Conservation Council is assessment characterized current status of sockeye as a species of ‘Least Concern’, nearly one-quarter of the world’s this unique international forum, scientists and resource now undertaking a review to see how the 'strongholds' sockeye salmon subpopulations were listed as threatened managers, educators and artists, tribal and First Nations concept might be used in Canada to complement or endangered. This IUCN assessment established a representatives, and non-governmental conservationists Japan found common ground and inspiration for creating a existing strategies." new system of cataloguing the tremendous biodiversity of Pacifi c salmon and can be used to assess the overall more holistic approach to management and for exploring The Wild Salmon Center is collaborating with Oji Paper – Mark Angelo, Chair, Rivers Institute at the British Columbia Institute condition of wild salmon based on international standards. solutions to the most pressing challenges in wild salmon Company, the largest paper company in Japan, and of Technology (2009 State of the Salmon Conference) conservation. local partners on efforts to create a protected area in the Sarufutsu River Basin in Hokkaido, Japan. The proposed Above Left: Dr. Pete Rand of the Salmonid Specialist Group presents Sarufutsu Biodiversity Conservation Forest (BCF) would Sockeye salmon are the fi rst anadromous (sea run) Pacifi c salmon to be added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. research on sockeye salmon at the IUCN conference in Barcelona. protect spawning and rearing habitat for the critically endangered sea-run taimen and other wild salmonids in one of the last free-fl owing rivers in Japan. WSC and our regional partners have also supported the Hokkaido government's development of a new regulatory system to protect critically endangered sea-run taimen in Hokkaido Island. Under this new regulation, the Hokkaido government will apply the “Rare Species Conservation Act” to taimen (previously only applied to mammals and birds) and ban all sport fi shing on rivers with highly threatened sub-populations of taimen, including the Shirebetsu and Shari rivers. Watersheds with healthy populations, such as the Sarufutsu River, will continue to rely on voluntary catch and release regulations.

Ben Knight Wild Salmon Center  A billion dollar industry WILD SALMON CENTER PROGRAMS As one of the top three seafood products sold in the US, salmon is in high demand and Wild Salmon Center is working directly with fishermen and major seafood buyers Sustainable Fisheries to promote sustainable practices. Wild Pacifi c Salmon Salmon inspire us with their beauty and resilience. Harvest per Region Average Annual 3% However, it is easy to forget that for millions of Harvest (in metric tons) Russia 244,000 39% 29% people salmon are — fi rst and foremost — food. Canada 27,000 29% USA 333,000 To the seafood industry, salmon are a highly Japan 251,000 sought after commodity and a signifi cant source Average number of people employed in of revenue. And for tens of thousands of salmon commercial fi shing industry (including fi shermen across the Pacifi c Rim, salmon are salmon) by region: Hokkaido, Japan 20,000 the foundation of their livelihoods and their Sakhalin, Russia 18,500 Alaska, U.S. 18,000 communities. Kamchatka, Russia 15,500 California, U.S. 500*

*Commercial salmon fi shery canceled in 2008

"We believe the partnership between Wild Salmon Center and Sustainable Fisheries Partnership will foster greater understanding of the role the marketplace can play in protecting valuable wild salmon stocks." – Jim Cannon, President, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Ben Knight Over 75,000 people depend on the commercial fi shing industry for their livelihood, including these fi shermen in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Sustainability can provide a competitive advantage to fi shermen and seafood retailers, such as this one in Kamchatka. PROGRESS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP Our goal is to ensure that enough fi sh return to spawn We are also capitalizing on our relationships with key 2008 Highlights in the great salmon rivers of the North Pacifi c. Finding stakeholders in Russia and Japan, our technical and The largest Marine Stewardship Council project to common ground between the interests of wild salmon scientifi c capacity, and our strategic partnerships to • date for Russian salmon was completed with a pre- conservation groups and a billion-dollar-a-year salmon leverage change. assessment of Sakhalin’s pink and chum fishery. industry is a critical stepping stone to the long-term WSC is just one organization among many with an interest viability of this amazing species. We all benefi t from healthy • Japan’s first ever Wild Salmon Policy was developed in the future of Pacifi c salmon. We recognize that we need salmon ecosystems that support abundant salmon runs. by the Hokkaido Government with WSC assistance. strategic partnerships to advance sustainable fi sheries. As Over the past several years, WSC has developed a such, we continue to build on established relationships while • Supported a region-wide assessment of Hokkaido wild program to harness the power of the global marketplace creating new and unconventional relationships with groups chum stock abundance, the first in 50 years. to advance the principles of sustainable salmon fi sheries that share common interests including: World Wildlife • WSC hosted tours to the Russian Far East with major in Asia. We are doing this by using market incentives such Fund (WWF), Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, Marine seafood buyers to promote sustainable practices in as the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certifi cation Stewardship Council, Hokkaido Federation of Fishermen’s salmon fisheries. and the interest of major seafood buyers and retailers in Cooperative, Sakhalin Regional Administration, as well as sustainability. These tools can help motivate fi shermen to major seafood buyers and retailers. • WSC convened several meetings, including the adopt sustainable practices. second Annual Sustainable Salmon Fisheries Coalition where key players in NGO, private, and government sectors were brought together to advance sustainable salmon fisheries in Russia. The Fly Shop wildsalmoncenter.org  Wild Salmon Center  WILD SALMON CENTER STRONGHOLD RIVER BASINS Why Salmon? Salmon are key to the ecological and economic health of the North Pacifi c. When we conserve salmon we protect clean water, ensure food security, support food webs, promote sustainable economies and communities, preserve cultural Th e North Pacifi c Ecosystem identity, and protect the intrinsic beauty of wild places.

Gulf of Alaska Bering Sea Kvichak & Shantar Islands Nushagak Tugur & Utkholok & Kvachina Nimelen Wenatchee Sea of Okhotsk Hoh, Queets/Quinault, & Quillayute Langry & Lemhi Bolshaya Krutogorova, Nehalem & Tillamook Kolpakova, & Sandy Oblukovina Siletz Kol & Kekhta Vengeri & John Day Pursh-Pursh Rogue, Smith, Koppi Opala Zhupanova Illinois, & Elk

Sea of Taranai, Kura Japan and Naicha

Sarufutsu Shiretoko Ken Morrish, Fly Water Travel Ken Morrish, Fly Water Ben Knight Kol Basin, Kamchatka Bristol Bay, Alaska Approximately one quarter of all Pacifi c Indigenous and local people around the salmon make their way through the rivers and Nushagak and Kvichak rivers depend on streams of the Kamchatka Peninsula each year. salmon for sustenance and livelihood. Jeff Mishler WSC Staff Photo WSC is working with Russian partners to WSC is leading development of a technical Sakhalin Island create a network of protected areas that will report evaluating the potential ecological Tillamook, Oregon The sea-run taimen, one of the largest of the safeguard salmon abundance and diversity. impacts of Alaska’s proposed Pebble Mine on In the coastal mountains of Oregon lie salmonid species, can weigh over 80 pounds, The Kol River Salmon Refuge was created the Bristol Bay watershed and its extraordinary the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests, is critically endangered and only found in in 2006 and three more protected areas are salmon runs. a 550,000 acre temperate rainforest that R an select rivers in Japan, the Russian Far East anticipated by 2010. includes some of the region’s most important ge of mainland, and Sakhalin. wild salmon rivers. Wi ld P acif The Sakhalin Salmon Initiative is working WSC is leading a coalition to permanently ic Sa lmon to create watershed councils in fi ve island protect "salmon anchor habitats" and prevent districts that will promote education and anti- dramatic increases in clear cutting and road poaching efforts. building that would threaten salmon habitat and the Tillamook's biodiversity. Wild Salmon Center  WILD SALMON CENTER Statement of Activities For the fi scal year ending December 31, 2008

2008 Wild Salmon Center has been In thousands awarded The Independent REVENUE Charities' “Best in America” Seal Foundations $5,125 of Excellence by the Independent Individuals 2,085 Charities of America and Local Independent Charities Governments 348 of America. This signifi es that, Corporations 1,463 upon rigorous independent Investments and other income 107 review, the organization met the highest standards of public accountability, as Total revenue 9,128 well as program and cost effectiveness.

EXPENSES Program Services: North America Program 1,198 FY 2008 Operation Revenue: $9,128,000 Western Pacifi c Program 3,603 Other 1% Sustainable Fisheries 485 Corporations Conservation Finance 681 16% Foundations State of the Salmon 490 56% Conservation Design & Monitoring 105 Government 4% Support Services: Management and General 673

Development and Fundraising 500 Individuals Total expenses 7,735 23%

Change in net assets from operations 1,483 Net assets at the beginning of the year 4,175 FY 2008 Total Expenses: $7,735,000

Net assets at the end of the year $5,658 Development and Management Fundraising North America and General 6% Program 9% 16% State of the Conservation Salmon Design & 6% Monitoring 1% Sustainable Fisheries 6% Western Pacific Conservation Program Finance 47% 9%

Right: Brown bears are one of many species that depend on salmon. There are an estimated 15,000 in Kamchatka and 35,000-45,000 in Alaska.

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United States The Siuslaw Institute "Th e Wild Salmon Center's progress on their goals is Alaska Department of Fish and The Sonoran Institute due in large part to their clear understanding of the Game Tillamook Estuaries Partnership Audubon Society of Portland Trout Unlimited scientifi c, economic and social factors that infl uence Bonneville Power Administration University of Washington wild salmon and the organization's ability to create Bureau of Land Management US Fish and Wildlife Service partnerships centered on producing proactive results." California Department of Fish and USDA Forest Service Game US Forest Service International – Mike Finley, President, Turner Foundation California Trout Programs Coast Range Association US Forest Service Pacifi c Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Northwest Research Station Commission US Geological Survey, Biological Moscow State University, Canada The Confederated Tribes of Resource Division Biological Faculty, Ichthyology British Columbia Ministry of Siletz Indians Washington Coast Sustainable Department Environment, Biodiversity The Confederated Tribes of Warm Salmon Partnership Ostrov Tourism Company Branch Springs Washington Department of Fish Plavnik Company David Suzuki Foundation The Conservation Angler and Wildlife Russian Academy of Sciences Fisheries and Oceans Canada Conservation International Washington Governor's Salmon Institute of Biological Problems Pacifi c Fisheries Resource CIPAM - Consortium for Int'l Recovery Offi ce of the North, Institute of General Conservation Council Genetics, Institute of Biology and Protected Area Management Western Rivers Conservancy Pacifi c Salmon Foundation Soil Sciences,Vladivostok, Insti- Earth System’s Institute Wild Fish Conservancy tute of Ecology and Evolution, Skeena Wild Conservation Trust Ecotrust Wild Steelhead Coalition Institute of Water and Ecological Watershed Watch Salmon Society Environmental Protection Agency Russia Problems, Kamchatka Branch of Flathead Lake Biological Station, the Pacifi c Institute of Geography Japan Agzu Indigenous Co-op University of Montana Hokkaido Fish Hatchery (Obshchina) Russian Federal Ministry of The Freshwater Trust Protection of the Environment Hokkaido University Biodiversity Conservation Center Hoh River Trust and Natural Resources National Institute of Boomerang Education NGO, Rosprirodnadzor Environmental Studies Japan Hoh Tribe Sakhalin Russian Forest Service, Sakhalin National Salmon Resources Idaho Offi ce of Species Bureau for Regional Outreach Regional Branch Center Conservation Campaigns Sakhalin Energy Investment Oji Paper Group Lower John Day Workgroup DVS-Tours (Magadan) Company Patagonia Japan National Geographic Society Ecodal (Khabarovsk) Sakhalin Environment Watch River Policy Network Japan National Oceanic and Far Eastern State University Sakhalin Fishing and Hunting Atmospheric Administration Sarufutsu Itou no Kai Greenpeace Russia Society National Science Foundation International Riverfoundation Sakhalin Regional Administration International Native Fish Society International Socio-Ecological Sakhalin Salmon Initiative Center International Bering Sea Forum The Nature Conservancy Union Sakhalin State University IUCN The World Conservation North Olympic Land Trust Union, Species Survival Interregional Association of Sakhalin Watershed Councils North Pacifi c Coast Lead Entity Commission Independent Tour Operators Sakhalin Wild Nature Fund Northwest Power and International Ecotourism Society ISAR-Far East (Vladivostok) Sakhalinrybvod Conservation Council Worldwide Kamchatka Ecotourism Society SakhNIRO Olympic National Park Marine Stewardship Council Kamchatka League of Sevvostrybvod, Russian Federal Olympic Park Institute Independent Experts North Pacifi c Anadromous Fish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Commission Oregon Department of Fish and Kamchatka Pacifi c Institute of Agency Wildlife Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Geography Sobolevo District Administration Oregon Governor’s Offi ce United Nations Development Kamchatka Regional Government Terneyles Joint Stock Company Oregon Natural Desert Programme/Global Kamchatka State University UNDP Kamchatka, Four Association Environment Facility Kamchatka Technical University Territories Project Oregon State University World Wildlife Fund International KamchatNIRO Wild Fishes and Biodiversity Pacifi c Environment Khabarovsk Division TINRO Foundation Right: Christina Friedle, WSC Portland State University, Khabarovsk Krai (Regional) Wildlife Conservation Society Executive Leadership Institute, Conservation Geographer, Administration World Wildlife Fund, Russia Far Russian Flagship Program collecting water quality data at Khabarovsk Wildlife Foundation Eastern Branch and Kamchatka Quileute Indian Tribe Frying Pan Lake, located near Krechet Hunting & Fishing Society Branch the proposed Pebble Mine site Quinault Indian Nation Zov Taigi (Vladivostok) in Alaska. wildsalmoncenter.org  WSC Staff Photo Wild Salmon Center  DONORS (2008)

Foundation, Non-Profi t, National Geographic James Ford Bell Foundation Wolfensohn Family Foundation $1,000 to $4,999 James and Jane Allred and Government Conservation Trust and Samuel and Suzy Bell and James and Adam Anonymous (2) David and Heather Anderson Wolfensohn Anonymous (3) National Science Foundation The Leon and Toby Cooperman Bancroft-Clair Foundation Herbert H. Anderson Family Foundation American Fisheries Society The Nature Conservancy of Alaska $5,000 to $9,999 and Paul Bancroft Katheryn Angell and Michael and Anne NOAA Fisheries Jane and Walter Barry Andrew Lino Construction, Inc. Cooperman Yvon Chouinard John Aronson Normandy Corporation Alexander W. Barth Bambu, Inc. Harald Ekman Charles Conn and Beverley Ann R. Valentine Atkinson Pisces Foundation Robertson Heinrich Barth Bella Vista Foundation Mark Feldman Peter Bahls Rahr Foundation Michael L. Corbat David E. and Mary C. Becker Bonneville Power Administration Mark and Betsy Gates Lawrence and Mary Ann Bailey Fund of the Oregon Community Bullitt Foundation Resources Legacy Fund Sophie and Derek Craighead Doug Ballinger Otto and Phoebe Haas Fund of Foundation Chester Zoo Sakhalin Energy Investment the Seattle Foundation Lawrence and Pamela Garlick Robert E. Bauer Company, Ltd. Carl and Reneé Behnke Code Blue Charitable Foundation and Duncan A. Haas and Birgit Pete and Leslie Higgins Jeff Baumgartner and Sasha School for Advanced Research Elizabeth and John Bunce Dani, Inc. Walbaum Henrik Jones and Barbera Brooks Charney Guido Rahr Siuslaw Institute Tom and Ellie Crosby David and Lucile Packard John Kemmerer The Prairie Foundation Mark Becker and Tucker Malarkey John and Cheryl Dale James Wolfensohn and Ted Turner in Kamchatka. Foundation Sjobeck Company LLC JCK Foundation, Inc. and Colin and Martha Moseley Jay Beckstead and Paula Stenberg Jeff Delkin and Rachel Speth Disney Worldwide Conservation Smith S.H.A.R.E Foundation, Inc. and James Kennedy Spark Charitable Foundation Spencer and Jane Beebe and Furman and Susan Moseley Fund Sustainable Development John and Lynn Loacker David and Jaimie Field John and Shari Behnke "As we grapple with the great environmental challenges Ken Olivier Earth Systems Institute Strategies Group WEM Foundation David Fleet Lewis Bell of our time—climate change, increasing demands on and Whitney and Betty The Margaret H. and James E. Environmental Paper & Print Sweetgrass Rods Leah Knapp Hair Edward and Sara Berg MacMillan Kelley Foundation freshwater, declining biodiversity—I'm comforted ESRI Conservation Program Techsoup.org Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Hayes John Bergland and Carolyn Knox Joseph R. Perella and James O'Neill Fathom Change Trust for Mutual Understanding Maurice and Janice Holloway Tanya Bevan to know that the Wild Salmon Center is pursuing Peter Seligmann and Lee Rhodes Guido and Lee Rahr Felt Soul Media Turner Foundation, Inc. Robert Hopper and Paula Prahl Kulakala Point Foundation Hongsheng Bi, Ph.D. solutions to these issues through the conservation of United States Environmental George B. Storer Foundation David and Heather Howitt Ford Foundation and W. Gary and Victoria Reed Peter Bigot Protection Agency and Peter Storer intact salmon ecosystems." Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Council Elizabeth Jennings Thomas W. Weisel Dudley and Laurie Slater Broughton and Kelley Bishop of Agriculture University of California, Santa James and Sandra Kilts – James Wolfensohn, former President of the World Bank Barbara Wianko Family Donor Advised W. David Stauffer, Jr. Tom and Diane Bland Galerie Michael Gary J. Kocher University of Oregon Fund of the Community John and Fran von Schlegell Audrey Block Gordon and Betty Moore E. Randolph Labbe Foundation of Jackson Hole J. David Wimberly Boeing Gift Matching Program Foundation US Fish and Wildlife Service and Anna Wiancko-Chasman Allan Larson John Boyce Harder Foundation USDA Forest Service and Paul Chasman Conservation and Preservation Lou Ernst-Fonberg Steven Leibowitz Jennifer Brabson Hokkaido Federation of Fisheries Walton Family Foundation Charities of America Joanne Erskine Marsha Livingstone Glenn Brackett Cooperative Associations Wildlife Forever Fund Local Independent Charities of Anton and Kim Cooper A. V. Farmanfarmaian Below: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Guido Rahr enjoying a day Stephen and Barbara Bradley Hokkaido Prefectual Fish William and Flora Hewlett America Peter S. Corbin Carl Farrington of fi shing on the Deschutes River, Oregon. Jeff and Claire Bright Hatchery Foundation John and Jane Malarkey Gordon L. Cox Robert W. Feldhousen, Jr. Matt Brown HSBC World Wildlife Fund - US Sanders and Tasha Marvin Patrick Cronin John B. Fewel, Jr. Hub Strategy & Communication Wyss Foundation Patrick Buresh and Jeannie Stewart and Lesley Crosby John and Marilyn McConnell Bloome David Finkel International Riverfoundation Arthur and Mary Crowe Individual Donors McGeady Foundation John Burger Stephanie Flores IUCN - The World Conservation and Steve and Linda McGeady Edwin Cubbedge $100,000 & up Virginia and Andrew Butler Charles and Zoe Foster Union Northern Piedmont Community Bob Culpepper Anonymous Teresa Caley Roger Furlong J.W. and H.M. Goodman Foundation Patricia Curtin Foundation The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Donald Cannon Anna Gabis and Bob Hainsey Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Charles E. Di Leva Paulus Family Foundation Frederick R. Gamble, Jr. Jubitz Family Foundation The Leatherback Foundation Brian Caouette and Yuliya and Werner K. Paulus Michael and Nancy Dixon Peter Gammarano, Jr. Lazar Foundation and Nels Paine and Victoria Klichkova Kathleen Dodds and Paul Dickson Lehman Brothers $50,000 to $99,000 Houston Gabriel Carleton-Barnes Peter Gavin Heather K. Doherty Jack Goodman M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Anonymous Joe and Shirley Regan Warren Carlson Jan S. Drake Cherie Goon Marine Stewardship Council Charles Engelhard Foundation The Joseph and Catherine Vaunda L. Carter Martin Dreisbach McDonald Jacobs and Sally Pingree Johnson Family Foundation Starling Childs J. Richard and Nanette Goss and Ted Richter Elliot Duncan MissionFish Searle Family Trust Patricia Christensen Stone Gossard and Liz Webber

David Moscowitz Alice and Doug Rimer Ivy Dunlap Mitsubishi Corporation and John and Julie Dixon William Christensen Aubrey Greenberg Foundation for the Americas The Sage Fund of the Silicon The Leo Model Foundation Matt Coakley Roy Dunlap Eric Gregory and Marjorie Russel and Peter National Center for Ecological Valley Community Foundation Todd S. Coffey Ronald Dyslin David Grusin "Th e Wild Salmon Center employs a new and forward- Model Analysis and Synthesis Waycrosse Peter B. Coley John Edmunds Sean Gurdak and Cargill MacMillan III and looking vision for salmon conservation — protecting the Robert W. Selle National Fish and Wildlife Robert S. Colman James R. Ellis John and Laurie Haffenreffer Sally MacMillan Foundation healthiest wild salmon rivers that still remain. Th is is Gifts under $1,000 John Conant Roe Emery II Shirley and David Hall National Fish Habitat Action Plan $10,000 to $49,000 not only strategic; it is also practical and achievable." Anonymous (9) Jerry Conrow John and Jane Emrick Frank Hambaro Lori Alexander Peter Englander Keith and Lisa Hansen – Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wildsalmoncenter.org  We deeply regret any errors or omissions. Please notify us at 503.222.1804 ext. 222. Wild Salmon Center  Wild Salmon Center has been approved to receive grants through the 1% for the DONORS (CONT.) Planet program. BOARD

Michelle Hebner James Ratzlaff, Chairman James Lichatowich, Columbia Bjornar and Bjorg Hermansen John E. Lesoing Matt Ouvelson Roseburg, OR City, OR John E. Hermansen Gary Lickle Livingston Parsons, Jr. J. David Wimberly, Vice Chair William Milller, Casper, WY Guido Rahr Boston, MA Tom Hermansen Rich and Joanne Lincoln Thomas and Kristi Patterson Werner K. Paulus, Bow, WA Rocky and Reed Dixon in Peter W. Soverel, Founder Harrison Hilbert Fran Lipman Stephen L. Pattison Academician Dmitry Pavlov, Kamchatka. Mill Creek, WA Moscow, Russia Darcy Hilby John and Nancy Lively Academician Dmitry Pavlov Douglas C. Spieske Sydney McNiff Ferguson, Jack Stanford, Ph.D, Polson, MT William and Elizabeth Hirsch Don Livingstone William and Amy Pearcy Washington DC Lewis Squires Michael Sutton, Monterey, CA Karen Hojnowski Molly Lusignan James Pearson Stone Gossard, Seattle, WA Mark St. John Stephen Y. Hord Alex Lyons Catherine Peichel Governor John Kitzhaber, M.D, President's Council: WSC Staff Photo Erica Stock Andrew S. Howell Joshua Madura Frank Perkins Portland, OR David Anderson Richard and Lisa Stoltze Jack Stanford and Dave Martin, Kol Biostation, Kamchatka. Richard Howell Cathryn Mahon Lisa Pitts Leah Knapp Hair, Seattle, WA Justice Sandra Day O'Connor James Storer Brant Hubbard G. Neal and Karen Maine Sally Polk James Wolfensohn Elisabeth Strenger Maclean and Jean Hubbard Sarah Malarkey and Jonathan Harry and Nola Ptasynski Warren and Joy Stringer Raymond and Mary Jo Ann Kaplan Paul Quinnett Louise and Trent Stumph Hubley Tucker Malarkey and Mark Becker Edgar and Prudence Ragsdale Joe Sugura William B. Hudson Nathan Mantua Laurie Rahr John and Melody Sullivan Lee Hughes Lynn Markert Lynn Ransford and Jack Knox STAFF Jeffrey Swift Bill Hutchison Dave Martin Nathaniel P. Reed Alexander Taylor Lori Alexander, Design and Gennady Inozemtsev, Ph.D Alla Popova, Financial Assistant Special thanks to our interns and Allen T. Jacoby James and Sara Martineau Jeff Reese Hal Tenney Marketing Coordinator Russia Program Manager to the Controller volunteers: George and Karen James Adam and Danielle Matar Ronald and Sherrie Richter Jeffrey Baumgartner, Ph.D., Julie Kuchepatov, Sustainable Nicole Portley, Sakhalin Senior Dan Coe, GIS Aaron Jansen Adel Matar Wynne Terlizzi The Ritz Family Foundation Executive Vice President Fisheries & Markets Associate Program Manager Chris Cooney, North America Wanda Jaworski Mazzetti & Associates Thomas and Frances Thacher Keith Robbins Lucy Bernard, Director of Grant Rich Lincoln, State of the Salmon Guido Rahr, President and Chief Program A. Felton Jenkins III Paul and Judy Thomas Lewis McArthur Don and Barbara Roberts Programs Director Executive Nelea Covaliova, Russia Program Howard and Doreen Johnson Prof. Judith A. Thornton Edgar S. McCall, Jr. Thomas Roberts Thomas C. Bland, CFO Sarah Lonigro, Executive Peter Rand, Ph.D, State of the Morgan Crowell, GIS Patricia Johnson Chris Thoreson Shannon McCormick and Connie Blake Robinson Greg Block, VP for Conservation Assistant Salmon Senior Conservation Gwen Davis, Grant Writing Howard H. Johnston S. Johnson Clinton and Louise Townsend Biologist Bill Rohrbacher Programs Patricia Melnik, Kamchatka Emily Dietrich, Development John and Janet Jost Peter and Jill McDonald Travis Trapkus Program Manager Kelley Thomas, John Day Charles and Michelle Root Tyler Bradford, IT Manager Jessica Goin, Operations Matthew Kane Mike McHugh Charlie Travis Tom Miewald, Conservation Coordinator Sam Rosen Brian Caouette, Sustainable Kei Kabaya, Japan Program Jonathan Katz and Stephanie Donna McKimmie Mark Trenholm Fisheries & Markets Program Planner Mark Trenholm, Director of North William and Nancy Rosenfeld Ariana Longanecker, Development Pincetl Sydney McNiff Ferguson E. Thomas and Margaret Manager Randi Moore, Human Resources American Programs David L. Rothenberg Nick Lyman, GIS Barbara Kelley James Meacham Tuchmann Heather Doherty, Development and Offi ce Manager Trozell Weaver, Government David Rubanowice Affairs Program Assistant Margaux Mennesson, Megan Kemple United Way of King County Associate Daniel Nelson, Russian Program Tom and Heather Miewald Development Thomas and Anna Rudd Devona Ensmenger, Washington Assistant William and Terry Kessler C. Edmund Miller IV United Way of the Columbia- CONSULTING PARTNERS William and Barbara Runge Willamette Programs Coordinator Jay Nicholas, North American Allison Sigler, GIS Linda Kilgore William and Larissa Miller Paula Burgess, Strategic Rob Russell David Finkel, Director of Salmon Stronghold Partnership Katie Spear, Communications Eron King William and Angela Mink Rachel Uris Initiatives Consultant Yale Sacks Development Program Manager Victoria Steusel, Admin Brent and Sally Kitson Kristi Moen Erich Vaden Gordon Reeves, Ph.D, Visiting Milton Sams Laurele Fulkerson, Government Jennifer Niemeck, Administrative Bill Wessinger, GIS Governor John Kitzhaber, M.D. Robert Van Dyk and Nancy Scientist Eric and Robby Mogren Ronald and Nancy Schwarz Affairs Program Manager Assistant Christoph Bob Van Dyk, Forest Policy Kenneth and Lois Klarquist Ned and Willa Mundell Anya Gabis, Controller Sarah O'Neal, Project Coordinator Henry and Gail See Steve Wallingford Advisor Front Cover: Opala River, Tom Klarquist Sarah Murray John and Dorcy Seethoff Jim and Nancy Walls Kamchatka (Guido Rahr). 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We are committed to conserving for future generations the productivity, abundance, and biological diversity of wild salmon runs, and the healthy freshwater and coastal systems that sustain them.

We envision a future where people throughout the North Pacific work together as stewards to sustain wild salmon and the immense benefits they provide people, rivers, and their watersheds.

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