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North Coast Salmon & Steelhead Enhancement Fund
The NCSSEF has its roots in a fishing event hosted by the Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation (Oregon Wildlife Foundation) intended to generate funding for winter chinook enhancement program in Tillamook area rivers and acquire strategic [...]
Call to Action – Skykomish Summer Steelhead Broodstock
An important aspect of any successful campaign is reacting to opportunities for input on mission critical issues. As the need arises, we will issue a Call to Action to help rally support while providing background [...]
Hatchery & Wild Coexist Primer
Hatchery & Wild Coexist Primer “Welcome to 2021! Will this year be better than last year? Don’t know, but it couldn’t be any worse,” Owin Hayes, host of Outdoor GPS, January 2, 2021. If Owin [...]
RECENT PEER REVIEWED SCIENCE SUPPORTS H&WC’S POSITION ON COASTAL SPRING CHINOOK
In September 2019, the Native Fish Society submitted a petition to list Oregon Coast Spring Chinook as a threatened or endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act. This is a reconsideration of a previous [...]
Chinook Salmon Study Concludes Their Demise is Due to Poor Ocean Conditions
A recently published peer reviewed study of west coast Chinook salmon found that there has been a 65% decline coast-wide in the number Chinook salmon, even in some of the most pristine and untouched waters. [...]