Bringing Chinook Back to Maria Slough

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With support from PSF’s Community Salmon Program in 2025, Seabird Island Band and DFO crews redistributed spawning gravel throughout the channel and added boulders and logs to cool the water, boost oxygen, and keep flows moving through summer heat.

$195K to power local salmon restoration efforts

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The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) has released $194,989 in grant funding to support 42 community-led salmon restoration, enhancement, education, and stewardship projects in B.C. and the Yukon.

How tech is driving innovation for salmon

Innovative technology like artificial intelligence (AI), tracking chips, and drones is helping expand monitoring capacity and gather the data needed to drive salmon conservation.

After the fish farms

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The Discovery Islands, an archipelago east of Campbell River, form a key migratory channel for Fraser River salmon. Both adult salmon coming back to spawn and young salmon headed out to the open ocean travel through these waters. Local salmon populations also rear, feed, and grow nearby.

Remembering Dick Bradshaw

The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) remembers the life of Dick Bradshaw – a passionate fisherman and longtime supporter of Pacific salmon conservation in British Columbia who passed away on December 17, 2025.

New data highlights crisis for Yukon salmon

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New data and status assessments from the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) now sharpen our understanding of how Yukon River salmon are doing, and where they are most at risk.

A year in review: Our shared wins for salmon in 2025

Looking back on 2025, PSF celebrates meaningful progress for wild salmon. From promising returns in the Fraser River to game-changing projects and cutting-edge research, these wins offer hope for salmon recovery and resilience.

Introducing the 2026/2027 Salmon Conservation Stamp

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The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) is proud to announce Farlyn Campbell as the winner of the 2026–2027 Salmon Conservation Stamp Competition. Her piece, Smiley, was selected from 24 entries and will appear on next year’s stamp.

Smarter Drought Monitoring for Salmon

The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) and the Province of B.C. are piloting a rapid drought assessment protocol that would help local stewards track and report on stream conditions in a unified way – and accelerate emergency interventions.
Graham Dorsay

$1.3 million restoration project to revive Vancouver Island Chinook

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A threatened population of Chinook salmon will get a major boost from significant restoration work in the Nootka Sound region of Vancouver Island. The new project is improving spawning habitat at the outflow area of Muchalat Lake, a remote area about 90 kilometres west of Campbell River.
Redd Fish Restoration Society/Tom Balfour

Mapping the Impact of the Community Salmon Program

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In the 35 years since its inception, the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s Community Salmon Program (CSP) has distributed $31 million in grants to more than 3,500 projects across B.C. and the Yukon. The funding program provides grants to streamkeepers, First Nations, schools, and conservation organizations by stewarding Salmon Conservation Stamp funds on behalf of DFO.
A group of researchers samples the Chase River for contaminants near a bridge. Photo: Vancouver Island University

Tire contaminant research hits the road

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When rain hits the east coast of Vancouver Island, Haley Tomlin and Erik Krogh might have to pull an all-nighter — all for salmon. “We do it in the name of science,” says Krogh, a chemistry professor and director of the Applied Environmental Research Laboratories at Vancouver Island University.