#BCWildSalmonDay

What is BC Wild Salmon Day? BC Wild Salmon Day was proclaimed in 2019 by the Provincial Government. The day recognizes the intrinsic value wild salmon provide to our province. “In B.C., wild salmon are part of who we are. Coastal communities,…

Climate Adaptation: a Series of Presentations

One of the greatest threats wild Pacific salmon face is climate change. Climate change is changing the conditions we have seen in the past, and many of those changes are likely to be unfavorable for salmon.  In light of this, the Pacific Salmon…

Allison Colina Joins PSF Leadership Team

The Pacific Salmon Foundation is pleased to welcome Allison Colina to our leadership team as the Vice President of Development, Marketing and Communications. Allison previously worked as a member of senior leadership at one of B.C.'s largest…

RBC Tech for Nature donation

The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) is honoured to receive an RBC Tech for Nature donation from the RBC Foundation. “For more than 10 years, the RBC Foundation has been a generous supporter of PSF’s scientific initiatives, beginning…

Call for Artists! 2021 – 2022 Salmon Conservation Stamp Art Competition

2020 - 2021 Salmon Conservation Stamp Art Competition Winner "Untouchable" by Joshua Hansen   It is our pleasure to extend an invitation for you to enter the 2021/2022 Salmon Conservation Stamp Art Competition. This year marks…

PSF Programs Update

All of us at PSF appreciate that this is an exceptionally difficult time. It’s been a challenging few weeks, and communities everywhere have had to adapt to major change. Through all of this, we are grateful to health care and essential service…

PSF Biologist Position

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The Pacific Salmon Foundation is currently hiring for a Biologist Position to collaborate with PSF staff and DFO on a funded science based review of Pacific salmon hatchery results in the Pacific region. This job application closed on March…

Voices for Salmon: PSF Scholarship and Bursary Recipients

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The Pacific Salmon Foundation supports a variety of scholarships and bursaries to ensure a new generation of stewards will be ready to champion wild salmon and navigate new challenges to their future. This year we are delighted to announce…

Leave a Legacy for Wild Salmon Stewards

PSF Donors are powering community-driven stewardship  Empowered communities play a pivotal role in wild salmon conservation. That’s why supporting volunteers trained in the science of grassroots stewardship is a mainstay of the Pacific…

Restoring the Lower Fraser

The lower Fraser comprises vital habitat for Chinook and other salmon species. But it is the most densely populated area of British Columbia, and the development and impacts that arise from that are challenging. Fortunately, there is a network…

Cleaning up the Salish Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_npcpar6Uw "Underwater meadows of eelgrass not only act as filters to stop pollutants and sediments from entering marine ecosystems, they’re a kind of nursery for fish,” says Sarah Verstegen, operations…

Disregard for scientific process does not “Discredit” valid research

The article by Fabian Dawson (SeaWestNews, July 26, 2018) is both ethically wrong and factually incorrect. First off, for anyone to exploit the recent death of a baby Orca is unconscionable.  Regrettably there are multiple possible causes…