Support PSF’s accelerated action for salmon habitat restoration today!
The State of Salmon Report has shown us that, with 70% of wild populations in decline, salmon need our help now more than ever. They are facing more pressure points than ever, from climate change, industrial development, fisheries, aquaculture, and more.
However, with knowledge comes power. With a greater understanding of the biggests threats to salmon, and region-specific data on where salmon are struggling the most, we can devise thoughtful plans for restoration projects to help this important species adapt and recover through worsening conditions.
But to truly rise to the occasion for salmon, we need your help!
Thanks to donors like you, we are expanding our reach in collaboration with dozens of First Nations, community groups, and government to make the greatest impact to coordinated recovery as possible.
Decades of heavy logging in the Tranquil Creek region have devastated the riparian corridor. Habitat conditions for fish and wildlife have widely degraded. ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ (Tla-o-qui-aht) First Nation, in partnership with Redd Fish Restoration Society, have launched efforts to restore the watershed and recover local chum, coho, and Chinook salmon populations. With PSF funding, teams have placed log jams to create long-term fish habitat and support natural watershed processes. They sort sediment, slow rushing water, and helping to store groundwater during drier summer months, combatting effects of climate change.
It’s not too late to help salmon recover, as the State of Salmon Report has revealed. There are some encouraging signs of recovery across species in southern regions of B.C. But it’s going to take all of us.
We need to work together to tackle these declines; luckily that is what Pacific Salmon Foundation does best. Through our Community Salmon Program, we issue over $1.5 million per year in grants to community groups doing grassroots restoration initiatives for salmon. We are also striving to empower Indigenous communities that are leading the way by revitalizing traditional systems of salmon management and taking legislative actions to protect salmon ecosystems.
