We believe an essential component to driving large-scale change is empowering those most affected by an issue to mobilize within their communities to advocate for change.
Wild Fish Conservancy works to develop effective public awareness and education campaigns to better inform the public on a range of complex wild fish issues. We work with a network of wild fish advocates coastwide to build powerful, broad-based coalitions and to lead the public in campaigns and opportunities to support and advance responsible and science-based natural resource management.
Beaver Dam Analogs are simple artificial structures designed to mimic the form and function of natural beaver dams. They are built into existing wetlands and channels to encourage channel rejuvenation and support beaver reintroduction.
WEB MAP: View the Middle Fork Snoqualmie & Raging River Alluvial Water Storage Assessment Results
In 2009, Wild Fish Conservancy started a research program to help shed light on the Clayoquot salmon crisis. The reasons for salmon declines are undoubtedly complex. As a first step, WFC plans to determine if sea lice may be part of the problem.
o address compromised habitat conditions in lower Cherry Creek Valley, in 2012 Wild Fish Conservancy consolidated three floodplain ditches into a single naturalized stream channel.
Survey of fish species composition, abundance, and age class distribution in the Skykomish River Braided Reach. In partnership with Snohomish County Surface Water Management Division and R2 Resource Consultants.
Spawning surveys were conducted in Kitsap and Pierce County to identify pre-spawn mortality in coho.
Collection and synthesis of fish-distribution data for evaluation of fish-passage effectiveness at a retrofitted tide gate at the mouth of Maxwelton Creek on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound.
An assessment to determine the extent and distribution of juvenile-fish use and migration in nearshore marine habitats along the western shore of Whidbey Island in Puget Sound
WFC conducted a rapid watershed assessment, analyzed the current status of salmon stocks, and developed a comprehensive suite of restoration actions intended to quickly improve habitat conditions for native wild fish in the Little Quilcene River basin
Wild Fish Conservancy developed and installed a digital video surveillance system to monitor upstream fish passage at the French Slough Flood Control Facility near Snohomish, Washington.
Fish habitat in both the Dosewallips and Duckabush Rivers has been severly impacted by former landuse practises…
Long-term multi-season studies documenting the effects of soft shore armor on forage fish spawning success as defined by occurrence, abundance, and survival.
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