Reports & Archives – Wild Fish Conservancy Northwest

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Here we make available resources foundational to our work and the recovery of wild fish.

Fish Trap Research & Data

Learn about WFC's fish trap research projects and objectives since 2016, including reports and publications, downloadable data sets, and more.

Water Typing Assessments

Information, reports, and interactive maps detailing nearly three decades of water typing field assessments on streams assessments performed by WFC's research staff since 1994.

Hatchery Literature

A growing list of peer-reviewed literature and other reports investigating the impacts of hatcheries on wild salmon, steelhead, and their habitats.

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2025 Report of summer steelhead snorkel surveys on the North Fork Skykomish and the North and South Fork Tolt rivers

Public Comments Salmon Management

Comments on the Proposed Chehalis River Basin Flood Damage Reduction Project Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement

NOAA Fisheries 12-Month Finding on a Petition to List the Olympic Peninsula Steelhead Distinct Population Segment Under the Endangered Species Act

Order Granting defendants unopposed motion for a 43-day extension for Olympic Peninsula Steelhead Listing Determination

Public Comments

Comments on Federal Register Notice of the Department of Agriculture’s intent to develop an environmental impact statement for the proposed rule to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule

Public Comments

Comments on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service April17, 2025 proposed rulemaking to rescind the regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act of 1973

Public Comments

Comments on the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission Draft Resident Native Trout Harvest Management Policy

Public Comments

Comments on Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Draft Recovery Plan for Southern Resident killer whales

Public Comments

Comments on 2025 Technical Revision to Marine Survival Forecast of the OCN Coho Work Group Harvest Matrix

Skykomish River Summer Steelhead Litigation, Consent Decree, Case: 2:21-cv-00169-JNW

Public Comments SEPA

Comments on MDNS 24-05534: Proposed Deschutes Watershed Center Hatchery

Public Comments SEPA

Comments on DNS 25034: Ringold Springs Hatchery Raceway Installation

Notice of Intent to Sue for Violations of Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act Associated with Funding Lower Columbia River Hatcheries Under the Mitchell Act

Public Comments

WFC's Comments on the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) Draft Resident Native Trout Harvest Management Policy

Stipulated Settlement Agreement and Order of Dismissal, Olympic Peninsula Steelhead ESA Challenge, U.S. District Court Western District of Washington at Seattle, Case 2:25-cv-00116-JHC

CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY; and WILD FISH CONSERVANCY v. Pacific AQUACULTURE- NESPELEM, LLC; and PACIFIC SEAFOOD AQUACULTURE, LLC

Complaint for Failure to Act on Petition to List Alaska Chinook Salmon Under the ESA

Final Order On Remedy on Nationwide Permit 56 for Net Pen Aquaculture (Case 2:22-cv-01627-KKE)

60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue Pacific Aquaculture Inc. for Clean Water Act Violations

Notice of Intent to Sue for Failing to Issue Findings on Petition to List Alaskan Chinook Salmon as an Endangered or Threatened Species

Notice of Final Determination for Commercial Finfish Net Pen Aquaculture Rule-Making, SEPA File 24-101601.

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, Delaying ESA Protections for Olympic Peninsula Steelhead, Civil Case No. 2:25-cv-00116

Chambers Creek Steelhead Litigation, Consent Decree, Case 2:14-cv-00465-JLR

Chambers Creek Steelhead Litigation, Complaint for Declaratory Injunctive Relief, Case 2:14-cv-00465

Public Comments

Wild Fish Conservancy Comments re: 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List Gulf of Alaska Chinook Salmon as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act (NOAA-NMFS-2024- 0042-0001)

Consent Decree Between Plaintiffs Wild Fish Conservancy and The Conservation Angler and Defendants Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Officials in Mitchell Act & SAFE hatchery lawsuit, Case 3:24-cv-05296-BHS

Featured Publication

Genetic composition and conservation status of coastal cutthroat trout (2020)

Notice of Intent to Sue for Violations of Section 7 and Section 9 of the Endangered Species Act Associated with Funding and Operating Hatcheries Under the Mitchell Act and with Operating SAFE Hatchery Programs

Legal Document Petition

Petition to List Alaskan Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) under the Endangered Species Act

Comments on the Alaska Troller Association’s White Paper (“AWP”) concerning Wild Fish Conservancy’s lawsuit affecting the Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Troll Fishery