Oregon Governor Kate Brown needs to hear from you about the need to invest in Habitat, Not Hatcheries! Please sign the petition to the governor and tell her: The best hatchery is a healthy river -

Responsible fish-handling practices are critical for effective catch and release angling. Air exposure is harmful to fish and has been shown to increase mortality and cause a variety of negative

Until all our Pacific Northwest communities enjoy healthy homewaters with abundant wild fish, we’re asking you to take the pledge and join with local voices, take collective action, and advance science-based solutions to the root challenges facing native fish.

Catch-and-release is often used as a tool for the conservation of recreationally targeted fish, and this is certainly the case for steelhead. However, despite its iconic status, very little research has been conducted on wild steelhead to determine the fate of fish that are caught and then released – especially concerning impacts related to the duration of air exposure.

We're sharing stories of wild, native salmon and trout populations that are flourishing in the absence of hatchery programs: either because a hatchery program never existed or has been removed. If you would like to contribute to this collection, please fill out the form at the bottom of the page.

Since 2015, Native Fish Society staff, River Stewards and volunteers placed fourteen digital temperature monitors in the upper mainstem of California’s Eel River and its tributaries above Scott

The effects of climate change represent multiple risks to native fish in the Pacific Northwest. Increased temperatures increase a fish’s metabolism and can reduce their ability to survive and

Introduction: An estimated 50 percent of instream large wood comes from landslides on forested slopes. Heavily forested watersheds grow trees up to 500 or even 1000 years old. Western Oregon,

Help River Steward Matt Lund restore connection to 13 miles of high quality habitat in the North Creek sub-basin.

Oregon’s wild, native coastal Steelhead Trout runs are in decline. We were fortunate that 2020 runs showed some signs of improvement, but the downward trend from historical levels is evident. In 2018

Wild steelhead decline in the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia Basin has been the object of intense focus for fisheries managers and agencies in the region over many decades. During the same period,

Campaign Update On June 14th, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed the Suction Dredge Reform Bill (SB 3) legislation which establishes a permanent framework to manage in-stream motorized mining across

Washington Agencies Agree to Provide Additional Time for Public to Comment on Important Commercial Net Pen Management Plan Earlier this week, we received the alarming news that Washington state

Petitioners Native Fish Society, Center for Biological Diversity, and Umpqua Watersheds have submitted a petition to list Oregon Coast Spring Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), further referred to as

How we can achieve our goal: It is our hope that the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s final plan takes a precautionary approach to protecting southern Oregon’s wild fish. We strongly

Recovering Oregon's Most Imperiled Salmon and Steelhead Native Fish Society is fighting to recover Oregon's most imperiled wild fish by building a groundswell of public supporter to advocate a Roadmap

On February 3rd, 2021, Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced the River Democracy Act of 2021, which will designate 4,700 miles of iconic Oregon rivers as Wild and Scenic waters. If

Dear Native Fish friends, Our organization has a long history of standing up for wild places with rivers chalk full of native fish. We always answer the call when the most vulnerable places are

Our Concern There is now irrefutable proof that hatcheries cause harm to wild fish. Recent studies find that steelhead born of hatchery parents in the wild might produce only one-eighth to one-third

2019 Study Session Announced for South Umpqua River In May 2019, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department announced it would move forward with studying the South Umpqua River as a candidate for

On July 22, 2020 Washington’s Governor Jay Inslee sent letters to the members of the Chehalis Basin Board, Washington Department of Ecology and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Update: WDFW reported told that there are 400 outstanding permits for motorized mining. As of June 11th, 398 of those permits will be “illegal,” in other words, miners will not be able to mine

Introduction Native Fish Society is working to ensure that the Rogue’s wild spring Chinook salmon continues on an upward trajectory and that the best-available science drives recovery actions. Our

Without change, we are quickly charting a course to extinction for Washington’s wild coastal Steelhead. Please be a voice for these fish by taking one minute right now and tell Washington's fishery

Wenatchee Watershed Cold Water Campaign from Native Fish Society on Vimeo. Protect Cold Water & Conserve Native Fish Native Fish Society's Wenatchee Watershed Cold Water Campaign will identify,

We envision a Pacific Northwest with free-flowing rivers, abundant wild fish, and thriving local communities. Removing the lower four Klamath dams is a critical step in achieving that vision. Native

Big Victory For Wild Rivers Campaign Together Against The Mines - A River Steward Story from Zangs Films on Vimeo. On January 12, 2017 the BLM and Forest Service announced a 20-year mineral

Our goal is to secure catch and release regulations for wild steelhead in southwest Oregon. UPDATE: Recently, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife released the public draft of the Rogue South Coast

Winchester, Oregon - The North Umpqua River and its wild fish are invaluable public treasures for our community and our state. For decades, these treasures have been diminished by Winchester Dam, a