Wild Salmon Center

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

May 6, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.0

Gross Receipts

$3,171,342

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

1) WESTERN PACIFIC PROGRAMWSC is working to create and support local watershed councils to protect and steward salmon rivers in the Russian Far Easts Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, and Sakhalin Island. By coordinating councils across multiple basins and ecoregions, we are accomplishing a myriad of conservation goals. 2012 highlights include:WSC helped to establish a new NGO Save the Salmon Together to coordinate salmon conservation efforts across Kamchatka Peninsula. Ust-Bolsheretsky Public Watershed Council and WSC organized the First Kamchatka Salmon Festival in August 2012 on the Bolshaya River. WSC received a public recognition Salmon Keeper Award for collaborative salmon conservation efforts on Kamchatka from the Ust-Bolsheretsky Public Watershed Council.WSC organized two exchanges for Kamchatka protected area managers and fishery scientists to Alaska, providing training in ecosystem-based resource management.A three-year taimen tagging program was initiated to study population size and dynamics in the Koppi River watershed. A study of this kind has never been undertaken on this species.

Activity 3

2) NORTH AMERICA PROGRAMWSC conducts conservation activities in the states of Oregon, Washington, California and now, in Alaska. Through collaboration with public and private partners, WSC focuses on building and leading diverse coalitions to ensure the long-term abundance, viability, and diversity of North Americas strongest remaining salmon populations. 2012 highlights include: The Oregon Board of Forestry unanimously approved moving forward to create a new category for visible and durable conservation areas on Oregons State Forests. The first-ever Wild Salmonid Management Zone (WSMZ) designated for steelhead by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The new zone covers the entire Sol Duc River (227 square miles) on the Olympic Peninsula. WSC staff was appointed by Gov. Kitzhaber to join a small, high-level panel of representatives from conservation organizations, timber and the Counties to explore enduring solutions to Oregon and California Lands issues.WSCs first Alaska staff member was hired to develop and lead a cohesive and effective conservation program and open an office in Anchorage, Alaska.

Filer

EIN

94-3166095