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Roadway Runoff Known to Kill Coho Salmon also Affects Steelhead, Chinook Salmon

Simple filtration columns along roads can remove toxic substances and save fish.
August 24, 2022 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Chinook salmon

Interior Columbia and Snake River Salmon and Steelhead Maintain Listing Status

Review finds that the species face threats from climate change that require urgent action.
August 18, 2022 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Spawning Chinook salmon Wild chinook Salmon in Idaho. Credit: Shutterstock

$95 Million in NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Funding Recommended to Reverse the Declines of West Coast Salmon and Steelhead

Funding for 19 new and continuing programs and projects will support conservation efforts in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska.
July 14, 2022 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Spawning Chinook salmon Wild chinook Salmon in Idaho. Credit: Shutterstock

Salish Sea Biological Opinion Provides Path for Nearshore Projects while Safeguarding Species

Streamlined consultations will help stop loss of vital salmon habitat.
June 29, 2022 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
School of young salmon Juvenile salmon spend their first few months in saltwater growing in nearshore habitat, increasing their odds of survival during the years they spend in the ocean.

Meet Katrina Poremba, Fish Biologist for Water Operations and Delta Consultations

Katrina works on Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultations for Sacramento Valley's waterways. Consultations are the way we make sure federal projects do not jeopardize salmon and steelhead populations.
March 03, 2022 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Woman conducting water monitoring samples, turbidity, depth, and temperature on multiple creeks that flow into the Columbia River Conducting water monitoring samples, turbidity, depth, and temperature on multiple creeks that flow into the Columbia River, for the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership. Credit: Katrina Poremba/NOAA Fisheries

Past Fishing and Development Makes California Salmon More Vulnerable To Climate Change

Restoration can help diversify salmon habitat and may stabilize fishing opportunities against climate shocks.
January 26, 2022 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Salmon

Study Finds Melting Glaciers Could Produce Thousands of Kilometers of New Pacific Salmon Habitat by 2100

Melting glaciers could produce new Pacific salmon habitat in Alaska and British Columbia, but not in the Pacific Northwest and California, where many salmon are threatened and endangered.
December 06, 2021 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
arctic landscape of a glacier in the background and rocky earth cut by a gray-colored stream of whitewater in the foreground Melting glaciers could produce new Pacific salmon habitat in Alaska and British Columbia. Credit: Jonathan Moore/Simon Fraser University

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month

Meet some of our colleagues across the country and learn more about how they contribute to NOAA Fisheries' mission.
September 15, 2021 - Feature Story ,
National
Hispanic Heritage Month collage of NOAA Fisheries staff Hispanic Heritage Month collage of NOAA Fisheries staff. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Amended Plan Leaves More Salmon for Endangered Killer Whales in Low Return Years

Fisheries do not jeopardize continued existence of Southern Resident orcas. Southern Resident Connections - Post 20
September 14, 2021 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Dorsal fin of a killer whale swimming off the Washington Coast An endangered Southern Resident killer whale off the coast of Washington. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Agricultural Land Donation Promotes Salmon Recovery in the San Joaquin River

California farming family gives back, restoring habitat for threatened Chinook salmon
June 09, 2021 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Sack Dam Sack Dam on the San Joaquin River. Photo courtesy U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.