NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

Sockeye salmon prepare
to spawn in Alaska.
SPECIES & HABITATS
Efforts to protect native species often must address particularly complex issues. So it
is with salmon conservation across the major landscapes of the western United States,
where projects often must touch on water flows, water quality, habitat restoration and
fisheries management. In 2015, NFWF funded more than 45 projects directly tied to
salmon conservation. Work included restoration of flows and streamside habitats in
California, Oregon and Washington, extensive conservation efforts in Alaska, and a study
of salmon and southern resident killer whales off the coast of the Pacific Northwest.