Saving Salmon
Billy Frank, chairman
of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, said it was now or
never: “You going to wait until the last salmon is gone from the
last spawning bed?” Frank was speaking at a ceremony in Seattle,
Wash., marking the formation of For the Sake of Salmon, an
organization of Northwest government, environmental, tribal, and
business leaders aimed at improving habitat for endangered
Northwest salmon. The group will focus on local efforts to restore
salmon runs by offering technical advice and encouraging voluntary
projects by private landowners to protect habitat. Paul Hoobyar,
with the Pacific Rivers Council, a participating Oregon
environmental group, supports the new organization’s focus on
grassroots programs. “It (salmon recovery) has to work through
local-based groups, or it’s not going to happen,” he said. A
$125,000 grant from the National Marine Fisheries Service set up
the new organization. For information, contact For The Sake of
Salmon, 45 Southeast 82nd Dr., Suite 100, Gladstone, OR 97027
(503/650-5400).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Saving salmon.
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