FEATURED ACTION: 
Key Issue: Steelhead Habitat
Update on Fish, Not Gold Campaign
Update on the Fish, Not Gold Campaign from campaign director Kim McDonald.
Encourage Washington State Legislatures to Reform In-Stream Mining
Hobby suction dredge mining in steelhead and salmon habitat is a significant problem in some Washington drainages. Take action to help change regulations and create new laws.
Fish, Not Gold
Kim McDonald of Shelterwood Consulting chimes in on the current lack of regulations for suction-dredge mining in Washington streams and their effects on critical habitat for endangered salmonids.
Skagit Initiative Update – Fall 2013
An update of our Skagit Initiative work from the fall of 2013…
The Wild Olympic Marches Forward
On June 21, 2012, Senator Patty Murray and Congressman Norm Dicks introduced historic legislation to establish new Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River protections on the Olympic Peninsula. If passed, the bill would protect the first new Wilderness designations on Olympic National Forest in nearly 30 years and the first ever Wild and Scenic River designations on the Olympic Peninsula.
Searsville Dam: Time for Stanford to Walk the Walk
The San Francisquito Creek watershed in California’s Bay Area runs through Stanford University’s campus on its way to San Francisco Bay. Historically it was home to healthy runs of steelhead (in addition to salmon). However, this ecosystem was drastically changed when the Spring Valley Water Company erected the Searsville Dam in 1892 to create an impoundment for potable water storage.
