Wild Olympic Salmon: Working, Learning and Celebrating Together

The mission of Wild Olympic Salmon is to inspire sustainable human community and culture by nurturing wild salmon and watersheds.

Our goals are:

• To restore, enhance, and protect salmon habitat and watersheds in eastern Jefferson County, to inspire others to take stewardship of their watersheds by setting an example, and to improve our work by learning from other examples,
• To help understand and share information about the relationships among the wild salmon, the environment and human communities,
• To create opportunities for the joyous celebration of our relationship to the art, magic and mystery of nature with salmon as teacher,
• To develop an organizational structure that nurtures our members and supports effective programs.

Our philosophy is that only a holistic approach will result in permanent, positive environmental stewardship. We have pioneered a grassroots community-based program that combines physical restoration projects with education and celebration. We view these three aspects of our work as interdependent parts of our approach to watershed conservation. Restoration without changes in behavior and land use practices is futile; education in a vacuum is ineffective; both restoration and education without cultural identity and celebration will always be an uphill battle. Together, our activities in these three areas cultivate a physical, intellectual, and spiritual setting in which to bring back the salmon, for our children and forever.

The work of Wild Olympic Salmon has been recognized as a model of community environmental action by the Puget Sound Water Quality Authority, Jefferson County Board of Commissioners, The Seattle Aquarium, and many other organizations and individuals with a stake in regional resource protection.

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