RECENT WORK

Free Flow: Fall 2024
The latest edition of our river journal, Free Flow has just been published! In this issue you will find updates and information about "Outstanding Resource Waters". This designation under the Clean Water Act helps better protect waterways from harm.

We're all for *preserving* rivers rather than having to repair the pollution and other damage that affects all too many waterways. Check out Free Flow to learn more about what we're doing in the Northwest for our truly OUTSTANDING waters. ​

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Streaming now: The Lost Salmon
Pacific Rivers is proud and pleased to announce that the latest Shane Anderson/Pacific Rivers documentary film is now available for viewing on our website via PBS.

The documentary tells the story of why spring Chinook salmon are genetically unique from other Chinook runs and makes the compelling case that these fish are at serious risk of extinction along the entire Northwest coast. 

WATCH THE FILM

​Steamboat Creek Survey: 2023
In 2023, we conducted our annual snorkel survey of juvenile salmonids (with participation once again of students from the local Phoenix High School) in Steamboat and Canton Creeks; summarized a decade’s worth of data and findings from those surveys; initiated a project to secure a protective watershed management plan for Steamboat Creek; investigated the possibility of securing water quality protection of Steamboat Creek through Outstanding Waters classification by ODEQ; continued our effort to end the summer steelhead hatchery program that imperils the North Umpqua’s wild steelhead; and supported allied organizations to hold the owners of Winchester Dam accountable for disastrous consequences of their “repairs” of the dam in the summer. ​

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OUR WORK

OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATERS

NORTH UMPQUA RIVER

HELLS CANYON WATER QUALITY

SPRING CHINOOK SALMON

Lower Snake River Dams

WATERSHED EDUCATION & ADVOCACY

OUR MISSION

The mission of Pacific Rivers is to protect and restore the watershed ecosystems of the West to ensure river health, biodiversity and clean water for present and future generations.