Mission & Vision
The mission of Pacific Rivers is to protect and restore the watershed ecosystems of the Northwest to ensure river health, biodiversity and clean water for present and future generations.
We work for the day when all the people of our region have clean drinking water sources; rivers are safe for ceremonies, boating, swimming and fishing; native fish populations are abundant, sustainable, and safe to eat; and healthy watersheds provide cool, clean water to river systems that are resilient to climate change.
We work for the day when all the people of our region have clean drinking water sources; rivers are safe for ceremonies, boating, swimming and fishing; native fish populations are abundant, sustainable, and safe to eat; and healthy watersheds provide cool, clean water to river systems that are resilient to climate change.
Our Watershed Approach
Pacific Rivers takes a whole-watershed approach to river conservation. We seek to understand and take into account all the factors that make each watershed and the river it creates unique. We then take a long-term, whole-watershed approach as we assess resource values, problems and threats as we develop conservation goals, strategies and partnerships.
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What is a watershed? An area of land that drains water (rain and snow) into streams, rivers, lakes, and eventually the ocean. Focusing solely on what’s happening in a river corridor will not sufficiently protect it for people, fish, or wildlife. We must protect the river corridor plus the wider land area around it — the watershed — from activities that pollute or harm the river. |
Photo by Nick Basaraba.
