1 June 2025 was International Wild Salmon Day
On the first day of June 2025 we took a moment to celebrate that wild places that depend on wild salmon in many regions around the world.
www.WildSalmonDay.com
A heartfelt happy International Wild Salmon Day.

CWI is rolling out our latest publication on cold water coastal ecosystems, a blog titled Dynamics of Overstory Kelp Forests, Salmon, and Forage Fish, put together by Annabelle ByrneStrong, CWI's Nearshore Biologist in Training. You can view it here : coastalwatershedinstitute.org/dynamics-of-...

Understory kelp forests ring much of the Salish Sea shoreline. Large schools of *tiny* baby fish including herring swim along them. Precautionary principles preserve robust multi-age fish stocks so these young fish know where to go. AkA 'Go with the old fish'. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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CWI is earnest in our decades long *hard work* to understand and conserve vital and vulnerable cold water coastal zones that sustain us all. As the next generation of leaders step into their new roles, CWI’s work is more critical than ever.Join us. #CWIGiveBig2025

CWI has an opening for a paid (part time) internship. See attached and if this is you, apply. If not, share widely.

Listen to the talk we gave at the library in Port Angeles about the dynamic relationships between forage fish, salmon, and kelp forests.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlWU...

A beaver dam in British Columbia shows its ability to hold back sediment pollution during heavy rainfall, sediment damages freshwater habitat.

Two pairs of beavers are making a new wild home in Studland #UK & their unrestricted www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#nature #climatecrisis

Another quiet and beautiful morning in the Elwha nearshore. T Chinook, coho and the long awaited star of the nearshore, *chum* salmon. The beaver are back too-look for their 'chew' marks and keep those dogs on leash (or even better, at home!). kuula.co/share/hqdrl?....
Keep going.

Elwha nearshore today? Coho continue to dominate this winter side channel habitat. A few little Chinook too. Thank you for the good work and will of the CWI crew.

Was that an earthquake just now? Lord.
Keep going.

Here's one for those who follow the King of Fish smile www.herripedia.com (110 MILLION YEARS. Now that's a fish!)

After 15 years CWI is on the move-you can find us now in suite 308. We've not had a window in our office since we moved in (back in 2010!). Making up for that now! To EM Real Estate and the Wharf crew for the easy transition. Back to field-herring weather is here!

Last week CWI participated in North Olympic Library System and Olympic National Park's Perspective Speaker Series. Dr. Anne Shaffer and Annabelle ByrneStrong presented 'The Dynamics of Kelp Forests, Forage Fish, and Salmon' in person and on Zoom.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlWU...

Hot off the press! CWI's article "Linking Marine Ecosystem Response to Shoreline Armor Removal and Large Dam Removals in the Elwha River and Nearshore, Washington, USA" just got published by The Journal of Coastal Research. meridian.allenpress.com/jcr/article/...

The diverse and dynamic Elwha nearshore 18 January 2025. Thank you to Rite Bros Aviation for the early morning lift! Photo by Dave Parks and CWI. All rights reserved.

Herring spawning season 2025 is here-already! Here is a bit of footage from last year to remind folks what to look for. This video of a 'white water event' was taken along the west side of Bainbridge Island.

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Our first post on our brand new account? Commercial netpens have been *banned* in Washington state. Thirteen years after we started, hats off to WFC and Hilary Franz for leadership to finally get these disease factories OUT of our waters once and for all! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news....