Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office

The Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office was established by the Legislature, through the Salmon Recovery Planning Act, and charged with coordinating a statewide salmon recovery strategy. Other tasks include:

• Helping develop and implement regional recovery plans.
• Securing funding for local, regional, and state recovery efforts.
• Preparing the biennial State of Salmon in Watersheds report and Web site to the Legislature.
• Advising the Salmon Recovery Funding Board.
• Updating the Statewide Strategy to Recover Salmon: Extinction is not an option.

Salmon Recovery Data

We invite you to explore the databases linked below to better understand the state’s progress on salmon recovery.

• Habitat Work Schedule
• SalmonPORT
• Salmon Conservation Reporting Engine
• Stream Net
• SalmonScape

Related Resources

General Resources

State of Salmon Library

Academic

• University of Washington – School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
• University of Washington Sea Grant
• Wetland Ecosystem Team

Federal

• Environmental Protection Agency Western Ecology Division
• NOAA Fisheries

Scientific and Professional

• Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership
• Society for Ecological Restoration
• American Fisheries Society
• The Ecological Society of America

State

• Washington Conservation Commission
• Washington Department of Ecology
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Washington Department of Natural Resources

Tribal

• Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
• Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
• Upper Columbia United Tribes