Posts by Mark Sherwood

Support Conservation in Your Homewaters

North Creek Campaign from Native Fish Society on Vimeo. With your help we can increase the health and abundance of wild salmon, steelhead, trout and Lamprey on Oregon's central coast. The...

Redd It July 2017

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Governor Brown Signs Suction Dredge Mining Reform Bill to Protect Oregon Rivers

Today, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed the Suction Dredge Reform Bill (SB 3) legislation which establishes a permanent framework to manage in-stream motorized mining across Oregon. The bill...

Save the Bs, Save the Columbia

Save the Bs, Save the Columbia Of the Columbia River's many runs of salmon and steelhead, there are particular fish species whose lives are so difficult and complex that they magnify the...

Redd It June 2017

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Bulkley River Catch and Release Study Update

Bulkley River Catch and Release Study Update Below is a preliminary update focused on the physiology and tracking elements of the Bulkley River steelhead catch and release study that Native Fish...

We Are One: The Salmon Banner Project

We Are One: The Salmon Banner Project In a year when many of the wild salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest are in dire condition, there is no better time to remind one another that the future of...

Redd It May 2017

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Redd It April 2017

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The Sandy Case & Its Ripple Effect

In 2010, Native Fish Society began a grassroots campaign, Save Sandy Salmon, spearheaded by River Steward Spencer Miles. This led to a lawsuit two years later, Native Fish Society v. National...

What's Not For Dinner | Wild Steelhead

March 23, 2017 Julie Packard Executive Director Monterey Bay Aquarium 886 Cannery Row Monterey, CA 93940 Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly Seafood Watch 886 Cannery Row Monterey, CA 93940 Re:...

What!? $10,000,000 to Rebuild Oregon's Hatchery Infrastructure?

This past week the Joint Committee on Ways and Means SubCommittee on Natural Resources held a hearing on the Governor's recommended 2017-19 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Budget. Of primary...

Remembering Mark Schmidt | Molalla River Steward

Remembering Mark Schmidt Mark Schmidt was one of Native Fish Society’s original River Stewards and the first recipient of the River Steward of the Year Award. Mark was one of the most welcoming and...

Redd It March 2017

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Protect the Magic: Moving Forward on the Deschutes River

The Native Fish Society and our River Stewards have been advocating for the Deschutes River and its wild, native fish for over a decade. In 2016, we redoubled our efforts, intent on holding...

Redd It February 2017

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Strong Runs Winter 2017

Strong Runs ~ Winter 2017 ~ Issue 11.1 If you're a member of the Native Fish Society keep your eyes peeled -- our latest Strong Runs newsletter should be showing up in your mailbox this week! This...

A Photo Finish for the Wild Rivers Campaign

Brookings, Ore. | As the new year begins we’re teeming with joy for native fish and wild rivers! It was a photo finish, but with just 48 hours left in 2016, the Assistant Secretary for Lands and...