A Beautiful Evening Celebrating Southern Oregon’s Wild Fish & Homewaters

On Thursday, June 8th, Native Fish Society hosted our first-ever Homewaters: South by Northwest celebration of southern Oregon’s homewaters and native fish at Valley View Winery in the Applegate...

Hold WDFW Accountable for the failed Gillnet Buyback Program

As you may have heard, WDFW has completely mismanaged the voluntary non-tribal gillnet buyback in the lower Columbia River, passed in 2022 by the WA Legislature and Governor Inslee for salmon...

StEELhead Discoveries Series - Part 1

*This is Part 1 of an ongoing series on the campaign to Free the Eel and efforts to better understand and revive the iconic steelhead in the Pacific Northwest by Native Fish Society Fellow Samantha...

Preserve Water Quality in the Crooked River, Trout Creek, and lower Deschutes!

Hold Federal Dam Operators Accountable for Willamette Wild Fish Recovery

Petition filed to set permanante in-stream flows on Scott River in Northern California

In late May, the Karuk Tribe, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association (PCFFA), Institue for Fisheries Resources, and the Environmental Law Foundation petitioned the California Water...

NFS 2022 Volunteers of the Year - We Appreciate You!

Native Fish Society’s River Steward Program exists to empower, inspire and grow a region-wide network of local grassroots advocates dedicated to science-based solutions for their Northwest...

Joey Tonahill Joins Native Fish Society Board of Directors

The Native Fish Society welcomes Joey Tonahill to our board of directors. Joey is an 'old retailer' having spent close to 30 years owning ski shops in Vail Village, Colorado.  Through...

Kayla Lockhart Joins the Native Fish Society Board of Directors

The Native Fish Society welcomes Kayla Lockhart to our board of directors. Kayla first discovered fly fishing to help cope with her depression and anxiety from a difficult upbringing. Today fly...

Gathering Together, Again

(Re)connection. Inspiration. Appreciation. And a lot of laughter. These are just a few of the words that describe the recent 2023 NFS Volunteer Gathering at Camp Namanu May 5-7. The mature forest...