Long Live The Kings

Glenwood: our glenwood springs facility on orcas island is focused on supplementing chinook salmon in the san juan islands and the strait of georgia for harvest by humans and orca whales. Here, we are conducting experiments to improve the effectiveness of hatchery production, with a goal of higher survival rates at sea and larger returning fish. We also support a kokanee fishery in cascade lake and rear kokanee from lake sammamish for a wild population recovery program.

Ssmsp: the salish sea marine survival project leverages human and financial resources from the united states and canada to determine and address the primary factors affecting the survival of juvenile salmon and steelhead in the salish sea. At its peak, it was the largest research project of its kind in the shared waters of british columbia and washington state with over 60 partnering organizations addressing a key uncertainty impeding salmon recovery and sustainable fisheries. The findings from this comprehensive study of the physical, chemical, and biological factors impacting salmon survival, are applied to improve our collective understanding of salmon in saltwater, facilitating smarter management and stronger returns.

Lilliwaup: lilliwaup programs include conservation hatchery efforts to rebuild hood canal salmon and steelhead populations, statusand trends monitoring, and rearing experiments to improve hatchery methods. The facility just concluded a key project - the hoodcanal steelhead project, a multi-agency partnership begun by noaa fisheries and lltk to test a basin-wide approach to rebuildingdepleted wild steelhead runs.

Other programs: long live the kings is also advancing salmon recovery and sustainable fishing in the pacific northwest by building a constituency for salmon recovery through the survive the sound campaign, advancing estuary restoration in the duwamish and nisqually rivers, piloting stormwater biofiltration technology, advancing climate change resiliancy locally in seattle waterways and along the west coast, while also supporting various salmon research efforts in puget sound.