The DRAFT Washington Coast Sustainable Salmon Plan is currently undergoing an internal review by planning partners and stakeholders.  This review will conclude in early 2012.  A revised DRAFT will be released for public review and comment in Spring 2012.  For additional information, please contact Miles or Dana at 360.289.2499 or email danajd@wcssp.org.

Washington Coast

Sustainable Salmon Plan

PLAN VISION

All watersheds in the Washington Coast Region contain healthy, diverse and self-sustaining populations of salmonids, maintained by healthy habitats and ecosystems, which also support the ecological, cultural, social, and economic needs of human communities.

PLAN STRATEGY THEMES

Organize, Promote and Maintain Board Partnerships that Support Wild Salmon Sustainability

• Educate and Involve the Community to Protect, Restore and Maintain Ecosystem Values

• Protect and Restore Salmonid Habitat Function

• Support Hatchery and Harvest Practices Compatible with Wild Salmon Sustainability

• Use Economic Tools to Protect, Restore and Maintain Ecosystem Values

• Improve Regulatory Effectiveness to Achieve Salmon Sustainability

KEY PLANNING PARTNERS

The Wild Salmon Center, with the generous support of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Community Salmon Fund, conducted a comprehensive Needs Assessment of the Region.  The goals of this process were to 1) describe the geographic, geological, social, cultural, fisheries, and fish-biological context for the region; 2) identify, synthesize and highlight major common gaps in relevant existing limiting factor assessments and action plans for salmon recovery/conservation for the region; and 3) recommend landscape-scale conservation actions among basins, building on existing prioritizations within basins.  The report and data library can be viewed here.  This work served as a strong foundation for Regional Salmon Sustainability Plan.

We also formalized a relationship with The Nature Conservancy of Washington who has devoted staff time and planning expertise to help us craft our Salmon Plan following the Conservation Action Plan (CAP) process. 

Learn more about CAP HERE.

 Planning Committee Meeting Summaries

August, 2011

July, 2011

March, 2011

October, 2010

August 31, 2010

August 3, 2010

July, 2010

June, 2010

April, 2010

March, 2010

February, 2010

January, 2010

December, 2009

November, 2009

October, 2009

September, 2009

August, 2009

July, 2009

January, 2009 Scoping Meeting in Forks, WA

Meeting Minutes

Concept Paper

Click HERE to see a PowerPoint on the planning process

If you have any questions or want to participate in the process in any way,

please call Miles or Dana at 360 289 2499 or email danajd@wcssp.org