Salmon Recovery in Mason County
As Washington’s population has grown, its salmon have dwindled. In 1991, the federal government declared the first salmon in the Pacific Northwest, Snake River sockeye, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. In the next few years, 16 more species of salmon were listed as either threatened or endangered.
By 1999, wild salmon had disappeared from about 40 percent of their historic breeding ranges in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and California. In Washington, the numbers had dwindled so much that salmon and bull trout were listed as threatened or endangered in nearly three-fourths of the state. There are many things that have contributed to the decline of salmon populations but they generally can be put in two major categories: Human influences
Changes to the natural environment
(from Washington State Recreation & Conservation Office) |
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Click each WRIA (Water Resource Inventory Area) to learn more about their lead entities
Click the maps for the status of WRIA's natural salmonID populations
Click the maps for the status of WRIA's natural salmonID populations