PACIFIC SALMON FOUNDATION
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Pacific Salmon Foundation is a charitable non-profit granting organization dedicated to conserving and restoring Pacific salmon and their home watersheds.
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Joined January 2009
The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) is proud to announce Farlyn Campbell as the winner of the 2026–2027 Salmon Conservation Stamp Competition. Campbell is a long-time skipper and steward who has spent decades researching and painting fish. Learn more: https://t.co/aLYFy8rThr
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PSF and the Province of B.C. are piloting a rapid drought assessment protocol with local stewards to help track and report on stream conditions in a unified way – and accelerate emergency interventions. Learn more: https://t.co/aBbdDRbzjD
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#DYK Yukon Chinook have seen significant changes to their genetic makeup? Returning fish are now younger, about 10% smaller than pre-1990 levels, and disproportionately male, with females producing 16% fewer eggs as a result. Stay tuned for data on all Yukon salmon soon!
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Why are some salmon white?🧬 Click through the slides to learn why Harrison Chinook evolved this way. As climate and habitat pressures intensify, conserving the full range of local salmon adaptations strengthens the resilience of all Fraser Chinook.
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Enter to win PSF's salmon giveaway🐟 -
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PSF is celebrating salmon returns with the ultimate Salmon Spotting Adventure Giveaway. Enter to win a weekend adventure for two to Victoria or Vancouver.
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Unlock 10+ bonus entries in PSF's giveaway contest 🐟 -
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Unlock bonus entries in our ultimate giveaway contest and boost your chances of winning a salmon spotting adventure for two in Victoria or Vancouver.
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Last chance to enter our giveaway contest! Enter by Friday, October 31, to win a weekend adventure in Victoria or Vancouver. Fly with Helijet, stay two nights at the Chateau Victoria or Sandman Hotel, and go on an unforgettable coastal wildlife tour. https://t.co/AlU5RYMLtY -
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Can you count all the salmon? AI can🐟 New technology is transforming how we monitor fish populations in hard-to-reach places. With support from PSF, the @wildsalmoncntr is working with First Nations partners to pilot 10 AI-powered salmon counting systems.
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Salmon Spotting map shows Surrey sites in "great year" for it. At Tynehead Hatchery, 500+ coho and some Chinook just returned following earlier concerns about low water levels in Serpentine River. https://t.co/BFKEv8DIwM via @PSF
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Meet Selena Carl, an emerging salmon leader whose research is helping endangered Okanagan salmon survive their earliest life stages. Each year, PSF awards $2,500 bursaries to students like Selena. Learn more and apply by Oct 30: https://t.co/9KG1Vk6xnd
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Final Call 📣 There’s just one week left to apply for PSF’s Community Salmon Program Fall 2025 funding round supporting local stewardship efforts. Learn more: https://t.co/3JMcbFgkwZ
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A new peer-reviewed paper finds DFO’s framework for assessing salmon farm pathogens often downplays credible science, despite strong scientific evidence clearly linking farms to risks for wild salmon. Read Gideon Mordecai’s op-ed:
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Two-thirds of salmon populations in B.C. and the Yukon are below their long-term averages. PSF’s latest State of Salmon report, launched today, shows that the majority of salmon populations are in decline, but some are showing hope in certain regions.
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Very pleased to meet with the @PSF . Salmon are a keystone species critical to the U.S. and Canadian economies, ecosystems, and people.
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Meet Andres Insley, a https://t.co/CZHcTknlMz. student at @uvic and recent recipient of PSF’s Stewardship Community Bursary! We're now accepting applications to award bursaries worth $2,500 each to emerging salmon leaders like Andres. Learn more: https://t.co/IuZoZpleXa
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At the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve in Chilliwack, local stewards teamed up with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to restore habitat just in time for salmon. Support from PSF through Salmon Conservation Stamp funds made this project possible: https://t.co/DxfEBnDq5q
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The Sq’éwqel are restoring vital spawning habitat for an endangered Chinook population in Maria Slough, near Agassiz, with DFO. Thanks to Salmon Conservation Stamp and donor funds, PSF was able to grant $112,384 to support this project. Learn more at https://t.co/NQMWAVKLEW
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On the Deadman River, cottonwoods have vanished and left salmon more vulnerable to drought. Skeetchestn Indian Band is leading restoration efforts with DFO and other partners to test low-cost methods that help salmon survive low flows. Learn more:
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The Deadman River, located in the traditional lands of the Skeetchestn Indian Band, near Kamloops Lake, is an area where cottonwoods have vanished due to industrial development and climate change....
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Fraser River sockeye & pink salmon are returning in spectacular numbers this year – but what do we know about the thousands of other salmon populations across the province? A @cdnsciencepub study examines the decades-long decline in salmon monitoring:
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A new study has found that the past decade was the worst on record for monitoring salmon populations in British Columbia and the Yukon since broadscale surveys began more than 70 years ago.
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