As salmon populations crash, local tribes fight for restoration.
Saving the Salmon
Northwest Now has spent years providing in-depth coverage of the efforts to save the Northwest's native salmon runs. If you want to learn more about the challenges facing salmon and what is being done to restore Puget Sound and the river systems that connect to it, this is the place to start.
Read the NOAA Salmon Recovery Plan.
Beach armoring threatens the Sound's food web and the endangered species that rely on it.
Creosote’s impact on water quality.
Stormwater threatens Puget Sound.
Physical barriers inhibit fish migration
More to Watch
More on the story of salmon restoration in the Salish Sea from Northwest Now and Northwest Now Digital First.
Restoring the salmon of Puget Sound.
Spring Chinook face extinction.
A call for more immediate action to save the salmon.
Saving Puget Sound from pollution and acidification.
Contributor Steve Kiggins spends time on local waters with Long Live The Kings.
Dow Constantine discusses the county's Clean Water Healthy Habitat Program
A look at the acidification of Puget Sound and the rest of the Pacific Ocean
Creosote’s impact on water quality
A community effort to help feed Resident Killer Whales.
The clock is ticking for efforts to control the invasive European Green Crab.
A group using diversity and community to solve a serious pollution problem
A wildlife refuge area is named after a legendary Nisqually tribal activist
A look at the Governor's Southern Resident Orca Task Force
Tacoma's new sustainable way of disposing of street water before it hits the bay.
President Trump's budget cuts and the health of Puget Sound.