The Leader - June 2011

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In this issue: Orca Whales’ Reliance on Pacific Salmon A compilation of articles, photos and video from NW Indian Fisheries Commission, Orca Network and Save our Wild Salmon

http://NWSSCS.blogspot.com m The only conservation organization dedicated to a science-based, ecosystem protection and management approach that integrates the human component on a landscape scale

Chinook (king) salmon

Coho (silver) salmon

Chum (dog) salmon

Pink (humpie) salmon

Sockeye (red) salmon

SSCS Corporate Sponsors

Alpine Experience

British Columbia Federation of Fly Fishers

Lighthawk – Flying for the environment

Natural Settings Digital Imaging and Design

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Flyfishers’ Arte & Publishing

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2011 SSCS Board of Direction Able--Committed--Experienced

Executive Officers Ric Abbett

President and CEO

Bruce Treichler

Jim Wilcox

Vice President

Treasurer and Secretary Dr. Robert Vadas, Jr.

Conservation Directors

Joe Durham

Don Schluter

Alan Steeves

Terry Turner

Subject Matter Advisors Richard Mayer

Senior Communication and Marketing Advisor

Alexandra Morton

Senior Marine Fisheries Fisheries Advisor

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From Puget Sound Partnership: The Puget Sound Partnership is pleased to support the Orca Network in promoting Orca Awareness Month throughout June.

The goal is to focus attention on the plight of the fragile Southern Resident community of orcas, honor their presence in our waters and speed up efforts to recover the population.

If we all work together, we can help protect these precious creatures, which are not only iconic symbols of our region’s identity, but important signals of ecosystem health From: Orcanetwork.org: An extended clan of Orcinus orca, or orcas, socialize and forage in the inland waters of Washington State and British Columbia. Both male and female offspring remain with their mothers their entire lives.

No other species, and not all orca communities, show lifetime association of mothers with both male and female offspring.

distinct vocal repertoires and complex social systems to develop within each pod and community, unlike any other mammal except humans.

Their dialects are similar to human language groups, and assure them a place in their society.

Known as the Southern Resident Orca community, or the Salish Sea Orcas, they move gracefully just downstream from an increasingly urban landscape.

But all is not well. Orcas need clean, uncontaminated water and plentiful fish. Salmon, the Salish Sea orcas' main food source, are in historic decline throughout the region.

Habitat degradation, industrial poisons such as PCBs, and other impacts of human activities are taking their toll on the orcas we have come to know and love.

We are all intricately connected, from tiny plankton to forage fish, salmon, orcas, tall firs and cedars, mountains, rivers and the ocean. It is time to reflect, to reconnect, and to respond as better caretakers of our planet.

WASHINGTON – When it comes to dinner, Puget Sound’s killer whales show no respect for international boundaries.

L115 with mother L47

Cultural traditions such as lifetime family bonding allow

It’s long been known that their favorite meal is chinook salmon. However, using new genetic tests on the orcas’ feces, and fish tissue and scales taken from the waters near where the whales are feasting, scientists

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say that as much as 90 percent of the chinook they eat are from Canada’s Fraser River.

Though the dietary habits of killer whales may not seem like a big deal, the orcas and various salmon species are protected on both sides of the border.

Efforts to revive endangered species that share the same ecosystem can become intertwined. ―It is fascinating (that) the whales specialize in a particular species, and the species they focus on is one of the rarer ones and in some case protected,‖ said Michael Ford, the director of the conservation biology division at the National Marine Fisheries Science Center in Seattle. ―Recovery of the whales could be dependent on the recovery of salmon. It is all related.‖ Ford was among a group of U.S. and Canadian scientists who published the results of their study in the recent edition of the journal Endangered Species Research.

The problem of killer whales nibbling on declining salmon runs isn’t just an international one. Federal scientists say that Puget Sound killer whales may also be taking their toll on endangered salmon from California.

Though their numbers fluctuate, about 90 killer whales make up the southern resident population that swims the inland waters of Washington and British Columbia from south Puget Sound to the Strait of Georgia. From late spring to

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early fall, the whales stay in the inland waters. During the winter they’re known to roam the Pacific from northern California to Vancouver Island.

The whales weigh between 6,000 and 12,000 pounds each and can eat up to 300 pounds of fish a day.

From 2004 to 2008, scientists from both countries followed the orcas in small boats near the San Juan Islands in Washington state and the western Strait of Juan de Fuca in British Columbia. ―You could see them eating fish, a predator chasing their prey under our boat,‖ Ford said.

As the orcas were feeding, the scientists used swimming pool nets to collect fish scales, fish tissue and whale feces floating in the water.

―It’s an extremely reliable tool,‖ Hanson said.

Confirming previous studies, the scientists found that chinook, a relatively scarce species, topped the list of the orca’s favored prey. Using the DNA samples, however, they discovered that 80 percent to 90 percent of the chinook in the samples came from the Fraser River, and only 6 percent to 14 percent came from Puget Sound chinook stocks.

No one is quite sure why the orcas seemed hooked on chinook, particularly those from the Fraser River, Hanson said.

Adult Male Chinook Salmon

―It’s not high tech,‖ said Brad Hanson, a wildlife biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service in Seattle and another of the study’s authors.

Whale feces can range from the size of a quarter to a piece that covers the bottom of the net.

Hanson said the scientists mostly relied on DNA from the fish scales and tissue.

Beginning in 2006, scientists have been building a DNA database for West Coast salmon that now includes 20,000 samples. While they can’t identify the particular stream a salmon comes from, they’re able to identify a particular watershed.

Adult Female Chinook Salmon

It could be because they’re relatively abundant during the summer months compared with other salmon species. Others have suggested the killer whales favor chinook because they’re larger — averaging roughly 20 pounds — and contain more fat than other salmon species.

Fraser River chinook are generally larger than those in Puget Sound, Hanson said. ―The bigger they are, the more bang for the buck,‖ he said.

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Nine populations of chinook found in the range of the killer whales are listed as either endangered or threatened. On the Fraser River, some returning runs of chinook were at record low levels in 2009, and Canadian fisheries officials are predicting ―very low‖ returns of summer chinook this year as a result of poor ocean survival rates. ―The research findings have implications for how Canadians manage their Fraser River stocks,” sa The ecological connection.

LATEST: An unpublished report

by NOAA scientist Dr. Brad Hanson et al documents predation by Southern Resident Killer Whales of Snake River and Upper Columbia chinook salmon in the Winter-Spring 2009. Feces collection from the L pod occurred several miles west of Cape Disappointment just north of the mouth of the Columbia River.

NOAA scientists have determined that ―perhaps the single greatest change in food availability for resident killer whales since the late 1800s has been the decline of salmon in the Columbia River basin.‖ said Brian Gorman, a spokesman for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Seattle.

Hanson said some of the scientists he works with want to get breath samples from the orcas, which could provide information on what chemicals

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the whales have been exposed to and whether they’re healthy.

The idea is to pass a piece of sample material, attached to a pole, though the plume exhaled through a whale’s blowhole when it breathes. ―It’s a challenge,‖ he said.

Les Blumenthal: 202-383-0008 From: Northwest Fisheries Commission

Indian

What’s good for Orca is good for fishermen Tribes and orcas have a lot in common. Together, we have always depended on the salmon for food.

our fisheries might affect orca populations.

The state and tribal comanagers have been driving down impacts from treaty and non-treaty fisheries for decades in response to declining salmon runs caused by lost and damaged habitat. Our harvest levels have dropped to the point that harvest reductions alone can no longer recover salmon.

Impacts caused by development, pollution and other factors have increased steadily and continue harming salmon 24 hours a day on every watershed.

The last 100 years have been hard on the tribes, the orcas and the salmon. Habitat loss and damage has pushed some salmon populations to the edge of extinction, threatening the orcas, tribal cultures and our treaty rights.

But instead of looking at the main causes for a weak local population of orcas, the federal government is asking us yet again to reconsider how we fish.

We just spent several years working with our salmon comanagers to develop a five-year plan to manage our Puget Sound chinook fisheries in light of the recovery needs for fish listed under the federal Endangered Species Act. Now, a half-step away from final approval, the federal government is asking us to go back to the drawing board and quickly produce a new two-year harvest plan that addresses how

Development and pollution are only a couple of factors that can hurt orca populations. Increasing ship traffic, military use of sonar and the growing popularity of whale watching all hurt orcas, increasing their stress levels and making it difficult for them to find food.

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About 10 years ago, a pod of orcas visited Dyes Inlet in the Suquamish Tribe’s fishing area.

The orcas were there for the same reason as tribal fishermen, to harvest chum salmon returning to Chico Creek.

Despite a slow season, tribal fisherman stopped fishing to let the orcas get their fill.

Since then, the Suquamish Tribe has spent millions of dollars and countless hours restoring the Chico Creek watershed, making sure that there will be enough salmon for everyone to share.

This is the kind of response we need to help orcas and salmon.

Nothing else will do.

Asking the salmon co-managers to write a shorter-term harvest plan in the meantime won’t get us one inch closer to figuring out what we need to do to help orcas. It just puts us back on the plan-writing treadmill, ignoring the main causes and best solutions for the problems that we, the orcas and the salmon all face.

We know what salmon need and we know what orcas need. They need each other and they need us to help them survive. What’s good for one is good for the other and each one of us.

As our fishing impacts go down, those impacts go up, yet we’re the ones held accountable.

Maybe developers, the U.S. Navy and whale watchers should be required come up with a plan to address how their actions over the next few years are going to affect orcas and salmon.

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In the meantime, the federal government needs to stop holding fishermen responsible for something that we all know is caused by lost and damaged salmon habitat.

Billy Frank Jr. is the chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission From: Save our Wild Salmon: Saving Snake River salmon will save Puget Sound killer whales - Research shows that orcas are hungry, need more chinook: Hormone research by scientists at University of Washington’s Center for Conservation Biology have found the ―data most strongly supports the reduced prey hypothesis‖ and concludes that ―it seems clear that mitigation efforts to increase number and quality of available prey to Southern resident killer whales will be an important first step towards assuring SRKW recovery."

The Threats Endangered Puget Orcas

Facing Sound

Killer whales, or orcas, are found all over the world. And yet their geographically distinct populations are actually genetically distinct populations.

That is, the Southern Resident orcas found during the summer in Washington’s Puget Sound do not travel with other orcas, will not breed with other orcas, have a highly particular diet, and exhibit a variety of social and family traits that are completely distinct from any other orcas on the planet.

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increased calf mortality, and drastically lower reproductive rates.

That’s where Columbia/Snake salmon come in.

Southern Residents feed primarily on chinook salmon. In fact, the government estimates that even at its current depleted population level, this population of fewer than 90 animals may require 1.75 million chinook each year.

But this endangered population faces several dangerous threats.

Their food is very often contaminated with long-lived poisons (PCBs and PBDEs).

Being dependant on a form of sonar called echolocation, they have suffered with the increased noise that accompanies increases is the size and number of vessels on Puget Sound.

Their population is so tiny (fewer than 90 whales) and their reproductive rates are so slow that it takes them a long time to add to their population. And, perhaps most importantly, these giant marine mammals require a lot of food – and they aren’t getting enough.

The federal agency responsible for trying to recover these whales won’t say which problem is ―primarily‖ responsible for their decline, but clearly these five-ton mammals cannot recover without enough food to eat.

Insufficient prey leads not only to starvation, but to increased mortality from disease and increased susceptibility to toxins,

When the Southern Resident orcas are in the San Juan Islands off the northwest coast of Washington, they feed overwhelmingly on salmon from Canada’s Fraser River. But when they leave this area and head into the Pacific each winter, they must rely on chinook salmon from the other major salmon rivers – the Sacramento, the Klamath, and the Columbia.

None of them is a shadow of what it used to be.

At the turn of the last century, up to 30 million salmon returned to the Columbia-Snake River Basin, making it the most productive salmon-producing river system in the world. But today, only one percent of that

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historic number returns to spawn. Chinook (like other salmon populations) have plummeted, due largely to dam construction and habitat degradation on the Columbia and its largest tributary, the Snake, which have wiped out entire runs and severely limited the food supply of Puget Sound orcas. All species of chinook salmon on the Columbia- Snake are either listed as endangered or already extinct. This has proved devastating for the salmon, the fishermen, and now the killer whales.

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Leading Northwest scientists and orca advocates have called for the government to remove the four outdated federal dams on the lower Snake River. They say this will restore Columbia-Snake River salmon and renew a critical food source for endangered Puget Sound orca populations.

The science is clear that removing the four lower Snake River dams is the key to saving the Snake River’s four distinct salmon populations, including the chinook that are so important to the Southern Residents.

Coupled with appropriate harvest controls, sound land-use regulations, renewable energy alternatives and hatchery reform, lower Snake River dam removal could restore salmon abundance to 15 million acres of forest, high-desert and wilderness areas, for productive use by people, communities and iconic

predators like Resident orcas.

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Our readers write:

I read with great admiration and excitement this current issue of the Leader, May 2011.You have pulled together excellent factual information from the community and issues relative to fish farms.

The Southern Recovery

Resident Plan

The government initially opposed listing Southern Residents as an endangered species. After a federal court rejected the government’s position, Southern Residents were listed in 2005.

The government then developed a plan to help guide efforts to recovery Southern Residents to a healthy population. Prepared with input from the leading orca scientists in the United States and Canada, the plan contains two findings that should remain front and center as we contemplate the perils facing these spectacular icons of Puget Sound: “It is vital that meaningful increases in salmon abundance be achieved above and beyond those associated with periods of favorable ocean productivity.”

Fish farms have to be an item that needs to fade into the sunset and not rise again. Farming is one thing but having serious impacts on our native wild salmon cause greater non repairable damage to our native stocks.

The achievement of greater adversity to the fish farms is needed to help get them shut down. Issues such as the waste under the pens, is a dramatic adversity on the landscape below fish pens.

Much has gone into the issue and I am sure that future issues will bear the same fine quality as this one. Good job!

T. Schroedel, Olympia, WA Thank you for featuring the impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine to Bristol Bay Alaska in The Leader. D. Meadows, Corvallis, OR.

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Orca whales – “Group Skyhop” – Wishing Ric a Happy Birthday (May 28) while enjoying morning sunshine – Alert Bay © Alexandra Morton

The Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society is proud to endorse the never ending work by acclaimed whale researcher, Alexandra Morton and others dedicated to ensuring that orca whales will thrive to be enjoyed and respected by this and future generations.

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The Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society, in partnership with the University of British Columbia, Proudly Presents

2012 International Farmed Salmon Symposium Current Research, Agency Positions, Advocacy, First Nations Perspectives, Benefits:Cost, Impacts, Industry Positions

University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada

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Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society

Online Auction: June 1 – June 14, 2011 (No bids posted until June 1)

SteelheadSalmon@yahoo.com High bids will be posted daily at: http://NWSSCS.blogspot.com Item 1: “Listening to Whales”

by Alexandra Morton Opening Bid: $50.00

Signed and dated with personal note from Ms. Morton Item 2: Ross Reel - Colorado 2 With original box, instructions, warranty, Cabela’s reel case, reel pouch Excellent Condition Opening Bid: $75.00

Item 4: South Bend, Oren-O-Matic No: 1130, Model D Very Good Condition Opening Bid: $20.00

Item 3: Ross Reel - Colorado 3 With original box, instructions, warranty, Cabela’s reel case, reel pouch Excellent Condition Opening Bid: $75.00

Item 5: South Bend, Oren-O-Matic No: 1140, Model D Good Condition Opening Bid: $20.00

The above fly reels are from Frank Lockhard’s personal collection

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June 2011 Important: Nuna Resources May 6, 2011

A message from Nunamta Aulukestai

Dear Hunting and Angling Supporters of Bristol Bay:

Please click here to read Nunamta Aulukestai's response to Nuna Resources' letter...

Click here for a recent news story in which the Pebble Partnership acknowledges it is a contributor to Nuna Resources and details a few of the financial ties between Nuna’s board members and the Pebble Partnership.

The Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society formally endorsed efforts to oppose the proposed Pebble Mine.

Additionally, the SSCS is urging our members and supporters to contact key members of Congress (Norm Dicks, Senator Cantwell and others) to take a hard look at the science before considering a potentially catastrophic mine in this region that provides jobs, food and recreation for so many Washington voters. (See page 14 of this issue of THE LEADER for sample language you can use when you contact your Representative and Senators).

In February, we delivered a letter from over 360 hunting and angling organizations and businesses from all across the USA and a few foreign countries to the Environmental Protection Agency urging permanent protection of Bristol Bay, Alaska’s biggest wild salmon fishery and one of the planet’s truly premier sport fishing and hunting destinations.

As a signer to that letter, some of you may have recently received a letter from Nuna Resources requesting that you remove your name from the letter. While we certainly respect and welcome all perspectives on this issue, we feel obligated to share some additional information about Nuna Resources with you: Nuna Resources is a newly-formed Bristol Bay organization that legally represents only a few people from the Bristol Bay region.

The Pebble Partnership, the very company that is trying to build the Pebble Mine, directly employs one of the five people on Nuna’s Board of Directors.

Nuna claims to represent local interests but they fail to mention that the region is nearly unanimous in its opposition to the Pebble Mine; a survey in 2009 showed that 80% of local residents are opposed to Pebble. Nearly every Native and commercial fishing organization in Bristol Bay has called on the Environmental Protection Agency to take a hard look at Pebble and to protect Bristol Bay's salmon fishery. This includes the Bristol Bay Native Corporation (representing 8,000 shareholders), the Bristol Bay Native Association (representing 31 federally recognized tribes) the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association (representing the entire drift net commercial fishing fleet - over 1,000 fishermen), dozens of sport fishing and hunting operators…the list goes on.

In the past two weeks, Nuna Resources has contacted hundreds of concerned salmon consumers, jewelers, church leaders and sporting groups asking them to stay out of Bristol Bay. We respect Nuna’s position but the fact is that you were invited to participate in this national effort precisely because local people have asked for - and need - your support. Please see the following response from the Native community expressing their gratitude for your continued support of their cause and their response to Nuna's attacks.

We encourage you to contact us anytime with questions, concerns, or suggestions. We are in this together.

Sincerely,

Http://NWScott SSCHed S.blogspot.com Director, Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska Scott@SportsmansAlliance4AK.org office/mobile: 605.351.1646

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SSCS – Recommended Reading

As you read Alexandra Morton’s “Listening to Whales”, you’ll find yourself living a life of modern day adventure learning all you can about the magnificent, Northern Resident families of the A pod of orca ―Killer‖ whales.

Ms. Morton, a highly regarded research biologist, weaves her personal life with her vocation of studying orca whales, the salmon they rely on and impacts of a developing industry; famed Atlantic salmon in British Columbia’s once pristine marine waterways. ―Listening to Whales‖ is a difficult book to put down once you begin to read it, Ms. Morton’s sometimes colorful language is balanced with heartwarming relationships she enjoys with her family. neighbors, colleagues and of course, the whales. The use of her sketches and photographs throughout ―Listening to Whales‖ helps bring to life for the readers twenty five years of whale research while living in a remote, yet breathtaking community.

Jim Wilcox, SSCS Secretary and Treasurer

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SSCS Membership News 2011 SSCS Conservationist of the Year

Bruce Treichler, Olympia Bruce Treichler of Olympia was recently recognized as Conservationist of the Year by the Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society for his efforts the past two years to help develop one or more community supported, basinwide flood damage prevention strategies for the Chehalis River basin.

Bruce continues to work tirelessly with members of the Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority and members of the Chehalis Basin Partnership as well as with elected officials (local, state and federal), tribal leaders, business owners, conservation organizations and individuals.

Bruce’s extraordinary example as a steward of our natural resources sets the bar for others to work toward in order to protect human lives, safety, health and property along with our precious natural resources in the event of future major rainstorms in the Chehalis River basin.

Thank you, Bruce!

For more information regarding the Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society, please visit http://NWSSCS.blogspot.com .

SSCS Continues to Attract Respected Conservationists Welcome Aboard Bart Madison (Tacoma) and Hal Michael (Olympia) Note: SSCS Membership Application on Page 15

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Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society Annual General Meeting Earth Day Celebration Silent Auction Highlights The purpose of the 2011 SSCS Annual General Meeting was to solidify this very young organization. During this meeting we shared past successes and plans for the future. Those attending the meeting came away with the understanding that the SSCS is here to stay and that we are serious about protecting and restoring our unique outdoor legacy by working on and endorsing community based conservation projects .

The 2011 AGM attracted SSCS Executive Officers and Conservation Directors from as far away as Vancouver, British Columbia. We were joined by Lewis County Commissioner Bill Schulte and his wife Susie and by Jan Strong from the Chehalis River Basin Land Trust. Bart Madison (Tacoma TU) and his son Edward also joined us as did several other guests.

Key issues discussed during the afternoon business meeting included:  SSCS endorsement of community based conservation projects during our first year  SSCS involvement on Chehalis River basin flood risk management issues  Farmed salmon issues (public health, environment, economy, culture) – especially in British Columbia  Removal of earthen dams such as four lower Snake River dams, Elwha dams and Marmot dam  Opposition to the proposed Pebble Mine in the Bristol Bay watershed (Alaska)  SSCS-hosted, Chehalis basin flood damage prevention symposium - Chehalis basin – 10/2011  SSCS-hosted, farmed salmon symposium – University of British Columbia – 6/2012 During the meeting, longtime friend and fellow conservationist, Bart Madison, became the newest Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society member. Welcome aboard, Bart.

Thanks to our corporate supporters and the generosity of SSCS members and guests, we had a wonderful silent auction, which included several items from Frank Lockhard’s personal collection. Below are a few the photos taken during the 2011 SSCS Earth Day Dinner and Silent Auction.

“Frog on a Branch:” CE ¼

by Alan Steeves

Four, one day sea kayak rentals from Alpine Experience, Olympia

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Hand crafted birdhouse

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The barbequed salmon and ribs (thanks to Ric), salads (thanks to Sue) and cake (thanks to Bruce and Jann) were enjoyed by friends during a beautiful Spring day (pictured left to right: Lael Hoppler, Terry Turner, Alan Steeves)

Lewis County Commissioner Bill Schulte and Jann Hoppler visit over some really good food

Longtime friends and fellow SSCS members, Terry Turner and Bart Madison discuss Cowlitz River steelhead and salmon recovery

Alan Steeves (SSCS International Conservation Director and accomplished artist in center) presents “Frog on a Branch� to Ric Abbett (SSCS President and CEO on right) and Bruce Treichler (SSCS Vice President on left) left)

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Pebble Mine - Bristol Bay Alaska Call to Action BRISTOL BAY - CALL TO ACTION - WASHINGTON STATE VOTERS Now is the time for you to contact your Congressional Representative and US Senators regarding the proposed Pebble Mine to be located in the Bristol Bay watershed.

The following is sample text for your e-mail message, letter or phone call to your representative and senators: Message: Use your own words Congressman, Congresswoman, Representative, Senator, The Bristol Bay fishery is important to me because_____. o Bristol Bay contributes to my local business/constituents through____ o Food o Opportunity to fish and hunt o Commercial fishery o Sporting Good sales o Bristol Bay is threatened by what will be North America’s largest hard rock mine built at the top of the watershed of the largest wild salmon fishery in the world. o This threatens, over 10,000 long term jobs in commercial fishing, Sportfishing/outfitting and food processing, much of which is based in Washington State, as well as a over $500 million annual industry of combined Sportfishing and Commercial Fishing. o This year a projected 39 million sockeye will return to Bristol Bay Currently the EPA is completing a review under section 404c of the Clean Water Act. We need your support of this effort to take a hard look at the science before considering a potentially catastrophic mine in this region that provides jobs, food and recreation for so many Washington voters.

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Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society Membership Application Please return your completed application and check to: SSCS Membership 3322 104th Avenue SW Olympia, WA, 98512 Your joining the Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society is truly appreciated. Your completed application for a membership will be evaluated by the SSCS Membership Chairman. You’ll be notified via an e-mail message regarding your SSCS membership status. Thank you for your interest in protecting and restoring the unique Pacific Northwest outdoors and our way of life.

Sponsored By: __________________________________________ Date Approved by SSCS: _________________________________ Your name: (print) __________________________________________________ Your address: (street)____________________________(city)________________ (state)__________(country) ________(postal code)____________ Your e-mail address:_________________________________________________ Your phone number:_________________________________________________ Membership Fee Structure – please select one: O Life: $1,000

Annual membership level: O Chinook: $500 O Steelhead: $100 O River Steward: $50 O Undergraduate: $35 O Student (12 – 18): $20 O Senior (62+): $20 O Commercial sponsor: $250

For those who want to support the SSCS conservation efforts beyond memberships, please select the “Donate” button on the SSCS website at http:NWSSCS.blogspot.com Every $10 tax deductable donation helps.

Thank you

What personal or professional skills will you contribute as a member of the Steelhead and Salmon Conservation Society?

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Process Restoration: forestland, floodplain, wetland Science: Fisheries, Wildlife, Soils, Hydrology, Geology. Economy Legal Membership development Communication Http://NWSSCS.blogspot.com Marketing Project Management Other _____________________

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