Salmon Restoration: Putting Humpty Dumpty BackTogether

Volunteer Tracy Stoops hoists a chum salmon. These fish must navigate some of Western Washington’s warmest and lowest stream flows of the season when they spawn in fall. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

The largest summer chum salmon run since 1975 shows how Tribes are rebuilding both habitat and fish populations, defying odds and obstacles. This is nobody’s idea of easy work. Tribes’ unflagging commitment is one of the main reasons salmon still return to Puget Sound. For Global Ocean Health, that determination is also one of the main reasons why much of our work centers on partnership with Tribes.

The Seattle Times: Hood Canal salmon run sees booming recovery as fish face extinction

By Isabella Breda | Oct. 3, 2024