Watershed Watch Salmon Society is a science-based charity working to defend and rebuild B.C.’s wild salmon. The society was founded two decades ago by a small group of passionate conservationists. Led by ecologist Craig Orr, they noticed that while a lot of work relating to fisheries and habitat restoration was being done on the ground on local waterways, no one was pulling together the pieces to confront policy decisions at the federal and provincial levels. Craig and his associates launched Watershed Watch Salmon Society to fill that gap, offering scientific expertise to policymakers and highlighting the large-scale issues affecting local waterways, from fish farms to climate change.
Today, though Watershed Watch is still small, with a core staff of less than 10 people, we have grown into a highly effective advocacy organization. Our work is still grounded in sound science, and as always, we tackle the complex issues facing wild salmon through collaboration with other organizations and community groups.
Over the years, we’ve learned how to use digital tools to expand our reach, but at heart, we are still a bunch of fish enthusiasts. We love nothing more than getting out in the field in our rubber boots to collect data or maybe to swing some flies.
