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Home  >  E-News  >  It takes a river of people to bring the salmon home (E-News, 11 Feb 2022)

It takes a river of people to bring the salmon home (E-News, 11 Feb 2022)

Join us in casting a look here at all that we’ve accomplished together in the first several years of our Bringing the Salmon Home initiative:

Indigenous-Led Governance

  • Developed Indigenous-led governance structures, policies and processes to support our ongoing collaborative work.
  • Developed a Strategic Direction Framework and implemented workplans.

Indigenous Knowledge

  • The Interim Indigenous Knowledge Guidance Committee met regularly to provide recommendations on the role of Indigenous Knowledge and its formal integration into the organizational structure, policies, and activities.
  • The Indigenous Knowledge Counsel was established to provide regular guidance to all of the working groups.

Technical Studies

  • Developed a multi-year research plan.
  • Three technical studies launched, led by the three Indigenous Nations, designed to inform salmon reintroduction feasibility:
    • Synthesis and standardization of knowledge around salmon habitat in the Canadian Columbia River.
    • Risk assessment for a multi-year salmon reintroduction.
    • Learning design for a salmon reintroduction release into the Canadian Columbia River.

Communications and Engagement

  • Ongoing outreach to strengthen working relationships with US Tribal Nations, hydro owners/operators, local governments, and other community interests and groups.
  • Artists from each Indigenous Nation contributed to the unified design for the Bringing the Salmon Home logo.
  • Youth from each of the three Nations were mentored in digital skills to help produce the website.
  • Public engagement launched with the successful Bringing the Salmon Home Festival in May 2021; 3,000+ people registered for online events.
  • Core communications channels developed including social media platforms and the ColumbiaRiverSalmon.ca website.
  • Subscribers have grown rapidly over the past year, including:
    • 1,500 e-newsletter subscribers
    • 1,200 followers across social media channels
    • over 8,000 views of festival videos
    • 700+ people and 80 organizations have signed the online Bringing the Salmon Home Supporters list
  • Outreach & Engagement Organizers with the three Indigenous Nations are rolling out coordinated activities.

Thank you for your continued interest and support.

~Bringing the Salmon Home: The Columbia River Salmon Reintroduction Team

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