"Salmon Recovery Would Be Enormous For All Of Us, Because We All Depend on Salmon."

Chief Jerry Jack, Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation

As 2025 draws to a close, we’re looking back at some of the big wins for salmon this year.

In September, a threatened population of Chinook salmon benefited from $1.3 million worth of restoration work in the Nootka Sound region of Vancouver Island.

Just a month after construction was completed, hundreds of salmon were seen spawning at the restored site.

“This project is a big deal,” says Jason Hwang, Chief Program Officer and Vice President of Salmon, PSF. “It’s a big deal in terms of the money going into it, but it’s also going to be a big deal in terms of the benefits to salmon and to this river.”

The work revitalized spawning habitat in the Muchalat watershed, a system that has been heavily impacted by logging and climate change.

Thank you to Nootka Sound Watershed Society, Ecofish Research, a Trinity Consultants Canada team, Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation for collaborating for salmon!

Learn more about the project: https://psf.ca/blog/vancouver-island-chinook-restoration/

(Write up and photo credits - Pacific Salmon Foundation)