Our goal is to keep Alaska a place where wild salmon, and the people who depend on them, thrive.
At SalmonState, we work to keep Alaska’s wild salmon populations healthy. We defend salmon habitat and promote fish first policies. We want to ensure that Alaska remains the Salmon State: the home of the largest, healthiest, and most abundant wild salmon runs left on Earth.
Alaska’s salmon, which provide culture, food, income, employment, and recreation to Alaskans and beyond, face the same threats that eradicated salmon runs outside Alaska. They are too important to gamble.
SalmonState is an initiative begun, sustained, and powered by Alaskans.
We are housed at the New Venture Fund and collaborate with Alaskan nonprofits, indigenous governments, and other organizations. Each campaign is a unique mix of tribes, grassroots organizations, and stakeholders united to work toward our shared goal of ensuring we all have access to sustainable wild salmon in the future — whether that’s in our nets, backyard streams, or on the dinner table.