Welcome to Friends of the White Salmon River
The Mission of the Friends of the White Salmon River is to protect the White Salmon River and it’s watershed in order to restore and preserve the river and riparian habitats. This Mission, as reflected in FWSR’s history, has largely been achieved through education and advocacy but also through financial support of critical causes and recreation, such as leading hikes. As our efforts are all volunteer, 100% of our dues and donations go toward action and not compensation.
Here you’ll find updates and resource documents about the key issues facing the river and its riparian habitat. In addition to newspaper articles, editorials and letters from the public you’ll find pertinent government documents and academic articles, as well as links to the websites of other relevant organizations.
If you share our concerns there are announcements of upcoming meetings and sample letters to complete and send to community leaders. Finally, there are maps of the vicinity, the watershed and photos taken on Friends hikes.
And for some action, kayaking the White Salmon River courtesy of Jason Rackley:
http://www.oregonkayaking.net/vids/farmlands2.html
http://www.oregonkayaking.net/vids/kenobi.html
http://www.oregonkayaking.net/vids/green_truss.html
Thinking of some whitewater action, you can check out White Salmon River flows at the following site courtesy of USGS:
http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/uv/?site_no=14123500&agency_cd=USGS
Hopefully, what you read here will encourage you to get more involved in issues like Condit Dam, the Wild and Scenic River, watershed management (WRIA 29b) and Husum/BZ Rezoning.
Chairperson Pat Arnold:
“The time is NOW to begin to live within nature’s budget of renewable resources. Restoration of anadromous fish to the White Salmon and tributaries is a huge step toward that goal.”
