The Nature Conservancy. Protecting nature. Preserving life.™

In Alaska’s Tongass and in Bristol Bay, people are speaking up for wild salmon. It’s not surprising – polling by The Nature Conservancy showed 96 percent of those surveyed in Alaska believed salmon “is essential to the Alaska way of life.” 

You can hear Alaskans speaking up in radio messages on many public radio stations in Alaska, or you can listen to them here:

• Sen. Mark Begich
• Susie Brito, Dillingham mom and member of commercial fishing family
• Cora Campbell, Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game
• Dale Kelly, Alaska Trollers’ Association
• Sen. Lisa Murkowski
• Timothy Nick, Dillingham commercial fishing permit holder (in English)
• Timothy Nick, Dillingham commercial fishing permit holder (in Yup’ik)
• Jon Rowan, Klawock subsistence fisherman
• Spencer Severson, Sitka commercial fisherman
• Bruce Wallace, United Fishermen of Alaska

These messages are brought to you by the Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund, Sitka Conservation Society, Trout Unlimited, and The Nature Conservancy.