Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association
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Formation | 1990 |
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Purpose | Restoring sustainable wild salmon runs in Whatcom County |
Headquarters | Bellingham, Washington |
Executive Director | Rachel Vasak |
Parent organization | Washington State Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group Program |
Website | www |
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) was formed in 1990 as a non-profit organization with an overall goal of seeing an increase in returning natural spawning salmon to the over 1,600 km of rivers and streams in Whatcom County, Washington in the United States. The association was formed as part of Washington State's Regional Fisheries Enhancement Groups Program established by the Washington State Legislature in 1990 to involve local communities, citizen volunteers, and landowners in the state's salmon recovery efforts. NSEA is one of 14 groups in Washington State each with the common goal of restoring salmonid populations and habitat within their region.[1]
Whatcom County is home to the five species of Pacific salmon
The main focus of the NSEA is to restore lowland riparian areas. These areas are commonly impacted by human activities such as
See also
- Conservation biology
- Conservation ethic
- Conservation movement
- Ecology
- Ecology movement
- Environmentalism
- Environmental movement
- Environmental protection
- Habitat conservation
- List of environmental organizations
- Natural environment
- Natural capital
- Natural resource
- Renewable resource
- Sustainable development
- Sustainability
References
- ^ "Volunteer Opportunities Regional Fisheries Enhancement Groups (RFEG)". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ISBN 0-7432-2220-2.
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