Save Family Farming acknowledges the crucial role of salmon in our ecosystems. Salmon enrich river systems with essential nutrients that benefit all forms of life, including agricultural lands. Healthy salmon populations indicate robust watersheds, which are essential for providing clean water necessary for farming activities. Agriculture is dedicated to sincere collaborative efforts between farmers, tribal members, conservationists, and government agencies to achieve salmon recovery. A healthy and thriving salmon population is not achieved at the expense of agriculture. Farmers across the state have made significant innovations over the past decade to protect salmon and ensure continued water access and irrigation.

Save Family Farming understands that an honest commitment to salmon recovery requires a comprehensive examination of the multifaceted reality of this situation. Factors such as high pollution from urban runoff, changing ocean temperatures, and rampant pinniped predation need to be addressed.