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Keep rivers flowing and save salmon
Summer is on its way. For all the warmth and joy the season brings, it can also mean danger for the fish in our rivers. Salmon need cool flowing water to migrate and spawn. Unfortunately, those flows have disappeared from many local streams. Every donation to WWT helps restore water to rivers for salmon. The first $10,000 donated until GiveBIG ends on May 7 will be matched!
Our mission is to protect and restore healthy rivers and streams across Washington so that fish, farms and communities can thrive for generations. We craft smart, collaborative solutions to our freshwater challenges that will withstand the test of time in our rapidly changing world.
Commonly thought of as a water-rich state, Washington's freshwater resources are at risk from past mismanagement, climate change, and increasing demand. The good news is we are doing something about it.
Since 1998, we have worked across the state from the San Juan Islands to the Palouse restoring water to thousands of river miles in more than 50 rivers and streams.
The Teanaway River, a critical tributary in the Yakima basin for salmon, steelhead and trout, struggled for many years, often running dry. Watch our short film Teanaway: A Stream Flows Again to see how people are coming together to help the river make a comeback.
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You can help Washington's beautiful rivers flow full and cool tomorrow and into the future.
Summer is on its way. For all the warmth and joy the season brings, it can also mean danger for the fish in our rivers. Salmon need cool flowing water to migrate and spawn. Unfortunately, those flows have disappeared from many local streams. Every donation to WWT helps restore water to rivers for salmon. The first $10,000 donated until GiveBIG ends on May 7 will be matched!
Washington Water Trust’s 2024 Annual Report is hot off the press! Last year was tough for our freshwater, but we made real streamflow restoration progress with our partners and supporters.
Our average winter 2025 temperatures have been above normal and precipitation levels have been below normal. We're working to keep rivers and streams flowing no matter the near-term conditions.
Thanks to our supporters and partners, this may be our biggest year EVER for permanently protecting water instream. See what's on tap for river restoration at WWT in 2025.
WWT has partnered with the City of Walla Walla and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to restore Mill Creek flows since 2021. We are excited to share that these restored Mill Creek flows are the first protected across the OR/WA border! This water is protected in both states and provides vital flow for Chinook salmon, steelhead, bull trout, and other fish.
WWT, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, and the Helensdale Reclamation District saw the need to restore Loup Loup Creek for steelhead and took action. The creek is now one of the most productive steelhead streams in the Okanogan Basin.
