Now, if we could just stop killing wild steelhead...

...we might get somewhere with great non-profits like the Hoh River Trust working to protect spawning habitat one of the last pristine rivers left in the lower 48.-BW

Trust protects 7,000 acres along Hoh River

After nearly 10 years of work and more than $11 million, one of the largest single conservation efforts in Washington has permanently protected some 7,000 acres of land along the Hoh River.

The Associated Press

SEATTLE —

After nearly 10 years of work and more than $11 million, one of the largest single conservation efforts in Washington has permanently protected some 7,000 acres of land along the Hoh River.

The Seattle Times reports the lands purchased, plus those already protected within Olympic National Park, conserve nearly the entire length of the Hoh.

The effort, begun in 2001, was funded by a combination of federal, state and private money, totaling more than $11 million. The work was led by the Western Rivers Conservancy and Wild Salmon Center, nonprofit-conservation groups based in Portland.

They created the nonprofit Hoh River Trust in 2004 in Seattle.