About : Salmon-Safe

Welcome to Salmon-Safe. More than a decade after first certifying farms in Oregon's Willamette Valley, Salmon-Safe has become one of the nation's leading regional eco labels with more than 60,000 acres of farm and urban lands certified in Oregon, Washington, and California. The Salmon-Safe retail campaign has been featured in 250 supermarkets and natural food stores, delivering important marketplace benefits to participating landowners.

Founded by Pacific Rivers Council, Salmon-Safe is now an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Portland Oregon. Our mission is to transform land management practices so Pacific salmon can thrive in West Coast watersheds.

Salmon-Safe works across the West Coast through our Partner Network. Established at our Salmon-Safe Summit in 2007, the Partner Network consists of place-based conservation organizations and watershed groups as well as collaborating certification organizations.  Founding organizations Stewardship Partners, Oregon Tilth, LIVE, Marin Organic, Applegate River Watershed Council, NBIS and National Fish & Wildlife Foundation have been joined by Vinea and Trout Unlimited. Salmon-Safe seeks to extend the range of the Network in key agricultural and urban watersheds throughout the West Coast range of Pacific salmon.

In July 2010, Salmon-Safe joined with two leading Canadian conservation organizations, Pacific Salmon Foundation and Fraser Basin Council, to expand Salmon-Safe certification across British Columbia.