LLTK Staff & Board

December 16th, 2011 -- [This article was originally published in the Island Sounder] The San Juan Islands Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers donated the

November 2nd, 2011 -- Long Live the Kings (LLTK) is pleased to announce that the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award in Salmon Conservation will be presented this month to William D. (Bill) Ruckelshaus.

October 10th, 2011 -- This year marks LLTK's 25th Anniversary and we are celebrating with a gala benefit dinner! Please join us as we reflect on highlights from more than two decades of work, and look ahead to the next 25 years. 

September 12th, 2011 -- Long Live the Kings and the Pacific Salmon Foundation will be hosting a session, convening both US and Canadian scientists and managers, at the 2011 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference to discuss wh

July 5th, 2011 -- LLTK is pleased to announce that Michael Schmidt, Director of Fish Programs, has been selected to be a member of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Hatchery Action Advisory Group.

July 5th, 2011 -- Washington Policy Center (WPC) announced on July 5th that its 2011 Environmental Innovator Award will be awarded to Long Live the Kings (LLTK). Each year WPC gives its Environmental Innovator Award to groups or individuals who have helped promote innovative and effective approaches to environmental sustainability.

June 19th, 2011 -- LLTK was thrilled to co-present a book event with Elliott Bay Bookstores on June 6. Author Paul Greenberg stopped in Seattle as part of a tour for the paperback release of FOUR FISH: The Future of the Last Wild Food, a New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller, and one of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010.

June 7th, 2011 -- Right now coastal waters in the Northwest are a'bustle; salmon are running, killer whales are showing up — and so are algae. Sometimes massive blooms of algae show up in coastal waters of the region, making shellfish unsafe to eat. These algae have a little–known cousin that's bad news for salmon. Ashley Ahearn reports from Puget Sound's San Juan Islands, and LLTK's Glenwood Springs Hatchery Manager Mike O'Connell is featured in her report.

December 16th, 2010 -- 2010 marked a leadership change at LLTK, the culmination of a significant long-term project, and the beginnings of several new initiatives. Learn more about what we accomplished, the new members who joined our Board of Directors, and the generous supporters who enabled our work by reading our  2010 Year-End Newsletter.

December 7th, 2010 -- In November, Long Live the Kings presented the first annual Lifetime Achievement Award in Salmon Conservation to Congressman Norm Dicks (D-WA), in recognition of his commitment to the recovery o