Salmon-Safe works to keep urban and agricultural watersheds in the Pacific Northwest clean enough for native salmon to spawn and thrive.

As a leading U.S. ecolabel, Salmon-Safe offers peer-reviewed certification programs for farms and vineyards, urban development, transportation infrastructure, municipal park systems, and other large-scale land management and development.

Salmon-Safe has become one of the nation’s leading ecolabels with more than 115,000 acres of farm and urban lands certified in Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Wyoming and British Columbia. Through our peer-reviewed certification and accreditation program, we are leading the movement to implement farming practices and developments that ...

Salmon-Safe certifies sites and accredits practices that protect water quality and native salmon habitat, providing public-facing endorsement of environmental performance. Salmon-Safe’s thorough, science-based standards make Salmon-Safe the most relevant land-use certification for the Pacific Northwest.

** Salmon-Safe limited-use restrictions apply to any pesticide containing copper, including copper hydroxide, copper ammonium hydroxide, copper carbonate, copper oxide, and others.

Dec 22, 2011 · “Salmon safe” farm operations adopt conservation practices that protect water quality and help restore wildlife habitat in salmon watersheds. These practices include efficient water use, integrated pest management (IPM) and soil conservation.

Salmon-Safe is a third-party certification program that recognizes and rewards responsible, eco-friendly management practices that protect Pacific salmon habitat and enhance water quality on agricultural and urban lands.

Oct 4, 2023 · Salmon-Safe works around the Pacific Northwest to incentivize the transition to farming practices and urban development that protect water quality, maintain watershed health and restore habitat.

The Salmon-Safe Standards were inspired by more than a decade of work by the Salmon-Safe US Agriculture Project team, who worked with producers to improve their land management practices to mitigate impacts to salmon.

Salmon-Safe utilized federal grant funding to expand its Columbia River Pledge that asks farmers, contractors, and others to commit to specific steps to improve water quality – and thus salmon habitat.