Salmon Nation is a bioregion defined by the traditional extent of wild Pacific salmon in North America - from the Salinas River in California to the North Slope of Alaska and from the ocean to the Rocky mountains. Salmon show us how we are connected to the land, the waters, and each other. 

After spending years in the open ocean - salmon make a great turn and journey back to the very streams and rivers they were born - nourishing and sustaining key ecosystems that support life in this region. From orcas to bears to trees - over 140+ species depend on salmon to thrive. We as humanity are trying to make that same turn - to come back home and remember forgotten ways of how to be in reciprocity with the land and each other. 

In this bioregion defined by salmon - indigenous people are reclaiming meaningful relationships to their lands and waters on their own terms, and playing an increasingly influential role in their territories’ cultural, economic, scientific and legal evolution. It is also where a symbiosis is emerging between old and new ways of living, of two-eyed seeing through both indigenous knowledge and western perspectives, of re-interpreting — through art, song, theater, new media, language, and unlikely collaborations in all manner of experiments at the watershed level — how we share wisdom and resources in ways that are more equitable, and ultimately richer and more meaningful for people and place.

Salmon Nation CoLabs is a part of a constellation of entities and people working with the Salmon Nation bioregional frame, including the Salmon Nation Trust a public benefit company whose purpose is to inspire, enable, and invest in regenerative development in our home and the Magic Canoe, a non profit dedicated to amplifying and uplifting stories of hope, connection, and ‘what works’ in Salmon Nation.