Unless we change course now, these iconic salmon and orcas may be extinct in our lifetime
Vision
We can save the iconic salmon and orcas and maintain clean, abundant, reliable power, if we act now and rethink how we're managing the lower Snake River system.
Read MoreMission
Achieve the largest river basin restoration in history by removing the four dams on the lower Snake River and restoring 140 miles of free-flowing river.
Read MoreUrgency
We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with leaders and communities, but we must change course now or these salmon and orcas will go extinct in our lifetime.
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[seattletimes.com] Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Gov. Jay Inslee are setting the wheels in motion to begin a regionwide assessment of dam breaching on the…
[time.com] Two powerful Democrats from the Pacific Northwest are launching a formal review to study the possibility of removing four hydropower dams currently in…
[doi.gov] WASHINGTON —The Biden-Harris administration today announced an important step to chart a path forward in a longstanding Columbia River Basin conflict regarding the operation of…
[usnews.com] A state report says four federal hydroelectric dams along the Snake River in Washington state bring both benefits and liabilities to the region, and…
[publicnewsservice.org] SEATTLE - A report on the future of the Snake River in southeast Washington comes out today.
The Lower Snake River Dams Stakeholder draft report relies on…
[seattletimes.com] I was born into a family of grape growers and cattle ranchers. I was taught to honor hard work and keep a strong environmental…
[q13fox.com] Dozens of scientists are urging lawmakers to breach four dams along Eastern Washington's Snake River, declaring salmon are at risk of going extinct if…
[eenews.net] The decadeslong Pacific Northwest salmon war may be nearing the end.
But it's economics, not fish, that could be the demise of four dams…
[spokanepublicradio.org] The Yakama Nation is calling for the removal of three lower Columbia River dams — Bonneville, The Dalles and John Day — in an…
[seattletimes.com] The Yakama and Lummi nations called Monday for taking down the Bonneville, The Dalles and John Day hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River to…
The Numbers
Extinction is forever. dams are not.
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Square miles is the size of the Columbia-Snake River Basin
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Miles of pristine, high-elevation salmon spawning habitat exist in the Snake River
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Orcas remain in the Pacific-Northwest region
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Dams in total on the Snake River, 4 on the Lower Snake River
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