Ask the Biden Administration to remove the Snake River dams to protect salmon and orcas, uphold our nation's promises to Tribes!

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National Day of Action: Ask the Biden Administration today to stop salmon extinction!

Right now, the Biden Administration is exploring durable science-based solutions for protecting endangered salmon and steelhead in the Snake/Columbia rivers. Last October the administration joined the Nez Perce Tribe, State of Oregon, and conservation/fishing plaintiffs to pause 20+ years of litigation and begin discussions to develop a long-term plan to protect fish facing extinction today. The deadline for these talks is rapidly approaching: July 31, 2022. We have an unprecedented opportunity today to save salmon, protect orca - and restore the Snake River.

Just a few weeks ago, the administration's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published a blogpost reflecting on its recent conversations with Northwest Tribes. You can read it here: Columbia River Basin Fisheries here - Working Together to Develop a Path Forward.

The blogpost demonstrates the administration's appreciation of the importance of salmon in tribal and non-tribal communities in the Northwest. It acknowledges the devastating declines of salmon in the Columbia Basin and across the region and its impacts on people and other fish and wildlife populations, including orcas. The blogpost recognizes we must act quickly, boldly, and comprehensively to reverse these losses and begin to restore salmon abundance and heal communities.

This year, the Northwest and the nation must decide, develop and deliver a comprehensive regional plan to restore the lower Snake River and invest in its communities. Time is running out. Snake River salmon and steelhead - and their irreplaceable benefits - are at risk of disappearing forever. All four populations face extinction today and their numbers are dwindling fast. The science is clear: removing the lower Snake River dams must be the cornerstone of any effective strategy.

Please use your voice to stand up for wild salmon and the Snake River. Write CEQ Chair Brenda Mallory: thank her for her leadership and ask her for bold action this year by advancing a comprehensive plan to restore the Snake River and its imperiled fish.

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Contact your elected officials today! “Salmon, orca and communities need your leadership!”

The Biden Administration (CEQ)

Subject: We must stop salmon extinction!

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The Snake River basin is irreplaceable—it is home to half of all available Pacific salmon and steelhead coldwater habitat in the lower 48 states. For millennia, salmon and steelhead swam by the millions across this basin, and to this day, salmon are the heart of Northwest tribal cultures, diets, and economies. Historically we have salmon to thank for the health of communities from the Rocky Mountains to the Salish Sea—but this is at grave risk today as our wild salmon and steelhead swim at the brink of extinction. This unique landscape and the one-of-a-kind species that calls it home faces extinction today. Just last summer, thousands of salmon suffocated in hot water in the Columbia-Snake River Basin. Adult steelhead returns were among the worst on record. The Southern Resident orcas are critically endangered as well due to a lack of prey - chinook salmon. It is our responsibility to protect these iconic species from extinction. It’s time to remove four federal dams and restore a resilient, freely-flowing lower Snake River. Without urgent action, we will lose these fish and their irreplaceable benefits forever. I am writing today to call on the Biden Administration to fulfill its promises to address the climate crisis and uphold the commitments our nation made to Northwest Tribes 150 years ago. I ask you to work with Congress to develop and begin to implement a comprehensive solution this year that invests in our communities and includes the removal of the four lower Snake River dams as soon as possible. The administration and should use its existing authority this year to advance progress toward dam removal and a rapid transition to clean energy and other services. Thank you for your leadership to restore abundance to Northwest salmon, steelhead, and the many people, businesses and communities who depend upon them.

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