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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Thank the Biden Administration for its commitments to protect Snake/Columbia River salmon - Urge it to uphold our nation's promises to tribes in 2022!

In the past year, the Biden Administration has begun to explore real 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 the same as the Murray/Inslee process: July 2022. We have an unprecedented opportunity today to save salmon, protect orca - and restore the Snake River.

More recently in March, the administration's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published a blogpost reflecting on 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 that we must act quickly, boldly and comprehensively to reverse these losses and begin to restore salmon abundance.

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.

We need you to speak for the salmon and the Snake River. Write CEQ Chair Brenda Mallory: thank her for her leadership and remind her of the urgency for action this year to protect salmon with a plan that restores the Snake River and its fish.

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The Biden Administration (CEQ)

Subject: Restore the lower Snake River for endangered salmon and orcas, and for Northwest tribes!

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Thank you for the March 28 blogpost from the Biden Administration concerning the plight of critically endangered salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia-Snake River Basin - and for recognizing the urgent need for bold and comprehensive action to protect them from extinction and to begin to rebuild their abundance. As the blog reflects, many Pacific Northwest salmon and steelhead populations face extinction today and time is running out to protect and recover them. I appreciate that you are meeting regularly with Northwest tribes about these issues. It is very important that we uphold the promises our nation made more than a century ago to Native American tribes. Healthy, abundant salmon populations - and healthy, resilient habitat that can support salmon - are essential to many tribal communities in the Northwest. Protecting and restoring endangered Snake River salmon must be a top priority for the Biden Administration. The Snake River Basin 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 many Northwest tribal cultures, diets, and economies. Salmon and steelhead deliver many benefits to the people, fish and wildlife, and ecosystems of our region - from the Rocky Mountains to the Salish Sea. But this is at grave risk today as these emblematic fish swim at the brink of extinction. Our precious home and these irreplaceable species face an increased threat due to climate change. Last summer, for example, thousands of returning adult salmon died before they could spawn due to the deadly hot waters in lower Columbia and lower Snake River reservoirs. Urgent action and continued leadership by the Biden Administration is needed. It’s time to remove the four federal dams on the lower Snake River to restore this historic river and its fish. I ask that the Biden administration work with Congress to develop and deliver a comprehensive regional solution that removes these four deadly federal dams and invests in our communities. Please use the administration's existing authority now to begin investing in actions that support dam removal and a transition to clean - and salmon-friendly - energy system in the Pacific Northwest. We need your continued leadership to bring abundance back to Northwest salmon, steelhead, and the many people, businesses and communities that depend on them. Thank you for your consideration and attention to these important and pressing issues. Sincerely,

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