Choose abundance.
Stop extinction.
Join the movement to make the Northwest more prosperous than ever.
We’re making incredible progress towards recovering Northwest salmon and orcas. There has never been more support and momentum for a comprehensive solution that includes removing the four lower Snake River dams and replacing the services they support.
The urgency is greater than ever. So is the opportunity for a solution that takes care of everybody.
Act Now: We must take advantage of this historic momentum and growing urgency.
1. Northwest Residents: Urge your representatives to pledge to support salmon recovery.
The Biden Administration has established healthy and abundant salmon as a priority for the federal government. This is an important step to uphold the commitments made to Northwest Tribes and recover healthy and abundant salmon and steelhead throughout the Columbia/Snake River Basin.
Now we need elected officials to work with President Biden and federal agencies to ensure these priorities are urgently implemented.
2. Stand with Native youth. Tell the Biden Administration it’s time to act.
The Biden Administration must develop, fund, and implement a comprehensive strategy that upholds their legal obligations to Northwest tribes, restores abundant salmon populations, and removes the four federal dams on the lower Snake River.
3. Show up with your community.
Join the people and communities who are coming together throughout the region to advocate for an abundant future and apply pressure on our elected leaders.
4. Learn more about salmon restoration and the solution.
We’re facing a crisis: salmon and steelhead, along with the orcas that eat them, are on the verge of extinction. If we don’t act immediately, these iconic species—anchors of ecosystems, cultures, and economies that cannot be replaced—will disappear forever.
But we have an opportunity. We can restore salmon to abundance and benefit us all by investing in Northwest communities to make sure nobody is left behind.
What’s happening now
Washington State legislature approves big investments in transition priorities
Several salmon and steelhead priorities and budget provisos were approved during the Washington State 2023 legislative session. Through these processes, Washington will develop a blueprint for how to make dam breaching feasible while leaving no community behind.
Washington State Report recommends dam removal
Senator Patty Muarry (D-WA) and Washington Governor Jay Inslee released their final report and recommendations which stated that the services currently provided by the four lower Snake River dams can be replaced or mitigation, and that dam removal is our best chance to stop salmon and steelhead extinction.
Northwest Tribal Nations lead in calling for the Biden Administration to take action
The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians passed a resolution in January 2023 calling for “bold action for salmon and river restoration in the Columbia Basin.”
Supporters
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Did you know that half of all available coldwater salmon and steelhead habitat in the lower 48 states is right here in the Snake River basin?
For millennia, salmon and steelhead swam by the millions across the Northwest. From the Snake and Columbia Rivers to the Pacific Ocean and back again, salmon sustain all walks of life along their journey, including iconic Southern Resident orcas.
To this day, salmon are the heart of Northwest tribal cultures, diets, and economies. We have the salmon to thank for the health of our communities from the Rocky Mountains to the Salish Sea.
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Now is our opportunity. We can stop extinction and lead the largest salmon restoration in history while honoring the rights of tribes and Indigenous people who were promised abundant salmon by the United States in treaties.