Stephen Pfeiffer 10/16/24 Stephen Pfeiffer 10/16/24

Salmon Recovery & Energy Transition Update

Tess McEnroe 8/19/24 Tess McEnroe 8/19/24

Kayeloni Scott credits salmon to have helped elevate her to Director of the Columbia-Snake Campaign

Stephen Pfeiffer 4/18/24 Stephen Pfeiffer 4/18/24

Lower Snake Dams are a Major Source of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - New Study Finds

Stephen Pfeiffer 11/15/23 Stephen Pfeiffer 11/15/23

Salmon Recovery Update: Litigation Still on Hold As Parties Chart New Course for Region

IRU Staff 9/27/23 IRU Staff 9/27/23

Presidential Memorandum directs federal agencies to restore healthy and abundant salmon populations across the Columbia River Basin

Stephen Pfeiffer 9/1/23 Stephen Pfeiffer 9/1/23

Salmon campaign update, summer 2023

Stephen Pfeiffer 8/18/23 Stephen Pfeiffer 8/18/23

60 day Notice on Hot Water Litigation & How it Relates to Endangered Sockeye

Stephen Pfeiffer 11/21/22 Stephen Pfeiffer 11/21/22

Bonneville Power Administration must get on board with salmon recovery & dam removal

Stephen Pfeiffer 10/13/22 Stephen Pfeiffer 10/13/22

NOAA Report Finds Lower Snake River Dam Breaching as “Centerpiece Action” for Salmon Recovery

Stephen Pfeiffer 8/19/22 Stephen Pfeiffer 8/19/22

IRU & NGOs to stay in litigation for LSRDs

Stephen Pfeiffer 8/19/22 Stephen Pfeiffer 8/19/22

“High” salmon returns in 2022 are not a sign of true, sustainable numbers

Tess McEnroe 7/18/22 Tess McEnroe 7/18/22

The Grand Salmon team finishes their 1,000 mile source to sea journey.

IRU Staff 7/12/22 IRU Staff 7/12/22

White House releases new reports on salmon recovery

Tess McEnroe 6/20/22 Tess McEnroe 6/20/22

“The Grand Salmon” team welcomed by Nez Perce in Lewiston, where the Snake River ‘is dead.’

Stephen Pfeiffer 6/15/22 Stephen Pfeiffer 6/15/22

TAKE ACTION: Public comment period open for Murray / Inslee draft report

Stephen Pfeiffer 5/19/22 Stephen Pfeiffer 5/19/22

Murray/Inslee & Salmon Recovery Update

Lower Granite Dam

Tess McEnroe 5/11/22 Tess McEnroe 5/11/22

Spirit of the Waters Totem Journey tours the Pacific Northwest

Tess McEnroe 4/19/22 Tess McEnroe 4/19/22

American Rivers names the Snake as #2 on the Most Endangered Rivers® List of 2022

Stephen Pfeiffer 12/16/21 Stephen Pfeiffer 12/16/21

Columbia Basin Collaborative Meeting Recap

The Columbia Basin Collaborative’s (CBC) Integration and Recommendations Group held its first official meeting late last month virtually over Zoom. This was the first of a year-long series of meetings focused on regional salmon recovery that originated from a four-state agreement signed last fall.

Stephen Pfeiffer 11/17/21 Stephen Pfeiffer 11/17/21

What happens to fish populations when dams are removed?

Science has consistently demonstrated for three decades that removal of the Lower Snake River Dams is imperative to save Idaho’s wild salmon populations. But what actually happens to fish populations when dams are removed? What do dam removal projects on other rivers show us about how anadromous fish populations respond to this event?

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