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Your voice matters – speak up for rivers & fisheries today
Washington state is requesting public input on a survey to determine recreational interests and opportunities in and along the Lower Snake River, should it return to a free-flowing state. Do you raft, hike, bike, kayak, hunt, fish, or bird? Share your vision and priorities for a healthy restored river and what it means to you, your community, and/or your business. The benefits of a restored lower Snake River would be enormous for our region – including opportunities for Tribal cultural sites restoration, protection, and education, and significantly expanded recreation/outdoor activities. The deadline is January 7th, 2025.
Hold BPA accountable for salmon
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Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) reliance on the four Lower Snake River dams (LSRDs) as a piece of the federal hydrosystem is no longer viable or economical. Holding on to the dams suppresses the potential recovery of salmon runs in Idaho, leaving these fish at risk of near-term extinction. The legal, environmental, economic, and cultural implications associated with vulnerable Snake River salmon populations necessitate BPA to proactively plan for replacing the dams' energy generation. The Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative (CBRI) is a regional Tribal-State blueprint for recovering native fish and restoring water quality while modernizing our infrastructure and building-out the energy grid to meet future demands. The CBRI builds on decades of science pointing to the LSRDs as a primary salmon survival bottleneck and includes dam removal as a centerpiece action. Crosscutting all of this is a rapidly warming climate that will bring less snow, earlier runoff, and more frequent and severe droughts across the Northwest, all of which negatively impact the viability of our aging hydropower system.
Mining Reform
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Take a moment to add your voice to our growing petition to modernize the 1872 Mining Law that governs hard rock mining on all Federal public lands.
