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It’s Time to Bring the Salmon Home to a Restored Lower Snake River

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By Tanya Riordan Not long ago, the Columbia-Snake River Basin was the most prolific salmon-producing landscape in the continental United States.Dozens of populations across this great basin, however, have been driven to extinction. Today in the Snake River, the Columbia River’s largest tributary, less than 1% of the historic keystone species—salmon and steelhead—return each year […]

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Snake River Salmon Initiative Gains Support

By Sam Mace Spokane, Wash. In 2021, Washington Senator Patty Murray and Governor Jay Inslee acknowledged the serious salmon and steelhead crisis in the Snake River basin and the call for bold action to reverse steep fish declines and preserve the jobs, recreation, communities and orca that depend on them. Murray and Inslee committed to develop a

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Bold Proposal to Restore Snake River Salmon & Steelhead

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Snake River wild salmon and steelhead population is drastically declining, and the solution is to remove the four lower Snake River dams to allow salmon easier access into the 5,000+ miles of pristine upstream river habitat. The Columbia Basin Fund initiative proposed by Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson (R) aims to do that. Citizens need to voice their support to Congress.

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Reckoning on The Snake River

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Learn about recent developments Snake River salmon and steelhead, benefiting Fishermen, recreation businesses, and friends of NW Rivers.

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Free the Snake! Flotilla

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4th Annual “Free the Snake! Flotilla” to feature nationally-recognized indigenous advocate Winona LaDuke and award-winning musician Nahko Tribal members, salmon advocates, anglers, and orca advocates gather on the Snake River to call for dam removal to restore a healthy river and protect its endangered wild salmon and steelhead population from extinction. WHAT: Flotilla and River Rally in

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Free the Snake Flotilla and River Recreation Day (September 17)

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Last year 200 boats with more than 350 people launched on the lower Snake River in a celebration and call to action in support of removing four dams that threaten wild salmon and prevent local communities from realizing the economic benefits of a free-flowing river. This year, even more paddlers and boaters, river advocates, anglers, and

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Roast House Coffee’s Free the Snake Blend

Food & Drink, Lifestyle / By Jon Jonckers

When Roast House Coffee commits to a cause, they go all in. Community involvement and engaging in significant causes sit at the top of Roast House’s to-do list, and they’re never crossed out. Free The Snake coffee benefits Save Our Wild Salmon, and it’s aimed at helping restore the lower Snake River canyons to bring

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Flat water section of the Snake River, with a raft floating on it, and rocky canyon walls with sun party obscured behind them.

Giving Back to Our Public Lands

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Guide to 7 local and national non-profit organizations that conserve and protect public lands and the Inland NW businesses who support them.

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A Path Forward for Inland NW Salmon

Editorial, Fishing, Get Out There, Trail & Conservation News / By Derrick Knowles

A proposal for a Columbia Basin Fund could keep salmon from extinction in the Snake River basin, which includes pristine rivers in Idaho, NE Oregon and SE Wash.

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Speak Up for Salmon & Steelhead

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Feds Fast Track Salmon Plan Public Comment Period Despite Pandemic By Sam Mace, Save Our Wild Salmon’s Inland NW Director It’s not news that our Snake River salmon and steelhead runs are in steep decline, with the last few years being particularly devastating. Fish biologists, anglers and conservation groups have long advocated for removal of

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