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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

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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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Snake River Triathlon

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This is a two day triathlon with a pool swim on Friday and the bike/run portions on saturday.  Swim is at Asotin Aquatic Center in Clarkston, WA, but arrangements can be made for personal swims and MUV in spokane is also hosting a swim on Friday.  500y swim, approximately 25k bike and 4k run.   Race

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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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Advocates Gather for the Free the Snake Flotilla 

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By Julian Matthews Cover photo courtesy of Megan Mack  The nonprofit organization Nimíipuu Protecting the Environment will host the annual Free the Snake Flotilla at Hells Gate State Park in Lewiston, Idaho, on Sept. 11-12. The Flotilla, also known as the Rally-on-the-River, brings together tribal leaders, policymakers, community members and salmon advocates to call attention to the crisis salmon and steelhead are facing and rally for a restored lower

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