Fact Sheets

• August 28, 2006: EXTINCTION STOPS HERE.  Poster
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• June 27, 2006: One Fish. Two Fish. Red Fish. No Fish? . 
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• February 27, 2006: Dams “Catch” More Salmon Than Fishermen: .  As the table shows, the federal dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers are responsible for killing far more juvenile and adult salmon listed under the Endangered Species Act than is the incidental harvest of listed stocks in fisheries aimed at healthier stocks. This is the case whether the fish are harvested at sea or in the rivers or their tributaries. The dams kill as many as 92% of salmon headed out to sea, and up to another 25% on their way back upstream to spawn.
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• December 1, 2005: Potential Ratepayer Impact of 2006 River Operations.  This fact sheet contains the potential ratepayer impacts for Portland General Electric, Idaho Power, Seattle City Lights and Full Requirements customers if a federal court grants increased spill and flow throughout 2006 on the Columbia and Snake rivers to protect endangered salmon and steelhead.
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• July 13, 2005: Fish Passage Center Fact Sheet.  Fish Passage Center Fact Sheet
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• June 13, 2005: Fish Passage Center Letter .  FPC Letter being sent to members of the Energy Water and Development Subcommittee
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• April 22, 2005: Ratepayer Impacts of Salmon Protections for 2005. Protections requested by businesses, fishing associations and conservationists have asked for salmon protections during the drought year that will cost Northwest ratepayers between a dime and fifty cents per month.
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• April 11, 2005: Recent Salmon Returns: A missed opportunity for real salmon recovery. News about "record" salmon and steelhead returns to Pacific Northwest rivers and streams has become commonplace in Oregon, Washington and Idaho over the past three years. The reality is different. For most of the last two and a half decades the last of the Northwest's once-prolific salmon populations have been flirting with extinction. Recent salmon returns have been a godsend for the struggling northwest economy, providing a much-needed economic influx from increased recreational and commercial salmon fishing and reminding the Pacific Northwest that salmon mean business. Still Northwest salmon continue to be in trouble. Most wild salmon runs in the Columbia Basin are still under three percent of historic numbers and are not yet on the road to recovery.
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• October 28, 2004: 2004 Federal Salmon Plan Report Card - Four Year Summary. Once the most prolific salmon and steelhead populations in the world, salmon and steelhead in the Snake and Columbia rivers are now teetering toward extinction. All remaining species of Snake River salmon and steelhead, for example, are listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Snake River coho are already extinct. The major cause of decline for Snake River salmon is the existence and operation of four federal dams on the lower Snake River in Washington State.
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• February 4, 2004: A Timeline of Failure - The Bush Administration's NW Salmon Policy. Pacific Northwest salmon and steelhead are a national treasure and vital to the Northwest’s economic, cultural, and environmental well-being. President Bush recognized this, stating in August 2003 that “a flourishing salmon population is a vital part of the vibrancy in this incredibly beautiful part of our country.” And yet, the Administration’s policies over the last three years indicate a direction that vastly diverges from restoring this national treasure. At the same time, more adult salmon have returned to Northwest rivers than the region has seen since before the 1990s. This is exciting news. Larger salmon returns have brought hundreds of millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs into the struggling Northwest economy.
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• November 15, 2003: Lower Snake River Dam Removal - Idaho Editorial Support.  Recent Idaho Editorials Advocate the Benefits of Dam Removal
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• November 1, 2003: New York Times Editorial Reaffirms Support for Removing Lower Snake River Dams, Protecting Wild Salmon.  In the wake of an historic agreement to protect Atlantic salmon in Maine’s Penobscot River by removing two dams and decommissioning a third, citizens across the nation are recognizing the importance of recovering populations of endangered Northwest salmon and steelhead. Nowhere is this more vital than in the Northwest’s heralded Snake River, where once-prolific salmon runs – renowned for their cultural and economic value – are near extinction due primarily to four federal dams.
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• October 15, 2003: New Bush Administration Proposal Puts Salmon in Hot Water.  Oregon Rule Foreshadows Nation-wide Rollback of Clean Water Act
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• September 1, 2003: Salmon In Hot Water .  Lower Snake River Water Temperatures (July - August 2003)
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• August 22, 2003: Salmon and the Bush Administration.  President George W. Bush may talk about how salmon are important, but his administration’s actions constantly put salmon and salmon communities last.
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• August 1, 2003: Summary of Judge James Redden's Ruling that the federal Salmon Plan is .  
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• June 1, 2003: Energy Myths - Salmon and Energy.  Factsheet exploring the myths and the realities around salmon and energy
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• May 16, 2003: Salmon Migration Factsheet - Adult Wild Salmon Returns.  Since the construction of four dams on the lower Snake River in the 1960s and ‘70s, the region has watched wild salmon and steelhead returns suffer steady and rapid declines.
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• March 17, 2003: Columbia & Snake River Sentinel.  Monitoring the Restoration of wild salmon, steelhead, and rivers in the Columbia Basin.
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• March 11, 2003: Clean Energy Means More Jobs, Lower Rates, and Abundant Salmon.  A one-page briefing document about potential for and implications of investments in clean energy and conservation for the Northwest economy, rate-payer, and wild salmon. Based on the Tellus Study.
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• March 1, 2003: Snake River Navigation Costs By the Numbers.  Taxpayers for Common Sense researches the annual costs borne by taxpayers to provide subsidized barging transportation on the lower Snake River.
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• February 26, 2003: 2002 Salmon Plan Report Card, summary version.  The Report Card documents how the federal government has failed to implement its own salmon recovery plan.
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• February 26, 2003: 2002 Salmon Plan Report Card: Facts and Conclusions.  A Facts and Conclusions page on the Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition Report Card on the federal government's implementation and progress on the Federal Salmon Plan.
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• February 26, 2003: 2002 Salmon Plan Report Card Questions and Answers.  A Questions & Answers factsheet on the Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition's 2002 Report Card on the federal government's implementation and progress on the Federal Salmon Plan.
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• February 20, 2003: The Columbia - Snake Sentinel.  Monitoring the Restoration of Wild Salmon and Steelhead in the Columbia-Snake Basin
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• January 8, 2003: Endorsement List to Retire Lower Snake River Dams.  The following list highlights global, national and regional support for the retirement of the four Lower Snake River dams.
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• September 19, 2002: The Columbia-Snake Sentinel.  Monitoring the Restoration of Wild Salmon, Steelhead & Rivers in the Columbia-Snake Basin
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• September 4, 2002: Questions & Answers about RAND's Northwest Energy Report.  Wht does RAND's new northwest energy report cover?
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• September 4, 2002: RAND Facts and Conclusions.  Economic & Employment Implications of Lower Snake River Dam Removal
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• September 4, 2002: RAND Overview: Wild Salmon and Clean Energy.  A Vision of the Future for the Pacific Northwest. An analysis of a new report by RAND
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• August 29, 2002: Newspaper Editorials Endorsing Salmon Planning Act and NW Salmon Recovery.  Dozens of newspapers have editorialized in favor of restoring NW wild salmon by removing 4 dams on the lower Snake River and the Salmon Planning Act. This document includes the names of papers, excerpts, and dates.
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• August 14, 2002: BPA's Financial Crisis 2002 -- What's At Stake? .  What’s the problem? The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) – a federal agency that markets power generated by federal dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers – is in financial trouble. The agency announced recently that it projects a $860 million revenue shortfall over the next five years.
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• July 1, 2002: Columbia-Snake Sentinel.  Monitoring the restoration of wild salmon, steelhead and rivers in the Columbia-Snake basin
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• February 27, 2002: Salmon Plan Report Card.  brief version of the full-length Salmon Plan Report Card
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• October 1, 2001: Editorial Support for Snake River Salmon Recovery by Partially Removing 4 lower Snake River dams.  Includes a list of excerpts from editorial board support from around the nation.
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• August 1, 2001: Members of the Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition.  
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• July 19, 2001: Myths and Facts about the Salmon Planning Act.  Myth #1: The Salmon Planning Act of 2001, recently introduced by Representatives Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Tom Petri (R-WI) is only supported by radical environmental organizations and individuals.
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• January 1, 2001: Salmon Advocates - Writing a Letter to the Editor.  Writing letters to the editor is a powerful way to remind elected officials that restoring wild salmon is good for the environment, for the economy, and for our northwest community.
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• January 1, 2001: Public Outreach Brochure - Save Our Wild Salmon: Pacific Wild Salmon Need Your Help.  Save Our Wild Salmon: Pacific Wild Salmon Need Your Help
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• January 1, 2001: Snake River Dam Removal Editorials.  A collection of editorials in 2000 from across the nation discussing Snake River salmon recovery
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• December 12, 2000: RE: Accurate and balanced coverage of science.  A November 3rd article by two National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) scientists was widely misinterpreted as opposing removing the four Lower Snake River dams. After an initial media flurry, which was based on erroneous statements by NMFS officials, there has been no attempt by reporters to set the record straight about what this article actually did say.
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• November 29, 2000: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT:Correcting Mis-Interpretations of the Science Magazine Article.  An article on Snake River salmon and dams in the November 3 edition of Science has been widely mis-interpreted. This paper will explain what the Science article did and did not say, will provide reactions from the scientific community,
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• July 24, 2000: Columbia-Snake Current #2.12.  PROMOTING THE FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION AND THE LOWER SNAKE RIVER A JOINT PUBLICATION OF THE COLUMBIA & SNAKE RIVERS CAMPAIGN AND TROUT UNLIMITED
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• January 1, 2000: Partially Removing the Lower Snake River Dams. A PDF factsheet describing the process of partial dam removal.
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• January 1, 2000: Working Together to Restore Northwest Salmon.  Save Our Wild Salmon (SOS) is a nationwide coalition of more than 50 conservation organizations, commercial and sportfishing associations, businesses, river groups and taxpayer advocates.
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• January 1, 2000: Top ten myths and realities. The amount and magnitude of misinformation related to Snake River dam removal has been staggering. Accordingly, this section will be updated regularly to provide the latest facts. Most myths are easily dispelled by readily available data or simple common sense. Others are so extreme, they merit little mention in a forum such as this one, but we'll try.
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• January 1, 2000: LINK TO FREE DOWNLOAD FOR REALPLAYER TO VIEW ONLINE SLIDESHOW/VIDEO. Click on the link below to download a free version of realplayer necessary to view our online slideshow and video.
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• January 1, 2000: Frequently Asked Questions.  Why should people outside the Northwest care about Columbia and Snake River salmon? Salmon are a vital national resource, woven deeply into our culture, history, economy, and natural heritage. The Columbia and Snake Rivers were once the world’s greatest salmon rivers, with 10 to 16 million fish returning each year.
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• January 1, 2000: Is salmon extinction the legacy we’ll leave?.  newspaper ad
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• January 1, 2000: Returning Salmon By Restoring Rivers.  Introduction - Rescuing Snake and Columbia River salmon and steelhead trout from extinction is one of America's foremost environmental and economic challenges.
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• September 25, 1999: Scientific Reports on Columbia Basin Salmon and Dams. Compilation of Scientific Recommendations for Columbia and Snake River Salmon
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• September 25, 1999: What Scientists Say About Snake River Salmon and Dams. A compilation of statements from a broad range of scientists and scientific reports regarding salmon and dams
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• July 30, 1999: Partial Removal of the Four Lower Snake River Dams: Economic Myths and Realities (NW Energy Coalition). Much has been said about the impacts of partially removing the four Lower Snake River dams. Unfortunately, due to a lack of information, some parties to the debate have been able to manipulate the natural fears of those who will be most affected by bypass. The purpose here is to present results of ongoing regional independent analysis to correct some of the widespread myths which have used to tilt that debate.
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• May 18, 1999: Salmon Science #4: The Anadromous Fish Appendix: Partial Dam Removal Out-Performs Fish Barging. 
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• April 12, 1999: Salmon Science #3. New study provides little new information and does not contradict the growing scientific support for partial dam removal on the Lower Snake.
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• April 12, 1999: Salmon Science #2. PATH's 1998 FINAL REPORT: Scientists predict that partially removing the four Lower Snake River dams has the highest probability of recovering Snake River salmon and steelhead.
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• January 1, 1999: How Will We Save Snake River Salmon?.  newspaper ad
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• December 18, 1998: Salmon Science #2.  An Update on Scientific Developments Affecting the December 1999 Decisions on Columbia & Snake Basin Salmon and Dams
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• December 1, 1998: Salmon Science. A Periodic Update on Scientific Developments Affecting the December 1999
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• September 1, 1998: Snake River Dams Hurt Alaska Fishing. Unknown to most Alaskans, dams may soon impact fishing communities. salmon to the brink of extinction in Washington, Oregon and Idaho may soon impact commercial fisheries and fishing-dependent communities in Alaska.
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• January 1, 1998: What Scientists and Policy-Makers are Saying About Fish Barging on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Transportation benefits are incompletely substantiated and assumptions of benefits are based on surprisingly few studies. Transportation involves the overt separation of salmon from their ecosystem and can provide no substitute for normative river conditions across the entire array of salmon diversity in the river.
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• July 1, 1997: Young Salmon Need To Migrate In Rivers--Not In Barges!. Since 1975, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the supervision of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has conducted a program of live-catching young migrating salmon and shipping the fingerlings down the Snake and Columbia Rivers in barges a
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