Dam removal must be the cornerstone of any lawful Columbia Basin Salmon Plan
A lawful federal salmon plan must restore a freely flowing lower Snake River by removing its four costly dams and increase water releases or ‘spill’ over the dams that remain.
In 2016, a federal judge rejected the federal dam agencies’ latest plan for protecting Columbia-Snake River salmon. This is the fifth plan rejected now by three judges over two decades. Our government has spent $15B+ but has yet to recover a single population. It’s past time for a new approach. A lawful, science-based plan must include the removal of the four costly federal dams on the lower Snake River. We need a Northwest plan that works for the region’s ecology and its economy, for fishermen and farmers, for taxpayers and energy bill payers.
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Hot Water Report 2025: Issue 6
Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (September/October 2025)
Capital Press: Governors respond to ad placed by dam advocates
Oct 7, 2025 - NewsData: Guest Column: The Righteous Shall Prevail, or Perhaps Fail?
Oct 6, 2025 - Idaho Statesman: Opinion: Snake River salmon lawsuits were on hold. Now we have to resume
Oct 5, 2025 - Daily Astorian: Oregon, tribes return to court to save Columbia River salmon from extinction
Sep 17, 2025 - The Columbian: In Our View: Salmon policy ill-conceived, puts process in reverse
Sep 15, 2025 - The Oregonian Opinion: Back to court, but our regional work to protect salmon will continue
Sep 13, 2025 - Hot Water Report 2025: Issue 5
Sep 13, 2025 - Moscow-Pullman: Tribes, states push to revive Snake and Columbia River salmon lawsuit after Trump order
Sep 12, 2025 - The Seattle-Times: Legal battle reignites over Lower Snake River Dams, salmon
Sep 11, 2025 - WA State Standard: Lawsuits against federal government over Columbia Basin dams to resume
Sep 11, 2025 - Courthouse News Service: States, tribes revive long-running lawsuit after Trump nixes fish deal
Sep 11, 2025 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Advocates applaud Tribal, State and NGOs as they file motion in court to protect endangered salmon
Sep 11, 2025 - Earthjustice: Groups Return to Court to Protect Imperiled Columbia Basin Salmon
Sep 11, 2025 - Salmon on the Brink: Columbia Snake River Campaign Supports Renewed Litigation
Sep 11, 2025 - State of Oregon Renews Litigation Against Federal Government Following Withdrawal from Columbia Basin Agreement
Sep 3, 2025 - Nez Perce Chairman testifies before Congress in opposition to HR 2073, "Defending Our Dams Act"
Aug 27, 2025 - Hot Water Report 2025: Issue 4
Aug 26, 2025 - The Spokesman-Review: Clean water the answer to salmon recovery
Aug 26, 2025 - The Spokesman-Review: Breach the dams save the ecosystem
Aug 21, 2025 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (July/August 2025)
Aug 21, 2025 - The Seattle Times: Joel Kawahara, 70, lifelong fisher, dies at sea after leaving Neah Bay
Aug 11, 2025 - Hot Water Report 2025: Issue 3
Aug 7, 2025 - Seattle Times: BPA plan puts progress on clean energy and salmon recovery at risk
Jul 22, 2025 - Hot Water Report 2025: Issue 2
Jul 21, 2025 - Columbia Basin’s salmon are in hot water, literally, says report from Save Our Wild Salmon
Jul 21, 2025 - The Spokesman Review: Sarah Dyrdahl: Reimagining the Columbia
Jul 9, 2025 - For Immediate Release: Salmon and fishing advocates applaud legal challenge to BPA’s misguided markets decision
Jul 9, 2025 - News Data: Salmon Managers Begin Safety-Net Strategy for Tucannon Spring Chinook
Jul 9, 2025 - Hot Water Report 2025: Issue 1
Jul 8, 2025 - The Oregonian: Salmon, tribal sovereignty, and energy collide
Jul 2, 2025 - The Hill: Opinion: Energy Secretary Wright ‘passionately’ ignorant about Northwest hydropower
Jul 1, 2025 - The Columbian: In Our View: Move to end critical fish deal offers no solutions
Jul 1, 2025 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (June 2025)
Jun 30, 2025 - The Columbian: Letter: Salmon decision is shortsighted
Jun 30, 2025 - Everett Herald Editorial: A loss for Northwest tribes salmon and energy
Jun 16, 2025 - You're invited to SOS' Salmon Action Hours!
Jun 16, 2025 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trump Administration withdraws from the 'Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement' – undermining an historic and comprehensive approach to protect and recover imperiled salmon and invest in clean energy and other critical infrastructure
Jun 16, 2025 - Seattle Times: Trump cancels landmark Columbia River agreement with tribes, WA, OR
Jun 16, 2025 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Trump spikes Northwest salmon agreement
Jun 9, 2025 - Moscow-Pullman Daily News: Report says Snake River chinook and steelhead still in peril
May 30, 2025 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (May 2025)
May 29, 2025 - Spokesman-Review: Investing in salmon would boost regional economy
May 29, 2025 - Spokesman-Review: Columbia River salmon restoration hit hard by $1.5B cut to Army Corps of Engineers
May 19, 2025 - The Columbian: Local View: Now is not the time to weaken a law that works
May 14, 2025 - NewsData: Lower Returns for Sockeye, Coho, Steelhead Predicted in 2025
May 2, 2025 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (April 2025)
May 2, 2025 - Lewiston Tribune: Salmon and dams comment period extended
Apr 29, 2025 - PNS: Bonneville Power energy market choice impacts NW environment
Apr 14, 2025 - Everett Herald Guest Opinion: BPA Should rethink decision affecting ratepayers
Apr 9, 2025 - You’re invited to SOS' 2025 Webinar Series
Mar 31, 2025 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (March 2025)
Mar 28, 2025 - NextGen Salmon Collective student leaders share their perspective in Olympia!
Mar 27, 2025 - ICT: New studies may lead to removal of Snake River dams
Mar 7, 2025 - Portland Business Journal: Bonneville Power Administration advances controversial energy market decision
Mar 5, 2025 - The Seattle Times: Climate, energy upheavals roil NW power market
Feb 24, 2025 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (February 2025)
Feb 24, 2025 - The Seattle Times: This baby orca is healthy and it’s a girl
Feb 10, 2025 - E&E News: Trump admin extends environmental review of Columbia River dams
Jan 30, 2025 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (January 2025)
Jan 27, 2025 - The Seattle Times: How Tahlequah, her dead calf tell the story of climate change
Jan 23, 2025 - Risch-Newhouse Bill Would Reverse Energy Progress at the Cost of Salmon Extinction
Jan 13, 2025 - The Lewiston Tribune: OPINION: Barging fish around the dams failed once; it would again
Jan 3, 2025 - Save Our wild Salmon's 2024 Year-in-Review
Jan 2, 2025 - Columbia Snake River Campaign: Comprehensive Water Study Charts Path to Lower Snake River Restoration, Salmon Recovery, and Agricultural Resilience
Dec 20, 2024 - The Columbian: ‘Unlawful’ or ‘a critical next step’? Feds to update Columbia River dams’ environmental guidelines
Dec 20, 2024 - Columbia Snake River Campaign: RAFT's Claims Are Misleading: Time to Move Forward with Modern Solutions for Salmon and the Pacific Northwest
Dec 20, 2024 - Earthjustice: Federal Agencies Plan to Revise Flawed Environmental Study for Columbia Basin Hydropower Operations
Dec 4, 2024 - Gov. Inslee issues Executive Order emphasizing the critical nature of salmon recovery through restoring the Columbia River Basin
Dec 4, 2024 - Columbia Snake River Campaign Praises Governor Inslee’s Bold Leadership on Salmon Recovery
Dec 2, 2024 - Seattle Times: What will a switch from Biden to Trump mean for the Columbia River?
Nov 21, 2024 - E&E News: Proponents of breaching dams see opportunities in Trump era
Nov 13, 2024 - The election and our way forward
Nov 11, 2024 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (Nov./Dec. 2024)
Oct 15, 2024 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (Sept./Oct. 2024)
Oct 14, 2024 - E&E: Lower Snake River flows sufficient even without dams, research finds
Oct 4, 2024 - Oregon Capital Chronicle: Columbia River Basin restoration requires collaboration and resolve, as demonstrated by Gov. Kotek
Sep 25, 2024 - Idaho Mountain Express: Rely on science for Snake River policy
Sep 23, 2024 - E&E News: Lower Snake River ‘temperature diet’ looks to shed degrees
Sep 16, 2024 - Hot Water Report 2024 - Issue 12.
Sep 13, 2024 - Union- Bulletin: Letter: Heal the Lower Snake River to save salmon from extinction
Sep 13, 2024 - Idaho Mountain Express: Risch is off base on dam removal
Sep 13, 2024 - Wallowa County Chieftain: First food: What the fish mean for tribes
Sep 8, 2024 - Hot Water Report 2024 - Issue 11.
Aug 29, 2024 - Hot Water Report 2024 - Issue 10.
Aug 26, 2024 - Hot Water Report 2024 - Issue 9.
Aug 26, 2024 - Rocky Barker: Salmon have overcome many obstacles but still survive in the Columbia and Snake rivers and again depend on an election to safeguard their future
Aug 19, 2024 - NWPB: Toxic algal bloom found on the Snake River for second year in a row
Aug 14, 2024 - Hot Water Report 2024 - Issue 8.
Aug 8, 2024 - Hot Water Report 2024 - Issue 7.
Aug 6, 2024 - Portland Business Journal: OR, WA senators question Bonneville Power Administration on 'monumental' decision
Aug 1, 2024 - Hot Water Report 2024 - Issue 6.
Jul 31, 2024 - NWPB: Biologists truck Snake River sockeye to cooler Idaho waters
Jul 29, 2024 - HCN: When the dams come down, what happens to barge traffic?
Jul 24, 2024 - Hot Water Report 2024 - Issue 5.
Jul 22, 2024 - Seattle Times LTE: Salmon survival: Heat waves and dams
Jul 17, 2024 - Hot Water Report 2024 - Issue 4.
Jul 17, 2024 - E&E News: Record salmon migration runs into hot water
Jul 12, 2024 - HCN: Nez Perce energy transition to save salmon
Jul 10, 2024 - Hot Water Report 2024 - Issue 3.
Jul 3, 2024 - Hot Water Report 2024 - Issue 2.
Jun 27, 2024 - Hot Water Report 2024 - Issue 1.
Jun 26, 2024 - InvestigateWest: The Federal Government Just Acknowledged the Harm Its Dams Have Caused Tribes. Here’s What It Left Out.
Jun 26, 2024 - E&E News: Reclamation weighs how to keep taps open on Lower Snake River
Jun 26, 2024 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (June 2024)
Jun 19, 2024 - The Lewiston Tribune: Report: Dams hurt salmon and tribes
Jun 19, 2024 - The New York Times: Federal Dams Harm Native American Communities, U.S. Acknowledges
Jun 18, 2024 - Biden Administration Releases 'Tribal Circumstances Analysis' Highlighting Historic and Ongoing Negative Impacts of Columbia River Dams to Tribal Communities
Jun 18, 2024 - Department of the Interior: Biden-Harris Administration Releases Report Highlighting Historic and Ongoing Negative Impacts of Federal Columbia River Dams on Tribal Communities
Jun 18, 2024 - AP News: US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region’s Native tribes
Jun 18, 2024 - Seattle Times: Biden administration acknowledges harms of Columbia River dams on Indigenous people
Jun 7, 2024 - Idaho Capital Sun Commentary: A bold blueprint for salmon restoration puts Idaho on the right course
May 21, 2024 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (May 2024)
May 19, 2024 - 2024 'Snake River Dinner Hour' webinar series - Watch the webinar recordings!
Apr 16, 2024 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (April 2024)
Apr 1, 2024 - Seattle Times Op-ed: Reliable energy, healthy salmon runs: The challenges of having it all
Mar 19, 2024 - Spokesman-Review: Letter to the Editor: 'Protect our special way of life'
Mar 13, 2024 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (March 2024)
Mar 10, 2024 - The Spokesman-Review: A bold blueprint for salmon restoration in the Columbia River Basin puts region on the right course
Mar 7, 2024 - Washington State Legislature Funds Recreational Study Connected to Columbia Basin Restoration
Feb 26, 2024 - Thank You President Biden and Six Sovereigns
Feb 26, 2024 - Idaho Capital Sun: Rewilding the Lower Snake: How cultural values of a free flowing river exceed those of a reservoir
Feb 23, 2024 - NWNews: Tribes, governments sign historic agreement that's a 'path forward' for salmon, dams
Feb 23, 2024 - AP News: White House, tribal leaders hail ‘historic’ deal to restore salmon runs in Pacific Northwest
Feb 23, 2024 - E&E News: White House celebrates $1B deal to save Columbia River Basin salmon
Feb 23, 2024 - Seattle Times: PNW tribal nations, states sign historic Columbia Basin agreement with U.S.
Feb 21, 2024 - Capital Press: Commentary: Let's plan for a transition
Feb 13, 2024 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (February 2024)
Feb 9, 2024 - Debunking Myths About the Lower Snake River Dams
Feb 9, 2024 - Oregon’s U.S. District Court Approves Long-Term Pause of Snake River Litigation, Allowing Columbia River Restoration to Move Forward (Earthjustice Press Release)
Jan 30, 2024 - Idaho Capital Sun: Let the Sockeye swim: How a program of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes aims to help save Idaho salmon
Jan 16, 2024 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (January 2024)
Jan 8, 2024 - Yakima Herald Guest Commentary: Columbia-Snake agreement charts the course to a clean-energy future
Jan 2, 2024 - The Spokesman-Review Op-ed | Dan McDonald: Significant progress in the race against extinction
Jan 2, 2024 - The Oregonian: Efforts of tribes pay off in historic agreement on Snake River dam removals
Dec 18, 2023 - High Country News: Lower Snake River dams closer to coming down with new agreement
Dec 18, 2023 - NPB: Historic agreement seen as a harbinger to Snake River dam removal
Dec 15, 2023 - Lewiston Tribune: It’s official: Dam agreement announced
Dec 15, 2023 - Lewiston Tribune: Salmon and dam agreement formally announced, features $1 billion in federal funds and pause on lawsuits
Dec 15, 2023 - Seattle Times: Biden administration promises $1 billion more for salmon, clean energy — but punts on Lower Snake River dam removal in major agreement
Dec 15, 2023 - NPR: Tribes celebrate historic deal with White House that could save Pacific Northwest salmon
Dec 15, 2023 - AP News: Conservationists, tribes say deal with Biden administration is a road map to breach Snake River dams
Dec 15, 2023 - E&E News: White House pledges $1B to restore Pacific Northwest salmon, steelhead
Dec 15, 2023 - Tri-City Herald: ‘Historic’ Columbia River agreement called ‘roadmap’ to breaching Snake River dams
Dec 14, 2023 - Press Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Ten-Year Partnership with Tribes & States to Restore Wild Salmon, Expand Clean Energy Production, Increase Resilience, and Provide Energy Stability in the Columbia River Basin
Dec 14, 2023 - Federal agreement announced, creating a pathway to restore lower Snake River (12/14/2023)
Dec 14, 2023 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Biden administration commits significant federal resources to rebuild Columbia Basin salmon, honor obligations to Tribes, and prepare for lower Snake River dam breaching
Dec 13, 2023 - Seattle Times: Take out dams and keep the Snake River salmon’s last, best place
Dec 11, 2023 - Lewiston Tribune: OPINION: Saving Snake River salmon requires taking a new path
Nov 30, 2023 - AP: Leaked document says US is willing to build energy projects in case Snake River dams are breached
Nov 20, 2023 - Save Our wild Salmon Coalition Year-in-Review 2023
Nov 13, 2023 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (November/December 2023)
Nov 3, 2023 - NWNews: Tribal members gather to demand the federal government uphold treaty obligations, protect salmon
Nov 3, 2023 - The Columbian: In Our View: Agreeable solution critical for iconic salmon
Nov 3, 2023 - Seattle Times: Northwest Tribes build momentum in large gathering for dam removal, salmon restoration
Nov 1, 2023 - Seattle Times: Lower Snake River dam removal still possible as talks continue
Oct 19, 2023 - Spokesman-Review: ‘Unusually large’ toxic algal bloom covers 30-mile stretch of the Lower Snake River
Oct 16, 2023 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (October 2023)
Oct 13, 2023 - KUOW: Large Snake River toxic algal bloom hasn’t happened before
Oct 12, 2023 - Stand with Tribes to protect salmon and orcas: ‘Rise Up Northwest in Unity’ - Nov. 1 and 2, 2023
Oct 5, 2023 - 'All Our Relations' Snake River Campaign (Sept./Oct. 2023)
Oct 2, 2023 - Lewiston-Tribune: Demonstrators gather for a free-flowing Snake River
Sep 28, 2023 - Spokesman Review: ‘This is historic’: Biden orders whole-of-government effort to restore salmon in Columbia, Snake rivers
Sep 27, 2023 - Seattle Times: President Biden calls for abundant salmon in Columbia, Snake rivers
Sep 27, 2023 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Save Our wild Salmon Coalition applauds Presidential Memorandum prioritizing the federal government’s salmon recovery commitments
Sep 19, 2023 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Rising River Temperatures Take a Toll on Snake River Salmon
Sep 17, 2023 - Breaking News: Columbia/Snake River salmon and dams update
Sep 15, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - September 18, Issue 11.
Sep 15, 2023 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (September 2023)
Sep 7, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - September 8, Issue 10.
Sep 1, 2023 - Spokesman-Review: Federal government, salmon advocates agree to continue talks that could lead to breaching Snake River dams
Sep 1, 2023 - Lewiston Tribune: Parties seek extension in dams debate
Sep 1, 2023 - Seattle Times: Dam removal still on table as settlement talks over Lower Snake River operations continue
Aug 31, 2023 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Statement re: 8/31 decision to extend litigation pause
Aug 31, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - September 1, Issue 9.
Aug 28, 2023 - Seattle Times: Celebrating the life of Tokitae the orca on San Juan Island
Aug 24, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - August 24, Issue 8.
Aug 17, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - August 18, Issue 7.
Aug 11, 2023 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (August 2023)
Aug 11, 2023 - Idaho Statesman: The science is clear. Dams must be removed for Snake River salmon to have a future
Aug 9, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - August 9, Issue 6.
Aug 4, 2023 - Lewiston Tribune: Snake River sockeye run sputters
Aug 3, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - August 3, Issue 5.
Jul 27, 2023 - Idaho Capital Sun: Salmon politics in motion: Responsible momentum is building in Idaho, Pacific Northwest
Jul 27, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - July 27, Issue 4.
Jul 24, 2023 - East Oregonian: Other views: The science is clear on restoring wild salmon in the Snake River Basin
Jul 24, 2023 - Lewiston Tribune: Sockeye begin epic Northwest journey
Jul 19, 2023 - Lewiston Tribune: Dam Study: More research required
Jul 19, 2023 - Spokesman-Review: Dan McDonald: Economic development for rural communities and recovery for imperiled salmon
Jul 19, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - July 19, Issue 3.
Jul 17, 2023 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (July 2023)
Jul 13, 2023 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Public delivers clear mandate to Biden Administration: Restore the lower Snake River and its endangered wild salmon and steelhead populations
Jul 12, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - July 12, Issue 2.
Jul 5, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - July 6, Issue 1.
Jul 1, 2023 - The Columbian: In Our View: No easy answers for Snake River dams, salmon
Jun 27, 2023 - Spokesman-Review: Environmentalists, politicians clash over Republican hearing to defend Snake River dams
Jun 14, 2023 - Seattle Times: As the West’s dam removal movement presses on, could the Lower Snake be next?
Jun 12, 2023 - Seattle Times Opinion: Salmon restoration is a matter of ecological, cultural survival
Jun 12, 2023 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (June 2023)
Jun 5, 2023 - Spokesman-Review Guest Opinion: Four tribal chairs: We need a Columbia Basin Initiative for salmon, tribes and energy
May 30, 2023 - Take Action: Submit a public comment urging federal action to stop salmon extinction
May 26, 2023 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Diverse voices tell Biden Administration restore Snake River (5/25/23)
May 26, 2023 - Everett Herald Opinion: Sen. Cantwell should join effort to retire Snake dams
May 22, 2023 - Northwest Public Broadcasting: PNW artists’ work evokes salmon to educate, inspire change
May 18, 2023 - Public News Service: Historic Step Forward for Snake River Dam Replacement in WA Budget
May 16, 2023 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Governor Inslee Signs Washington State Budgets - Taking Important Next Steps Towards Honoring Treaty Rights and Restoring Endangered Salmon
May 16, 2023 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (May 2023)
Apr 26, 2023 - Spokesman-Review: This year’s return could be one of the smallest on record, and it appears there are a number of factors at play
Apr 24, 2023 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Washington State Legislature takes important next steps towards honoring treaty responsibilities to Tribal Nations and restoring endangered salmon in the lower Snake River
Apr 17, 2023 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (April 2023)
Apr 13, 2023 - Idaho News 6: Idaho Youth head to U.S. Capitol to protect Salmon and Steelhead
Apr 10, 2023 - Everett Herald Letters: Commentary on hydropower misstated conclusions of salmon report
Apr 10, 2023 - Spokesman-Review Guest Opinion: Miles Johnson: Lies and fear mongering won’t solve our problems
Apr 10, 2023 - Everett Herald Guest Opinion: Snake River dams’ benefits replaceable; salmon aren’t
Apr 3, 2023 - Lewiston Tribune: Anti-dam overtakes listening session
Mar 31, 2023 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Public calls on White House for plan to replace Snake River dams, restore river and salmon (3/31/23)
Mar 30, 2023 - Herald Letters to the Editor: What dams provide is replaceable; salmon are not
Mar 27, 2023 - Spokesman-Review: Washington expected to have a limited spring chinook season
Mar 27, 2023 - "Now is our chance to stop salmon extinction" - Full-page Seattle Times ad (March 26, 2023)
Mar 24, 2023 - REGISTER TODAY to attend Biden Administration Snake River 'listening session' - 10am - 1 pm PT, March 31, 2023
Mar 24, 2023 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (March 2023)
Mar 24, 2023 - Lewiston Tribune: Bills unveiled to save Snake River dams
Mar 23, 2023 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Salmon advocates respond to Rep. Newhouse's bill to "protect Snake River dams"
Mar 21, 2023 - Lewiston Tribune: President Biden pledges support for efforts to restore salmon runs on the Snake and Columbia rivers
Mar 15, 2023 - Seattle Times: WA teen keeps youth at root of environmental movement
Mar 8, 2023 - MEDIA ADVISORY: Art exhibit celebrates wild salmon, benefits to the region
Mar 8, 2023 - Chicago Sun-Times: Preserving wildlife and a way of life
Feb 24, 2023 - Honor: People and Salmon Exhibit (March-April in Tacoma, WA)
Feb 23, 2023 - The Bulletin: For a better future, the four Lower Snake River Dams must go
Feb 21, 2023 - Spokesman-Review: Gregg Servheen: Removing Lower Snake River Dams the only way to save salmon
Feb 15, 2023 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (Feb. 2023)
Feb 13, 2023 - Spokesman-Review: Overall run forecast calls for more fish than last year; numbers on the Snake River are down slightly
Feb 9, 2023 - Phys.org: Salmon deplete fat stores while stopped at dams, study shows
Jan 18, 2023 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (Jan. 2023)
Jan 9, 2023 - For Immediate Release: Bonneville Power Administration woefully underfunds the needs of endangered fish...
Jan 4, 2023 - High Country News: Can dam removal save the Snake River?
Dec 1, 2022 - Spokesman-Review: Northwest Tribal leaders welcome Biden’s new commitments at Tribal Nations Summit
Nov 21, 2022 - The Way Forward for the Snake River and PNW salmon recovery
Nov 17, 2022 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (Nov. 2022)
Nov 14, 2022 - Spokesman Review: Helen Neville: The need to breach the Lower Snake River dams: A look at 2022 fish returns
Nov 1, 2022 - OPB: Hundreds of gallons of oil leak into Snake River from Little Goose Dam
Oct 17, 2022 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (Oct. 2022)
Oct 4, 2022 - Seattle Times Guest Opinion: Make salmon restoration a policy and budget priority
Oct 3, 2022 - OPB: Federal report recommends removing four Lower Snake River dams to protect salmon
Sep 26, 2022 - Seattle Times: Stop sacrificing Indigenous sacred sites in the name of climate change
Sep 26, 2022 - OPB: The racism, and resilience, behind today’s Pacific Northwest salmon crisis
Sep 23, 2022 - The Lewiston Tribune: Speaking up for salmon
Sep 23, 2022 - Capital Press: Q&A: Simpson continues to push lower Snake River dam plan
Sep 20, 2022 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (Sept. 2022)
Sep 16, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - September 16 Issue 11.
Sep 16, 2022 - Biden Administration Commitments to Salmon Recovery Complement Murray/Inslee Initiative
Sep 8, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - September 8 Issue 10.
Sep 2, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - September 2 Issue 9.
Sep 1, 2022 - Sen. Murray & Gov. Inslee's historic decision: replace the services, remove the dams, restore salmon
Aug 31, 2022 - New York Times: Breaching Dams ‘Must Be an Option’ to Save Salmon, Washington Democrats Say
Aug 29, 2022 - AP News: Columbia River's Salmon Are at the Core of Ancient Religion
Aug 29, 2022 - KREM2: Inslee, Murray recommend taking action to make breaching Snake River dams a 'viable option'
Aug 26, 2022 - OPB: Benefits of Snake River dams must be replaced before breaching to save salmon, report says
Aug 26, 2022 - Spokesman-Review: Murray and Inslee conclude breaching Snake River dams ‘not an option right now,’ while calling status quo unsustainable for salmon
Aug 26, 2022 - Seattle Times: Inslee, Murray say Snake River dam removal possible, but not yet
Aug 26, 2022 - Spokesman-Review: Snake River spring Chinook struggling like never before, feds decide against classifying them as ‘endangered’
Aug 26, 2022 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Yakama Nation Responds to Final Murray and Inslee Salmon Report
Aug 25, 2022 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SNAKE RIVER: Energy, fishing, conservation groups respond to Sen. Murray’s & Gov. Inslee’s presumptive plan for dam replacement
Aug 25, 2022 - Joseph Bogaard, SOS Executive Director statement regarding Sen. Murray and Gov. Inslee's joint statement and recommendations for the lower Snake River dams.
Aug 18, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - August 18 Issue 8.
Aug 17, 2022 - Lewiston Morning Tribune Guest Opinion: Dugger ‘gas lights’ fish recovery and dam breaching
Aug 15, 2022 - The New York Times: Plaintiffs in Long Fight Over Endangered Salmon Hope a Resolution is near
Aug 11, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - August 10, Issue 7.
Aug 5, 2022 - Puget Sound Business Journal Guest Opinion: Fate of Northwest salmon could could hinge on investments
Aug 5, 2022 - OPB: Groups seek pause in long-running Columbia River Basin salmon dispute
Aug 5, 2022 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Salmon and dam talks get another year
Aug 4, 2022 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Save Our wild Salmon Coalition welcomes the Biden Administration's commitment to developing durable solutions for salmon and communities
Aug 4, 2022 - OPB and ProPublica: How the BPA is contributing to salmon’s decline in the Northwest
Aug 4, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - August 3, Issue 6.
Aug 4, 2022 - For Immediate Release: Parties Ask Court to Extend Stay in Legal Fight for Endangered Snake River Salmon
Jul 28, 2022 - NWNews: Federal report recommends breaching Lower Snake River dams to restore salmon
Jul 25, 2022 - Everett Herald - Comment: Our grid can save salmon and a green energy future
Jul 25, 2022 - Columbian editorial: In Our View: Solutions not more studies to save salmon
Jul 18, 2022 - Lewiston Tribune Editorial: Where once there were carrots, now there are sticks
Jul 13, 2022 - 45 allied organizations join SOS comments re: Sen. Murray & Gov. Inslee's 'Draft LSR Report'
Jul 13, 2022 - Seattle Times Guest Opinion: The future of the Lower Snake River Dams: Do the right thing for salmon, tribes and communities
Jul 12, 2022 - Seattle Times: White House weighs in on Lower Snake River dam breaching in unusual power play
Jun 30, 2022 - Photo Gallery: Hundreds 'Rally for Salmon' in Portland - 6/25/2022
Jun 28, 2022 - 'Urgency and Opportunity 2022' - Delivering Solutions for Snake River salmon and Northwest communities: A Resource Page
Jun 19, 2022 - Columbian Editorial -- In Our View: Snake River dams report leaves many questions
Jun 17, 2022 - Seattle Times Editorial: A herculean, worthwhile task before breaching Lower Snake River Dams
Jun 5, 2022 - Everett Herald Guest Opinion: Don’t fall for TV ads’ climate case for Snake dams
May 19, 2022 - Everett Herald - Viewpoints: Our cultural survival is tied to salmon’s survival
May 16, 2022 - Seattle Times: Indigenous carvers’ totem pole to journey across Pacific Northwest to bolster dam-removal movement
Apr 20, 2022 - You're invited: Stand with Tribal communities for the 'Snake River to Salish Sea Spirit of the Waters Totem Pole Journey' (May 2022)
Apr 20, 2022 - E&E News: Climate activists put bull's-eye on hydropower dams in Wash.
Apr 14, 2022 - Spokesman Review: Ben Stuckart - Dams that drive salmon to extinction are not ‘green’
Apr 5, 2022 - Moscow-Pullman Daily News: Officials seek change of course in wild salmon recovery
Apr 5, 2022 - The Spokesman Review Guest Opinion: Speak the truth about salmon
Apr 5, 2022 - The News Tribune: Activists rally in Tacoma for Northwest salmon — next event is April 2 in Olympia
Mar 29, 2022 - Blogpost from the Biden Administration: Columbia River Basin Fisheries: Working Together to Develop a Path Forward
Mar 22, 2022 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (March 2022)
Mar 22, 2022 - Portland Business Journal: Opinion: It's code red for Snake River salmon
Mar 17, 2022 - ACT TODAY: Sen. Murray/Gov. Inslee 'Snake River Salmon Initiative' Survey Resource Page
Mar 9, 2022 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 225+ Food Professionals’ send letter to Gov. Inslee and Sens. Murray and Cantwell
Mar 9, 2022 - Washington State Food Professionals Call for Solutions for Salmon and Communities
Mar 9, 2022 - NRDC: Saving Salmon—from One Generation of Fisherwomen to the Next
Jan 27, 2022 - Idaho Capital Sun: Idaho heart, Idaho Ark - The Middle Fork is our best chance to sustain salmon in an uncertain future
Jan 14, 2022 - The Lewiston Tribune: RIVER ROAD TRIP PART 2 -- THE JOHN DAY Fewer dams provided migrating fish a significant advantage
Dec 21, 2021 - Urgency & Opportunity: Our Year-end Review 2021 - and look ahead.
Dec 13, 2021 - The Lewiston Tribune: RIVER ROAD TRIP PART 1 -- THE ELWHA RIVER When dams fell, salmon returned
Dec 6, 2021 - Thank you for your salmon recovery leadership...
Dec 2, 2021 - Spokesman Review Guest Opinion: We don’t have time, but we do have leadership
Nov 12, 2021 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (November/December 2021)
Nov 2, 2021 - Idaho Statesman: Analysis - In Washington state, the tide might be turning on breaching Snake River dams
Nov 2, 2021 - Spokesman Review: ‘A giant step’ for salmon: As dam-breaching debate rages, Cantwell quietly secures billions for fish recovery
Nov 2, 2021 - Everett Herald: Removing Snake River dams could aid fish, economy
Oct 26, 2021 - Murray, Cantwell Joint Statement on Biden Administration Announcement of an Interim Agreement and Request for Stay of Litigation in Columbia River Basin Case
Oct 26, 2021 - Spokesman Review: ‘With open minds,’ Murray, Inslee detail process to consider breaching Snake River dams
Oct 22, 2021 - Press Release: Northwest groups respond to Sen. Murray’s and Gov. Inslee's salmon and Snake River action plan
Oct 22, 2021 - Seattle Times: Lawsuit over dams on hold as Gov. Inslee, Sen. Murray pursue breaching assessment on Lower Snake River
Oct 22, 2021 - Press Release: Joint Statement from Senator Murray and Governor Inslee on Establishing a Joint Federal-State Process on Snake River Salmon Recovery
Oct 22, 2021 - Press Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Steps to Improve Conditions for Salmon in the Columbia River Basin
Oct 21, 2021 - Time Magazine: Upstream Battle
Oct 18, 2021 - Seattle Times: Washington governor, senator want answers on how to replace benefits of Lower Snake River dams
Oct 15, 2021 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Inslee, Murray to ponder future without dams
Oct 15, 2021 - The Spokesman-Review: Inslee, Murray plan to release dam breaching assessment by next summer
Oct 12, 2021 - For Immediate Release: CEQ Chair Brenda Mallory Holds Roundtable Discussion with Tribal Leaders at Yakama Nation (Oct. 4)
Oct 12, 2021 - The Oregonian: Opinion - Clean energy, wild salmon both critical for the future of the Columbia Basin
Oct 8, 2021 - Spokesman Review: Poll finds most Washington voters support plan to breach Snake River dams
Oct 2, 2021 - 'Steelhead Mean Business' newspaper ads highlight the plight of steelhead and impacts on businesses and communities
Oct 1, 2021 - CBB: With Few Snake River Sockeye Making It To Sawtooth Basin, Endangered Fish Hang On With Captive Breeding, Outplanting Adults Into Lakes
Sep 16, 2021 - Idaho Statesman: President Biden needs one voice to lead on Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson’s plan to save salmon
Sep 7, 2021 - Seattle Times: Lower Snake River irrigators propose two-dam drawdown, breaking with some farmers and bargers
Aug 26, 2021 - Lewiston Tribune: Steelhead numbers bad, again
Aug 23, 2021 - Everett Herald Guest Opinion: Murray, Inslee should back removal of Snake’s dams
Aug 17, 2021 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (August 2021)
Aug 17, 2021 - KIVI TV: Excessive heat makes it more difficult for sockeye salmon to return to Idaho
Aug 16, 2021 - East Oregonian: Guest Opinion - Working together, bold action can secure a thriving future for the Columbia Basin
Aug 12, 2021 - Katu TV: Conservation groups call for removal of Snake River dams, citing concerns for salmon
Aug 11, 2021 - Idaho Statesman: ‘More and more dire’: Idaho salmon advocates rally for Snake River dam breaching
Aug 11, 2021 - KHQ: Local wildlife advocates work to save endangered salmon populations
Jul 21, 2021 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (July 2021)
Jul 11, 2021 - Stand with the Tribes to restore Snake River salmon - July 15
Jul 9, 2021 - OPB: ‘The Very Essence Of Our Being’: Northwest Tribes (And Politicians) Gather To Discuss Future Of Salmon
Jul 9, 2021 - Seattle Times: Historic summit of tribes across Pacific Northwest presses dam removal on Inslee, Biden, Congress
Jul 8, 2021 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Tribes call for action on salmon, dams
Jul 6, 2021 - Full-page SOS Coalition ad in support of Tribal 'Salmon Orca Summit'
Jun 30, 2021 - Hot Water Report 2021 - June 30, Issue 2.
Jun 29, 2021 - Seattle Times: Pacific Northwest heat wave sets up ‘grim’ migration for salmon on Columbia, Snake rivers
Jun 19, 2021 - Extinction or Abundance?
Jun 18, 2021 - Columbia Insight: Hydro-fade. Pac NW power production is in dramatic flux
Jun 16, 2021 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (June 2021)
Jun 16, 2021 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 81 Chefs and Restaurant Industry Leaders Urge WA Policymakers to Support Salmon, Infrastructure Investments
Jun 7, 2021 - Oregon Business: The Salmon and the Snake
Jun 7, 2021 - Spokesman-Review Guest Opinion: Sen. Murray and Gov. Inslee must keep their promise to save wild salmon
Jun 3, 2021 - Dam Removal Success Stories 2021: Fifth and Final in the Series - Restoring Sandy River
May 28, 2021 - Lewiston Tribune: Northwest tribes unite behind breaching concept
May 28, 2021 - Seattle Times: Northwest tribes unite over GOP congressman’s pitch to breach down Lower Snake River dams
May 24, 2021 - Idaho Mountain Express: Shoshone-Bannock Tribes mark milestone in sockeye recovery efforts at Pettit Lake
May 17, 2021 - SOS Blogpost: Finally! Washington State Democrats weigh in on Simpson proposal
May 15, 2021 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Simpson calls on his challengers to provide ‘alternatives’
May 15, 2021 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - From the Nez Perce Tribe
May 14, 2021 - For Immediate Release: SOS Statement re: joint statement from Sen. Murray and Gov. Inslee
May 14, 2021 - Seattle Times: Gov. Inslee, Washington state’s U.S. senators reject GOP congressman’s pitch on Lower Snake River dam removal
May 14, 2021 - Joint press statement from Senator Murray and Governor Inslee (May 14)
May 11, 2021 - Oregonian: Columbia River needs a solution that sustains all our communities - By Earl Blumenauer and Mike Simpson
May 11, 2021 - The Spokesman:The U.S. promised the Nez Perce fishing rights. But what if Snake River dams kill off the fish?
May 3, 2021 - Watch a recording of Reps. Simpson and Blumenauer discuss solutions for Northwest salmon and communities
May 3, 2021 - ABC News: Snake River among top 10 most endangered rivers in the US, conservation group says
May 2, 2021 - Idaho Statesman: Oregon Congressman joins Idaho’s Mike Simpson in promoting dam removal
May 1, 2021 - Capital Press: Commentary: Simpson dam proposal smart, strategic
May 1, 2021 - Lewiston Tribune: Water level raised in lower Snake River, fish advocates cry foul
May 1, 2021 - Lewiston Tribune: Tribe’s fish study is ‘a call to alarm’
Apr 29, 2021 - Dam Removal Success Stories 2021: Part four of a five-part series
Apr 19, 2021 - Newspaper ads highlight the urgent plight of orcas (April 2021)
Apr 16, 2021 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Columbia Basin tribes back Simpson plan
Apr 7, 2021 - The Columbian: Yakama Nation to Emhoff: Breach dams on Snake River
Apr 1, 2021 - Dam Removal Success Stories 2021: Part three of a five-part series
Mar 30, 2021 - Idaho Statesman: Idaho Republican, Oregon Democrat could be the key figures in dam-breaching debate
Mar 30, 2021 - E&E News: A Republican wants to breach dams. Where are Democrats?
Mar 22, 2021 - Portland Business Journal: Viewpoint: A way to end litigation around salmon and dams
Mar 22, 2021 - The Columbian: Editorial - In Our View: Snake River dams plan warrants consideration
Mar 18, 2021 - La Grande Observer: My Voice: A main stem vision for our upstream economy
Mar 15, 2021 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (March 2021)
Mar 15, 2021 - Snake River Vision Project Launches Interactive Map Tool Imagining a Free-Flowing River
Mar 9, 2021 - 'Save Our wild Salmon' Spring Speaker Series: Hear from the experts and ask them questions
Mar 8, 2021 - Spokesman Review Guest opinion: Create a future on the lower Snake River that works for everyone.
Mar 8, 2021 - LMT Opinion: Simpson’s plan can make all of us winners
Mar 3, 2021 - Spokesman Review: New website imagines the Snake River without dams
Mar 1, 2021 - Lewiston Tribune Guest Opinion: Troy and Schoesler rushed to judgment on Simpson’s fish plan
Mar 1, 2021 - Magic Valley Op-ed: Simpson: Hartgen wants to gamble for Idaho’s future – I want certainty
Feb 23, 2021 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (February 2021)
Feb 23, 2021 - LMT: Scientists say removing Snake River dams ‘is necessary’ to restore salmon population
Feb 22, 2021 - Peninsula Daily News: Snake River dams proposal draws accolades, criticism
Feb 22, 2021 - Spokesman Review Guest Opinion: The Last Salmon
Feb 16, 2021 - Star Tribune: Congressman hopes politics align on divisive Northwest dams
Feb 8, 2021 - Congressman Simpson (R-ID) announces a groundbreaking proposal to restore Northwest salmon populations and invest in its communities and infrastructure
Feb 7, 2021 - Idaho Statesman Editorial: At long last, a workable plan to remove Lower Snake River dams and save Idaho’s salmon
Feb 7, 2021 - Seattle Times: GOP congressman pitches $34 billion plan to breach Lower Snake River dams in new vision for Northwest
Feb 6, 2021 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Rep. Simpson proposal calls for breaching four lower Snake River dams
Feb 6, 2021 - Tri-City Herald: This GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon. It’ll cost billions.
Feb 6, 2021 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Statement re: Rep. Simpson's proposal for salmon and communities
Feb 2, 2021 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Another poor chinook return expected
Feb 1, 2021 - Dam Removal Success Stories 2021: A five-part series
Jan 26, 2021 - Tri-City Herald: Treaty rights demand bold action to save salmon
Jan 21, 2021 - New York Times: Northwest’s Salmon Population May Be Running Out of Time
Jan 21, 2021 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (January 2021)
Jan 19, 2021 - Hatch Magazine: Scientists draft letter calling on governors to tear down the lower Snake River dams
Jan 19, 2021 - Spokane Public Radio: Report Lays Out Bleak Picture For Northwest Salmon 'Teetering On The Brink Of Extinction'
Dec 10, 2020 - Save Our wild Salmon’s Year-end Review 2020
Nov 30, 2020 - AP: Unique Idaho salmon numbers rise, but extinction looms
Nov 29, 2020 - Seattle Times: Salmon People: A tribe’s decades-long fight to take down the Lower Snake River dams and restore a way of life
Nov 29, 2020 - What a Biden Administration might mean for Northwest salmon and orcas
Nov 2, 2020 - The Oregonian: Opinion: Northwest states’ action on Columbia Basin salmon offer a needed lifeline
Nov 2, 2020 - The American Legion: Maintain or Drain
Oct 23, 2020 - EARTHJUSTICE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Fishing, Conservation Groups Take Step to Renew Legal Challenge
Oct 14, 2020 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Northwest governors pledge to work with tribes, others for salmon recovery
Oct 6, 2020 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Feds formally adopt salmon, dams plan
Oct 6, 2020 - Lewiston Tribune: Research: Sockeye are in hot water
Oct 6, 2020 - AP: Advocates vow to continue efforts to remove Snake River dams
Sep 28, 2020 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Statement re: Federal Agencies formally adopt flawed FEIS and 2020 BiOp
Sep 24, 2020 - Crosscut: Opinion - We lose more than salmon and orcas to the Snake River dams
Sep 15, 2020 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (September 2020)
Sep 3, 2020 - Bend Bulletin guest opinion: Let’s heal our rivers and restore salmon
Sep 3, 2020 - Register Guard guest opinion: A failure to save the salmon
Sep 3, 2020 - The Spokesman Review: Cooked salmon: Climate change, dams contribute to lethal habitat
Sep 3, 2020 - Magic Valley: As 9 salmon make it back to Pettit Lake, Sho-Ban Tribes play critical role to save sockeye
Sep 3, 2020 - OPB: Repairs on Snake River Dam slow wheat barges at peak of season
Sep 3, 2020 - East oregonian guest opinion: Collaboration with all stakeholders is the best path forward
Sep 3, 2020 - The Inlander: Nearly 30 years in, Save Our Wild Salmon continues its push to save Snake River fish
Aug 26, 2020 - The Columbian: Local View: Snake River dams too costly
Aug 18, 2020 - The Register Guard: River-dependent families need better solutions
Aug 14, 2020 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (August 2020)
Aug 13, 2020 - Lewiston Morning Tribune Editorial: Another Major Dam Study Comes and Goes
Aug 12, 2020 - E&E News: Climate concerns preclude dam breaching — Trump admin
Aug 12, 2020 - Idaho Press: Sockeye salmon return to Redfish Lake, but numbers are still low
Aug 12, 2020 - Lewiston Tribune: Letter to the Editor - Seek leadership elsewhere
Aug 12, 2020 - The Everett Herald: Editorial - Debate regarding Snake River dams is far from over
Aug 5, 2020 - Seattle Times: Another Washington dam removal — and 37 more miles of salmon habitat restored
Jul 31, 2020 - Lewiston Tribune: July 29 Letters to the Editor: Our Readers’ Opinions
Jul 30, 2020 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RE: 2020 Columbia-Snake salmon Federal Salmon Strategy - July 30, 2020.
Jul 30, 2020 - East Oregonian/Columbia Insight: Thermal hopscotch: How Columbia River salmon are adapting to climate change
Jul 29, 2020 - Hot Water Report 2020 - July 29, Issue 3
Jul 24, 2020 - Lewiston Tribune: Outfitters, guides call out legislators on salmon recovery
Jul 23, 2020 - Post Register: Salmon work group closer to making recommendations
Jul 14, 2020 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (July 2020)
Jul 8, 2020 - Herald Net: A major fish barrier on the Pilchuck River is coming down
Jun 30, 2020 - Seattle Times Guest Opinion: Snake River dams in hot water
Jun 23, 2020 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 23 June 2020
Jun 16, 2020 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (June 2020)
Jun 10, 2020 - Clearwater Tribune: LTE - Time to Get Off the Bench
Jun 9, 2020 - Peninsula Daily News: Kilmer comments on Snake River dams
Jun 4, 2020 - Peninsula Daily News: Port Angeles council co-signs Snake River dam letter
Jun 1, 2020 - 'Save Our wild Salmon' June Speaker Series: Hear from the experts and ask them questions
May 26, 2020 - Seattle Times: Washington state aims to regulate water temperature at federal dams, wading into controversy
May 26, 2020 - Public News Service: Sockeye Salmon: Canary in Coal Mine for Health of NW Rivers
May 21, 2020 - Tri-Cities Business News: Guest Contributor: Let’s work to find a new path forward
May 21, 2020 - Oregonlive: Columbia, Snake river dam operators must make plan to keep waters cold enough for salmon survival
May 11, 2020 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (May 2020)
Apr 30, 2020 - GiveBIG 2020 - May 5th and 6th. Please help sustain our work at this critical time
Apr 21, 2020 - 2020 CRSO Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS): An SOS Summary of the Public Comment Period (April 2020)
Apr 20, 2020 - Seattle Times: Electric utilities, conservation groups unite to seek solutions for Columbia River Basin dams
Apr 20, 2020 - Lewiston Tribune: Idaho fishing towns object to Columbia River study
Apr 20, 2020 - Another view on dam decisions: Support salmon and Native peoples
Apr 20, 2020 - Idaho State Journal: Setting the record straight on lower Snake River dams
Apr 20, 2020 - Idaho Press: Don't let politics drive salmon, steelhead into extinction
Mar 31, 2020 - Press Release: Washington State, Oregon Lawmakers Press Trump Administration to Extend Columbia River System Environmental Impact Statement Comment Period
Mar 29, 2020 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News (March-April 2020)
Mar 13, 2020 - An Update/Statement re: the Draft EIS, public comment process and coronavirus
Mar 13, 2020 - Speak up for salmon! The Draft EIS for Columbia and Snake River Salmon – A Resource Page
Mar 12, 2020 - Lewiston Tribune: Simpson offers critical remarks on river study
Mar 12, 2020 - Idaho Statesman op ed: These groups are setting differences aside to work on salmon solutions
Mar 12, 2020 - LMT: Groups want more time to comment on river plan
Mar 12, 2020 - E&E News: Spotlight turns to states as critics slam feds' salmon plan
Mar 6, 2020 - Indian Country Today: Nez Perce Tribe calls for leadership on lower Snake River restoration and accurate, complete, and transparent information on impacts of four lower Snake River Dams
Mar 1, 2020 - SOS Blog: The federal agencies' "new" Draft report - what just happened and what's next
Mar 1, 2020 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Feds - Snake River dams should stay
Feb 28, 2020 - East Oregonian: Letter: Sportfishers support Snake River dam removal
Feb 28, 2020 - E&E News: Pacific Northwest salmon review is Groundhog Day to greens
Feb 28, 2020 - For immediate release – Save Our wild Salmon Coalition statement regarding the Draft environmental impact statement
Feb 28, 2020 - AP/Seattle Times: Feds reject removal of 4 Snake River dams in key report
Feb 27, 2020 - Seattle Times: For the First Time in 20 Years, Feds Take a Deep Look at Hydroelectric Dam Removal on the Lower Snake River
Feb 27, 2020 - Idaho County Free Press: Guest Column: Rep. Simpson taking most comprehensive approach to bring salmon back
Feb 25, 2020 - For Immediate Release: Energy and conservation leaders call on elected officials to prioritize urgent Snake River issues
Feb 25, 2020 - Lewiston Tribune: Groups Call for Action on Fish
Feb 24, 2020 - East Oregonian: Oregon looks upstream to the lower Snake River
Feb 24, 2020 - Idaho Statesman: These groups disagree on salmon. Now, they’re calling on NW governors to collaborate
Feb 21, 2020 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Report: Idahoans split on breaching the four lower Snake River dams
Feb 21, 2020 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Anemic Chinook return predicted
Feb 21, 2020 - Spokesman Review: Free-flowing vision: Q&A with wild salmon advocate Sam Mace
Feb 21, 2020 - Idaho Statesman: Oregon gov: Snake River dam removal critical to save salmon. Republicans say that’s too extreme
Feb 21, 2020 - CBB: Oregon Governor Expresses Support For Lower Snake Dam Removal; Must Mitigate ‘Potential Harm To Vital Sectors’
Feb 21, 2020 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Fish School: Part 5
Jan 29, 2020 - Seattle Times: Another southern resident orca feared dead
Jan 29, 2020 - Moscow Pullman Daily News Guest Opinion: Idaho’s salmon can’t survive with the lower Snake dams
Jan 29, 2020 - National Public Radio: Northwest Salmon In Peril, And Efforts To Save Them Scale Up
Jan 29, 2020 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Fish school - Part I
Jan 29, 2020 - KEPRTV: Experts meet for public panel on Snake River dams
Jan 29, 2020 - Oregon Public Broadcasting: Dams vs. Salmon
Jan 29, 2020 - Courthouse News: Four Washington Dams Again on Chopping Block
Jan 19, 2020 - Lewiston Tribune: Discussion on dams draws crowd
Jan 5, 2020 - Capitol Press Guest Opinion: Ag and Rural Caucus seeks Snake River mitigation
Jan 5, 2020 - Daily Astorian Guest Column: Fishermen and farmers need solutions
Dec 23, 2019 - Public News Service: Gov. Inslee Report Weighs Future of Snake River
Dec 23, 2019 - Seattle Times Guest Opinion: Energy, salmon, economy: Accord on Snake River dams possible
Dec 23, 2019 - Get Involved! Washington State's 'Lower Snake River Stakeholder Process' - A Resource Page
Dec 23, 2019 - Lewiston Tribune: Study unveils views on Snake River dams
Dec 9, 2019 - Lower Snake River Stakeholder Process: Online Questionnaire
Dec 9, 2019 - Capital Press: Environmentalist calls for discussions on Snake River dams
Dec 7, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Outfitters discuss grim outlook
Nov 22, 2019 - Idaho Statesman: 2 Idaho rivers remain open for steelhead fishing. Guides say closure causes confusion
Nov 21, 2019 - Idaho Statesman: Removing lower Snake River dams is best chance for salmon, steelhead recovery
Nov 17, 2019 - Tri-City Herald: Republicans, outraged by no dam-breaching session in Tri-Cities, get their way
Nov 17, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Low steelhead numbers prompt review
Oct 30, 2019 - Post Register: Fish woes debated by Salmon panelists
Oct 30, 2019 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News - October/November 2019
Oct 28, 2019 - NBC News: Salmon shortage threatens food chain in Pacific NW
Oct 25, 2019 - Q13 Fox: Scientists warn of salmon extinction if Snake River dams stay
Oct 25, 2019 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: EPA Releases Draft Columbia River Cold Water Refuge Plan; 12 Tributaries Tagged For Protection; Scientists’ Letter Says Lower Snake Dam Breaching Needed To Reduce Temps For Fish
Oct 25, 2019 - Spokane Favs: Event seeks to create a better future for lower Snake River
Oct 23, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Scientists assert only breaching can cool Northwest waterways
Oct 23, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Scientists assert only breaching can cool Northwest waterways
Oct 23, 2019 - E&E News: Energy Transitions - The new weapon in the war over dam removal: Economics
Oct 14, 2019 - For Immediate Release: Save Our wild Salmon Coalition statement regarding the Oct. 14 announcement from the Yakama and Lummi Nations
Oct 11, 2019 - Yale 360: On the Northwest’s Snake River, the Case for Dam Removal Grows
Oct 10, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Say these local businesses, It’s the dams or us
Oct 9, 2019 - KNKX: Orca task force adds 13 recommendations at final meeting as 'biological extinction' looms
Oct 7, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Salmon group still getting its sea legs, Members struggle to define scope of work
Oct 2, 2019 - The 2019 Nimiipuu River Rendezvous Review!
Sep 30, 2019 - You're Invited: 'Dammed to Extinction'
Sep 30, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Don’t make the choice; merely clarify it
Sep 30, 2019 - Seattle Times: Chasing a memory - In California, orcas and salmon have become so scarce people have forgotten what once was. Will the Northwest be next?
Sep 30, 2019 - CBB: Memo Offers Preliminary 2019 Juvenile Salmon/Steelhead Survival Estimates Through Columbia/Snake Dams; Sockeye Show Improvement
Sep 26, 2019 - High Country News: Courts can’t keep Columbia and Snake River salmon from the edge of extinction
Sep 25, 2019 - Greenwire: Time running out for crusading biologist's war on dams
Sep 25, 2019 - Moscow-Pullman Daily News: Idaho F&G panel votes to close all steelhead fishing on area rivers
Sep 19, 2019 - CBB: Columbia/Snake Steelhead runs downgraded again, so far only 25 percent of average; Idaho considers closing fishing, other states would follow
Sep 16, 2019 - NY Times: How Long Before These Salmon Are Gone? ‘Maybe 20 Years’
Sep 16, 2019 - The Oregonian: Columbia River barge passage to be closed for over 2 more weeks, authorities say
Sep 11, 2019 - Daily Kos: As killer whales starve to death, public anger drives a shift in the political winds
Sep 11, 2019 - The Lens: Stakeholders to weigh in on Snake River dam removal
Sep 9, 2019 - Idaho Statesmen: Officials downgrade steelhead forecasts as fish return to Snake River in abysmal numbers
Sep 9, 2019 - Idaho Statesman: Governor’s salmon work group is going backward
Sep 5, 2019 - KIVI TV: Sockeye returns extremely low, only 81 sockeye salmon have made it to Idaho
Sep 4, 2019 - Daily Kos: Endangered orcas' fate is tied to a series of dams 400 miles inland
Sep 4, 2019 - E&E News: Energy Transitions - Hydropower giant Bonneville Power is going broke
Sep 3, 2019 - Hot Water Report 2019 - August 30th
Aug 29, 2019 - CBB: With steelhead forecasted return dropping 27 percent, states extend ban on retention in lower mainstem Columbia River
Aug 29, 2019 - CBB: Who sets water temperature standards for Columbia/Snake Rivers? Arguments heard in ninth circuit
Aug 29, 2019 - KNKX: Lummi Nation mourns lost Southern Resident orcas, renames those remaining
Aug 28, 2019 - Hot Water Report 2019 - August 23rd
Aug 28, 2019 - The Oregonian: We need a new vision for salmon—and the region
Aug 28, 2019 - First sockeye from Idaho hatchery comes home — $14M, 6 years and hundreds of thousands of smolts later
Aug 26, 2019 - Action Alert - Contact these Northwest leaders today - "Salmon, orca and communities need leadership today!"
Aug 25, 2019 - The Lens: New Analysis on Snake River Dams
Aug 25, 2019 - The Coeur d’Alene Press: Steelhead counts lower than average in Snake River
Aug 19, 2019 - Union Bulletin: When it comes to salmon, orcas and Snake River, breach the status quo
Aug 19, 2019 - Hot Water Report 2019 - August 16th
Aug 19, 2019 - The Oregonian: In My Opinion - Why Bonneville can’t save salmon
Aug 18, 2019 - KNKX: 'Hot Water Reports' use government's own data to highlight unsafe conditions for fish
Aug 15, 2019 - Seattle Times: Both orca babies are alive, and all 3 southern resident pods have been spotted in Canadian waters
Aug 15, 2019 - CBB: States Take Steps To Protect ESA-Listed Snake River Steelhead; Deschutes Fishing Closure (Cold Water Refuge), Rolling Closures Up The Columbia
Aug 15, 2019 - CBB: Oregon Study Shows How Increasing Abundance Of ESA-Listed Salmon Can Translate Into A Dollar Value, Deliver Economic Benefits
Aug 15, 2019 - KOMO News: A million salmon could be restored by removing Snake River dams
Aug 14, 2019 - Idaho Mountain Express: Salmon work group is going backward
Aug 13, 2019 - Hot Water Report 2019 - August 9th
Aug 13, 2019 - Crosscut: A new film argues Lower Snake dams make life worse for salmon, orcas and everyone in the PNW
Aug 12, 2019 - Tri-City Herald: Up to 300 gallons of oil may have spilled into the Snake River from a leaking dam turbine
Aug 12, 2019 - CBB: Upriver Steelhead Forecasts Down, B-Run 24 Percent Of Average; Idaho Considers Extending Fall Chinook Fishing Areas In Clearwater
Aug 12, 2019 - CBB: Snake River Sockeye Run Lowest In More Than A Decade, Currently 6 Percent Of 10-Year Average
Aug 8, 2019 - Hot Water Report 2019 - August 2nd
Aug 8, 2019 - Boise Weekly: Salmon Runs in 2019 Expected to Be Lower Than 2017, 2018
Aug 5, 2019 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: ECONorthwest releases report on economic tradeoffs of removing Lower Snake River Dams; Northwest Riverpartners Challenge
Aug 5, 2019 - Idaho Statesman: The first sockeye arrives at Redfish, but biologists worry few will follow. Here’s why
Aug 1, 2019 - Idaho Statesman: Idaho fisheries managers forecast poor steelhead return
Jul 31, 2019 - Gazette-Tribune: In support of salmon recovery, Ecology seeks feedback on proposed rule changes
Jul 31, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Study, Breaching dams would pay off
Jul 29, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Tribe, others challenge agreement
Jul 29, 2019 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Lower Snake River Sockeye Passage: “We have concerns fish are not passing upstream dams at appropriate rates”; Huge shad numbers causing some counting problems
Jul 29, 2019 - The Spokesman Review: Idaho steelhead forecast remains poor
Jul 26, 2019 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News - July 2019
Jul 25, 2019 - Boise Weekly: The Most Complex Natural Resource Issue In The West, Part 1 of a three-part series on Lower Snake River dam removal
Jul 19, 2019 - CBB: River Managers Clarify Priorities On Using Dworshak’s Cool Water For Salmon Into September; Lower Granite Sockeye Passage Dismal So Far, Only 19 Fish
Jul 16, 2019 - Seattle Times: Bonneville, the Northwest’s biggest clean-power supplier, faces promise and perils in changing energy markets
Jul 15, 2019 - CBB: Corps releases Dworshak water to cool Lower Granite tailwater for Salmon; Low sockeye run downgraded by one-third
Jul 12, 2019 - Hot Water Report 2019 - July 26th
Jul 12, 2019 - Hot Water Report 2019 - July 19th
Jul 9, 2019 - Idaho Fish & Game: very few sockeye salmon returning to Idaho
Jul 3, 2019 - CSM: In Idaho, the plight of salmon spawns an unorthodox proposal
Jul 3, 2019 - CSM: In Idaho, the plight of salmon spawns an unorthodox proposal
Jun 28, 2019 - Public News Service: Idaho Governor Assembles Diverse Groups to Plan Salmon Recovery
Jun 27, 2019 - Washington State Wire: Washington’s path to clean energy can also save orca—and salmon they need to thrive
Jun 24, 2019 - Idaho Statesman: Little vows to fight for abundant, sustainable salmon populations through work group
Jun 18, 2019 - MeatEater Conservation: Breach It and They Will Come
Jun 14, 2019 - CBB: Treaty Fishing To Begin For Summer Chinook, Sockeye; Run Forecasts Down From Last Year’s Actual Returns
Jun 11, 2019 - Union Bulletin: With or without dams, we are in this together
Jun 11, 2019 - Out There Outdoors: Reckoning on a River
Jun 5, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Spring chinook season comes to close
Jun 4, 2019 - Seattle Times: Can Bonneville Power Administration be saved?
Jun 4, 2019 - Mountain Journal: Collapse of Salmon And Steelhead A Dam Shame
May 31, 2019 - Seattle Times: Chinook bust on the Columbia: Spring returns worse than forecast on Northwest’s largest river
May 21, 2019 - Tri-City Herald: Washington governor urged to veto money to study tearing down Lower Snake River dams
May 20, 2019 - KIVITV: Bonneville Power struggles as salmon runs decline, Economists say Snake River Dams are losing money
May 14, 2019 - National Geographic: Two-thirds of the longest rivers no longer flow freely—and it's harming us
May 14, 2019 - Crosscut: An Idaho Republican is asking the right questions about Northwest salmon
May 12, 2019 - Inlander: Dammed to Extinction Doc exploring orca survival, Snake River dams comes to Spokane
May 5, 2019 - GiveBIG 2019 is on Wednesday, May 8 - make your pledge today!
May 2, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Editorial - Simpson is merely listening to his voters
May 2, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Washington OKs $750,000 for dam study
Apr 30, 2019 - OPB: Washington Budget Funds Group To Study Snake River Dam Removal
Apr 30, 2019 - Seattle Times: State budgets $750,000 for outreach over impacts of breaching Lower Snake River dams
Apr 30, 2019 - Crosscut: Can Washington save salmon without removing dams?
Apr 30, 2019 - The Daily News: Orca advocates join lower Snake River dam removal debate
Apr 30, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Rep. Mike Simpson’s talk of mitigating for eventual removal draws mixed reviews from other lawmakers
Apr 30, 2019 - Idaho Statesman: Simpson stops short of calling for dam removal to save salmon. But he is asking, ‘What if?’
Apr 28, 2019 - For Immediate Release: Legislature Funds Key Orca Task Force Recommendation to address community needs
Apr 26, 2019 - OPB: Salmon Conference Calls For Innovative Solutions To Protect Fish
Apr 26, 2019 - Idaho Press: Conservationists, power officials look for common ground over dams, wild salmon
Apr 26, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Bringing breaching to the table - Congressman Mike Simpson says he’s determined to see fish runs recovered in his lifetime
Apr 26, 2019 - Idaho Statesman: ‘I want salmon back in Idaho.’ Simpson seeks bold action after $16 billion spent on recovery
Apr 22, 2019 - CBB: Salmon Fishing Seasons:Good Opportunities For Coho, Some Restrictions To Protect Low Chinook Returns
Apr 22, 2019 - CBB: Columbia River Springer Fishing Allowed This Weekend; Passage Numbers Low At Bonneville But Improving
Apr 21, 2019 - Can we come together? Next week in Idaho.
Apr 18, 2019 - Inlander: Inslee's Orca Task Force wants to plan now for the potential breaching of four Snake River dams, but there's pushback from some groups
Apr 17, 2019 - CBB: Two More Days Of Spring Chinook Fishing, But Harvest Managers Wonder If Looking At ‘Really Poor Run’
Apr 17, 2019 - Seattle Times: Restore the Snake River? Stakeholder talks are the right next step
Apr 17, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Conference eyes Andrus-like look at salmon, Organizers hope to bring diverse participants to the table in Boise later this month for discussion
Apr 14, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Conference eyes Andrus-like look at salmon
Apr 14, 2019 - TriCity Herald: Trump wants to speed up the Snake River dams decision. Democrats wonder why the rush
Apr 11, 2019 - CBB: NOAA Releases New 2019 BiOp For Columbia Basin Salmon/Steelhead; Includes Flexible Spill
Apr 11, 2019 - CBB: Two More Days Of Spring Chinook Fishing, But Harvest Managers Wonder If Looking At ‘Really Poor Run’
Mar 27, 2019 - TAKE ACTION: Contact your legislators today; ask them to "include funding for the lower Snake River stakeholder forum in the final state budget!”
Mar 27, 2019 - Save Our wild Salmon Reacts to Seattle Times article "Breaching Snake River dams could save salmon and orcas, but destroy livelihoods"
Mar 27, 2019 - Moscow-Pullman Daily News: Idaho salmon, steelhead populations in ‘perilous state’
Mar 21, 2019 - Idaho Mountain Express: Salmon advocates see potential for Snake River dam removal, Economics may demand it
Mar 18, 2019 - Everett Herald Editorial: What look at Snake dams can mean for orcas and us
Mar 15, 2019 - CBB: Salmon Fishing Rules Off NW Coast To Be Guided By Need To Protect Low Numbers Of Chinook
Mar 15, 2019 - CBB: Report On 2018 BPA Fish/Wildlife Costs Released For Comment; $16.8 Billion Since 1981
Mar 8, 2019 - Seattle Times: Feds could restrict Pacific Ocean fishing over endangered orcas, NOAA letter says
Feb 27, 2019 - LMT: Problem at dam lock freezes barges, No date set for traffic on Snake River to resume
Feb 22, 2019 - CBB: Very Low Spring Chinook Forecasted Return Prompts Limits on Recreational Fishing
Feb 22, 2019 - CBB: NW Power/Conservation Council Hears Details On Flexible Spill Agreement To Aid Juvenile Salmonids
Feb 22, 2019 - Q13 Fox: To help salmon migrate, state looks to spill more over dams
Feb 8, 2019 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: 2018 Comparative Survival Report Offers Latest Numbers On Smolt-To-Adult Returns For Basin Salmonids Columbia Basin Bulletin: 2018 Comparative Survival Report Offers Latest Numbers On Smolt-To-Adult Returns For Basin Salmonids
Feb 8, 2019 - Seattle Times: EPA ices Washington state’s effort to regulate hot water in Columbia, Snake rivers
Feb 6, 2019 - KATU: Dam cool idea? Washington seeks public input on plan to help salmon
Feb 1, 2019 - Tri-City Herald: The Snake River dams fill a power gap. Lawmakers need to know that
Feb 1, 2019 - Seattle Times: Washington state to regulate federal dams on Columbia, Snake to cool hot water, aid salmon
Feb 1, 2019 - OPB: To Help Orcas Catch More Salmon, Washington Plans To Increase Spill At Dams
Jan 25, 2019 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Dam issues reach both sides of the river
Jan 18, 2019 - Lewiston Tribune: Speaker says breaching the dams is no cure-all
Jan 16, 2019 - Tri-City Herald: Study on tearing down Snake River dams is a waste of taxpayer money, says letter to governor
Jan 16, 2019 - Lewiston Tribune: Trump shortens timeline for Columbia system study
Dec 23, 2018 - Save Our wild Salmon's 2018 year-in-review - and look ahead!
Dec 23, 2018 - Spokesman-Review Guest Opinion: Time for BPA to act on dams
Dec 23, 2018 - Idaho Statesman Guest Opinion: Anger toward conservation groups over threatened steelhead lawsuit was misdirected
Dec 20, 2018 - Walla Walla Union-Bulletin: Dam agreement to save fish worth a try
Dec 20, 2018 - Tri-City Herald: Opponents call new dam agreement to help salmon ‘worse than useless’
Dec 20, 2018 - Lewiston Tribune: Salmon deal to add more spillage at region’s dams. Oregon, Washington and Nez Perce Tribe reach agreement over fish passage operations
Dec 20, 2018 - Seattle Times: Changes to dams on Columbia, Snake rivers to benefit salmon, hydropower and orcas
Dec 20, 2018 - OPB: Dam Agreement Aims To Help More Salmon Survive Columbia River Journey
Dec 13, 2018 - Seattle Times: Gov. Jay Inslee wants $1.1 billion to help save Puget Sound’s critically endangered orcas
Dec 7, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Federal Climate Report Suggests More Warm Years Such As 2015 Will Be A Reality For Columbia Basin
Dec 7, 2018 - Idaho Statesman: Without drastic changes, Idaho’s wild steelhead are on a path to extinction
Dec 7, 2018 - Editorial Lewiston Morning Tribune: If you love a river, you’ll reopen the season
Dec 4, 2018 - The Revelator: Four Major Dam-Removal Projects To Keep an Eye on in the Coming Year
Dec 2, 2018 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Into the wild - Factions fight over best catch-and-release practices
Nov 25, 2018 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: For endangered orcas, it's the hunger games
Nov 19, 2018 - Q13 Fox: Orca task force finalizes plan to save endangered southern resident killer whales
Nov 19, 2018 - Tri-City Herald: State task force names 36 ways to save orcas. What does that mean for tearing down the dams?
Nov 19, 2018 - Everett Herald Editorial: Solutions for saving our salmon and orcas
Nov 18, 2018 - Call Governor Inslee Today: "Secure funding for the lower Snake River stakeholder forum!"
Nov 16, 2018 - For Immediate Release: Orca Recovery Task Force calls for urgent action to increase Columbia-Snake river chinook salmon populations, among its recommendations for Governor Inslee to protect critically endangered orcas from extinction.
Nov 13, 2018 - Seattle Times Special Report: Orcas thrive in waters to the north. Why are Puget Sound’s dying?
Nov 13, 2018 - An update on orca and salmon protection efforts (11.11.18)
Nov 9, 2018 - KOMO News: Suspending whale-watching tours, breaching dams recommended to save orcas
Nov 9, 2018 - The Daily Astorian: Guest column - Orcas, fishermen are both endangered species, four low-value Snake River dams should be removed
Nov 2, 2018 - The Columbia Basin Bulletin: Independent Science Review off Salmon Survival Study Shows Concern Over Low Smolt-To-Adult Returns
Oct 25, 2018 - Orca/Salmon Alert - 5-day comment period closes TODAY (Oct. 29) - Act now!
Oct 22, 2018 - Tri-City Herald: Trump issues order on Columbia and Snake River dams. He wants fewer regulations
Oct 22, 2018 - Q13 Fox: Trump speeds up environmental review of Columbia River system and its effects on salmon
Oct 22, 2018 - Q13 Fox: Calls to breach Snake River dams to save Northwest orcas grow louder
Oct 19, 2018 - Kitsap Sun: Task force considers breaching dams to save endangered orcas
Oct 19, 2018 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Ruling presses EPA to act on hot water plan Federal judge orders agency to approve or disapprove its draft report within 30 days
Oct 15, 2018 - Seattle Times: Southern resident orcas that frequent Puget Sound may not survive without breaching the Lower Snake River dams to help the salmon the orcas live on, scientists say.
Oct 15, 2018 - CBB: NOAA Releases Preliminary 2018 Juvenile Salmonid Survival Estimates Through Columbia/Snake Dams
Oct 15, 2018 - Q13-FOX: Snake River dams drive wedge between farmers and orca champions
Oct 15, 2018 - Street Root News: Save the orcas: Protesters want Snake River dams breached
Oct 1, 2018 - SIGN THE PETITION: Endangered orca and salmon need bold action now!
Sep 26, 2018 - The Seattle Times: Another southern resident orca is ailing — and at least three whales are pregnant
Sep 17, 2018 - Seattle Times: Attendees criticized NOAA for coordinating the now-canceled rescue effort of the orca J50 with SeaWorld, the entertainment park that had for decades profited from capturing the animals for use in its aquariums.
Sep 14, 2018 - Seattle Times: Orca J50 presumed dead but NOAA continues search
Sep 11, 2018 - For Immediate Release: Press Statement re: Congressional Report language re: salmon included as part of the Energy and Water Resources Appropriations Bill
Sep 9, 2018 - Spokesman Review: More than 600 turn out for Snake River protest Saturday
Sep 7, 2018 - You're invited! 2018 Flotilla to 'Free the Snake' - Sept. 7/8 in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley
Sep 6, 2018 - For Immediate Release: Representative Newhouse hosts Congressional Field Hearings in Pasco, Washington spotlighting endangered wild salmon populations and the federal system of dams
Sep 6, 2018 - For Immediate Release: Statement from Joseph Bogaard re: 'Free the Snake!' Flotilla and RiverFest events
Sep 4, 2018 - PRESS ADVISORY: 4th Annual "Free the Snake! Flotilla" to feature nationally-recognized indigenous advocate Winona LaDuke and award-winning musician Nahko
Sep 3, 2018 - Hot Water Report 2018 - August 31
Sep 3, 2018 - TriCity Herald: Activist groups say give us our dammed Snake River back.
Sep 3, 2018 - TriCity Herald: Just in case the Snake River dams go away
Aug 11, 2018 - CBB: River Managers Opt To Save Cool Dworshak Water For Upcoming Salmon/Steelhead Migration
Aug 11, 2018 - CBB: Hot Water Temperatures Prompt Oregon/Washington To Close Deschutes, Yakima River Mouths To Fishing
Aug 11, 2018 - Seattle Times: ‘I am sobbing’: Mother orca still carrying her dead calf — 16 days later
Aug 11, 2018 - Oregonian: Oregon closes steelhead sanctuary off mouth of Deschutes to all fishing
Aug 6, 2018 - For Immediate Release: SOS Statement on the Southern Resident orcas, Orca Task Force and Governor Inslee
Jul 31, 2018 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Orca Salmon Alliance Mourns Recent Orca Losses – Calls for Urgent Action
Jul 16, 2018 - Hot Water Report 2018 - July 13
Jul 16, 2018 - CBB: With Temps Rising, Corps Cools Snake River With Dworshak Water To Aid Endangered Snake River Sockeye
Jul 16, 2018 - CBB: Council F&W Committee Talks Policy About BPA Project Funding Cuts, Columbia Basin Fish Accords
Jul 10, 2018 - Lewiston Tribune: Why did the B-run get a ‘D’? Reasons for diminishing fish returns begin to come into focus
Jul 9, 2018 - Lewiston Tribune: BPA at a Crossroads
Jul 3, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Corps’ Second Spill Report To Court Details Impacts Of High Flows, Involuntary Spill In May
Jul 3, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: With Run Downgrade, Summer Chinook Fishing Below Bonneville Dam Ends Early; Sockeye Above Forecast
Jun 28, 2018 - KIVI: Salmon numbers in Idaho take a nose dive
Jun 28, 2018 - News Deeply: Salmon Are Booming in Oregon’s Rogue River. Dam Removal May Be Why.
Jun 19, 2018 - Lewiston Tribune: Will Idaho's lame duck governor extend his reach?
Jun 19, 2018 - Lewiston Tribune: New life for an old beach
Jun 19, 2018 - Crosscut: Tribes see return of long lost fish
Jun 18, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Fish/River Managers Have Differing Interpretations On What ‘Spill To The Gas Cap’ Looks Like
Jun 18, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Pacific Lamprey Return To Umatilla River In Record Numbers; From Functionally Extinct To Over 2,600
Jun 18, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Bonneville Power Looking At Spending Reductions In Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Spending
Jun 18, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Flows Drop on Columbia/Snake, Allows Transition To Court-Ordered Spill; Water Supply Forecasts Good
Jun 18, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: NOAA Fisheries Delivers First Court-Ordered Spring Spill For Fish Report; Shows Complex Operations
Jun 18, 2018 - Editorial: Shifts of market and region
Jun 1, 2018 - Seattle Times: Once-flooded Elwha land becomes forest
May 24, 2018 - For the Sake of the Snake
May 16, 2018 - Idaho Mountain Express Guest Opinion: Idaho congressmen sell out our salmon
May 16, 2018 - YOU'RE INVITED! CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF WILD & SCENIC RIVERS WITH SAWYERS PADDLES AND OARS - A BENEFIT FOR SAVE OUR WILD SALMON
May 16, 2018 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News – May/June 2018 issue
May 15, 2018 - Lewiston Tribune: Students reimagine Lewiston's waterfront
May 14, 2018 - B-Run Steelhead - Extinction in the Heart of Idaho
May 10, 2018 - Spokesman Review Guest Opinion: Dam study reveals raft of benefits
May 10, 2018 - NW Fishletter #381: NW Energy Coalition Commissions Study To Replace Energy From Snake River Dams
May 8, 2018 - Idaho Statesman: 'This will be a big deal for people who fish for trout'
May 3, 2018 - Moscow-Pullman Daily News - Our View: Congress wields its power to protect dams on the Snake
May 3, 2018 - Lewiston Morning Tribune Editorial: McMorris Rodgers got her talking points; now what?
Apr 26, 2018 - Spokesman Review: Citing costs, U.S. House votes to halt additional water spills for salmon
Apr 26, 2018 - Associated Press: House backs bill to block spill of dam water to help salmon
Apr 23, 2018 - Tri-City Herald Guest Opinion: Guest Opinion: Dam replacement study reveals new opportunities
Apr 23, 2018 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Think tank slams dam-breaching study
Apr 17, 2018 - Yakima Herald Saturday Soapbox: Defenders of Snake River dams are ignoring facts
Apr 16, 2018 - Seattle Times: Republicans criticize spill of dam water to help salmon
Apr 16, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Court Ordered Spring Spill For Fish Begins On Four Lower Columbia River Dams
Apr 16, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: House Committee Passes Bill Requiring Congressional Authorization For Certain Changes At Dams
Apr 13, 2018 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Blumenauer Statement on Legislation to Undermine Columbia River Salmon Recovery
Apr 12, 2018 - Tri-City Herald: This bill would save Snake River dams. It’s hitting opposition in Congress
Apr 4, 2018 - Lewiston Tribune: Cheap and Fish Friendly Power?
Apr 4, 2018 - Idaho Statesman: Northwest could tear down 4 Snake dams & still have cheap, reliable power, says study
Apr 3, 2018 - For Immediate Release: Press Statement - Salmon Extinction or Restoration? Putting the Lower Snake River Dam Power Replacement Study in context
Apr 2, 2018 - A Tale of Two Rivers - Portland, OR - Thursday, April 26 - 6-9 pm
Apr 2, 2018 - A Tale of Two Rivers - Olympia, WA - Wednesday, April 25 - 6-9 pm
Apr 2, 2018 - For immediate release: Appeals Court Affirms Order Requiring More Water Be Spilled Over Dams to Help Salmon Survive
Apr 1, 2018 - Spokesman-Review: Poll shows Washington voters choose salmon over dams
Mar 31, 2018 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Washingtonians say they'd take salmon over the dams, poll finds
Mar 29, 2018 - For Immediate Release:
Washington Voters Value Wild Salmon Over Lower Snake River Dams
Mar 27, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: NW Power/Conservation Council Gets Numbers Rundown On Columbia River Salmon/Steelhead Returns
Mar 27, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Independent Science Board Reviews Two NOAA Experimental Spill Test Designs
Mar 15, 2018 - Loaves and Fishes: Moscow
Mar 15, 2018 - Loaves and Fishes: Spokane, the journey begins
Mar 14, 2018 - For Immediate Release: Orca and salmon advocates welcome Governor Inslee’s creation of an emergency orca task force
Mar 3, 2018 - Wild Salmon & Steelhead News - February/March 2018
Mar 1, 2018 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Harvest Managers Predict 23 Percent Decline In 2018 Fall Chinook Run, One-Half Of 10-Year Average
Mar 1, 2018 - Tri- City Herald: Decision on Snake dam removal has Murray and Newhouse at odds
Mar 1, 2018 - Spokesman Review: Recreation is big business
Feb 16, 2018 - Loaves and Fishes - Spokane - March 4, 2018
Feb 4, 2018 - US News and World Report: State Bills Tackle Threats to Endangered Puget Sound Orcas
Feb 4, 2018 - The Tyee: Megadams Not Clean or Green, Says Expert
Feb 4, 2018 - CBB: Salmon BiOp Challengers Argue New 2018 BiOp Due End Of Year Would Be Illegal Without EIS Foundation
Jan 31, 2018 - Idaho Statesman: This agency spends the most to help Northwest salmon. But cuts are coming.
Jan 27, 2018 - Seattle Times: Environmental impact of salmon decline: This isn’t just about fish
Jan 18, 2018 - Tale of Two Rivers Online Resources
Jan 12, 2018 - A Tale of Two Rivers - at the Cracker Building in Spokane - Thursday, January 25
Jan 10, 2018 - Judge OKs plan for Snake, Columbia river dams
Jan 8, 2018 - For Immediate Release: U.S. District Court approves joint federal-state proposal for 2018 spill plan
Jan 2, 2018 - The Idaho Statesman: The fate of the Northwest’s largest energy provider may decide future of our salmon
Dec 19, 2017 - A Tale of Two Rivers - at the Burke Museum in Seattle - Wednesday, January 24
Dec 17, 2017 - Idaho Statesman Guest Opinion: It’s time to reverse the damage caused by Snake River dams
Dec 12, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: New plans for some threatened salmon will ‘not get us to recovery,’ feds say
Dec 10, 2017 - Associated Press: Washington governor opposes House bill on Columbia, Snake River dams
Dec 10, 2017 - CBB: Briefs Filed In Appeals Court To Expedite Challenge To Increased Spill For Juvenile Salmon, Steelhead
Dec 10, 2017 - CBB: Agencies Outline NEPA/EIS Progress Evaluating Columbia/Snake River Uses, Improvements For Fish
Dec 5, 2017 - December 5, 2017: Governor Inslee issues statement opposing harmful HR 3144
Dec 2, 2017 - CBB: Judge Denies Irrigators‚ Motion For Hearing On 2015 Spill/Transportation, Spread The Risk
Dec 2, 2017 - CBB: Judge Floats Idea Of Suspending Work On 2018 BiOp For Salmon/Steelhead Due To Lack Of Completed EIS
Nov 29, 2017 - From the desk of Jacob Schmidt: Faith leaders meet with McMorris Rodgers office to oppose HR 3144
Nov 29, 2017 - 'It Takes Our Purpose': With No Salmon, Yurok Tribe Struggles With Identity
Nov 26, 2017 - Seattle Times: Site unseen - Floodwaters buried a treasure trove at Marmes Rockshelter
Nov 20, 2017 - Moscow Pullman Daily News - Letter to the Editor: Giving up fish for unneeded power
Nov 19, 2017 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Hard water makes for hard times
Nov 19, 2017 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Letter to the Editor - Free the Snake River
Nov 19, 2017 - CBB: Council Hears Presentation On How California’s Booming Renewables Affecting BPA Revenues
Nov 19, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Taxpayers paid $14 million for an Idaho hatchery — and all its fish have been dying
Nov 13, 2017 - NewsDeeply: Why Hydroelectric Utilities Are Endangered by Soaring Solar and Wind
Nov 13, 2017 - Lewiston Morning Tribune Letter to the Editor: Save the salmon
Nov 9, 2017 - NewsDeeply: Two Years After California’s Biggest Dam Removal, Fish Rebound
Nov 5, 2017 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Federal Agencies Update Court On NEPA, EIS Process For Columbia/Snake Salmon, Steelhead
Nov 5, 2017 - L.A. Times Guest Opinion: Four dams in the West are coming down — a victory wrapped in a defeat for smart water policy
Nov 2, 2017 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Twenty-five conservation organizations and business associations call on Governor Inslee to act quickly to help salmon and orca
Oct 31, 2017 - Lewiston Morning Tribune Editorial Opinion: Has the game changed for Snake River fish?
Oct 27, 2017 - CBB: Independent Science Panel Reviews Draft Report On Columbia Basin Salmon Survival
Oct 22, 2017 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Time to breach?
Oct 20, 2017 - Idaho Mountain Express: Bill would void court order no salmon recovery
Oct 20, 2017 - NEWS RELEASE: Ten years after Oregon’s largest dam removal, salmon and steelhead rebounding on the Sandy
Oct 17, 2017 - OPB/EarthFix: Salmon-Friendly Rulings On Columbia, Snake Dams Could Be Oveturned By Congress
Oct 8, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Acidic oceans and warm rivers that kill Idaho’s salmon might be norm in 50 years
Oct 8, 2017 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Feedback - Ocean Conditions And Salmon Survival
Oct 8, 2017 - CBB: Idaho Sockeye Run Second Worst In 10 Years But Good Conversion Rates From Lower Granite To Sawtooths
Oct 8, 2017 - NW Fishletter #374: Draft Results From Model Show Benefits With and Without Snake River Dams
Oct 8, 2017 - CBB: Draft Annual Salmon Survival Study Considers Impacts Of Lower Snake Dam Breaching, More Spill
Sep 25, 2017 - NRDC: New Study Offers Way Out of Hot Water & Salmon Crisis
Sep 25, 2017 - Idaho Statesman Guest Opinion: Don’t blame ‘the blob.’ Even with good ocean conditions, salmon face hostile rivers.
Sep 21, 2017 - Street Roots News: Nez Perce activists fight to save the Snake River
Sep 11, 2017 - 2017 Free the Snake Flotilla Photo Gallery
Sep 11, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Remove 4 dams, leave these fish alone, and they may be able to replenish themselves
Sep 10, 2017 - Lewiston Tribune: Salmon advocates take to the water to call for dam breaching
Sep 4, 2017 - HCN: After its dams came down, a river is reborn
Aug 30, 2017 - Press Advisory: 3rd Annual Free the Snake Flotilla: Boaters Call for Dam Removal to Save Wild Steelhead, Salmon
Aug 25, 2017 - High Country News: States restrict chinook fisheries
Aug 18, 2017 - Seattle Times: Warm-water conditions in the Columbia and Snake Rivers are challenging cold water salmon and steelhead — and the problem is likely to get worse because of climate change.
Aug 17, 2017 - JOIN THE FREE THE SNAKE FLOTILLA - 2017!
Aug 16, 2017 - For Immediate Release: Scientists send letter to policymakers affirming the benefits of “spill” over Columbia Basin dams – to help for endangered wild salmon and steelhead
Aug 14, 2017 - Spokesman Review Guest Opinion: Bill would rubber-stamp salmon failure
Aug 11, 2017 - Lewiston Tribune: Seriously stressed steelhead
Aug 9, 2017 - For Immediate Release: 70 sportfishing and outdoor recreational businesses send Governor Kate Brown letter of appreciation
Aug 4, 2017 - Idaho Statesman Series Part 2: A changing electrical grid may make Snake River dams expendable — and help save salmon
Jul 31, 2017 - For Immediate Release: Sawyer Oars, Artists & Save Our Wild Salmon join forces in a new alliance
Jul 31, 2017 - Idaho Statesman Guest Opinion: Past 20 years have strengthened the case for removing four Snake River dams
Jul 31, 2017 - LMT: IDFG scrambling to fill hatchery quotas of spring chinook
Jul 20, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Should Snake dams be removed?
Jul 17, 2017 - Eugene Register-Guard Editorial: A damming proposal - Congressional bill is not a good option
Jul 17, 2017 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Short lines - tall orders
Jul 15, 2017 - LMT: Steelhead numbers even lower than forecast
Jul 10, 2017 - Lewiston Tribune: Who is McMorris Rodgers looking after?
Jul 10, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Northwest Salmon, the stuff of legends, still struggle to survive
Jul 5, 2017 - Seattle Times: At Elwha River, forests, fish and flowers where there were dams and lakes
Jul 4, 2017 - Lewiston Tribune: McMorris Rodgers seeks new life for salmon plan
Jun 30, 2017 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NW business and conservation leaders oppose bill to overturn 2016 federal court decision and push imperiled salmon closer to extinction.
Jun 29, 2017 - SOS Blog: Spokane churches and Nez Perce Tribal members gather together on the banks of the lower Snake River
Jun 29, 2017 - Idaho Statesman Guest Opinion: The Snake and salmon: People are feeling the pain of a river lost
Jun 20, 2017 - The Drake: Columbia Conundrum
Jun 13, 2017 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Spring chinook fishing closed in Clearwater Basin
May 29, 2017 - Moscow-Pullman Daily News: Our View: Can lawyers just try to swim with the salmon?
May 26, 2017 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Fisheries managers move to protect B-run
May 22, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Saving Idaho's salmon: Nature again turns against returning fish that already face long odds
May 19, 2017 - CBB: Spill Advocates, Federal Agencies Agree To Status Conference Schedule, Protocol In Salmon BiOP Case
May 18, 2017 - ORECA's alert targeting Governor Brown doesn’t tell the full story.
May 17, 2017 - For Immediate Release: 31 Groups Send Letter to WA and OR members of Congress re: Columbia Basin salmon recovery
May 17, 2017 - LMT: Anemic return leads managers to close salmon fishing on Snake
May 15, 2017 - CBB: Spring Chinook Return Had A Little Bounce Then Back To Low Numbers; Insufficient Data For Run Update
May 15, 2017 - CBB: Heading Into Summer Water Supply Forecasts Across Basin Above Normal; One Of Wettest Years
May 9, 2017 - Tri-Cities Herald: 3 horseback riders stop in Kennewick on journey to save salmon
May 9, 2017 - Seattle Times: Epic snow and rain help salmon now, but conflicts with hydropower lie ahead on Columbia River
Apr 25, 2017 - Oregonian: Idaho horseback riders on salmon trek pass through Portland
Apr 20, 2017 - NWPR/EarthFix: Conservation Groups Ask To Stop Barging Sockeye Around Dams
Apr 11, 2017 - Idaho Statesman: Saving the salmon can lead to a long-lasting Northwest economic renewal
Mar 27, 2017 - OPB: Court Orders More Spill Over Columbia River Dams In 2018
Mar 27, 2017 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Court Grants Increased 'Spill' to Aid Endangered Columbia/Snake River Salmon
Mar 24, 2017 - KUOW: Northwest Tribes Say Salmon Recovery Is Requirement Based On Treaty Rights
Mar 24, 2017 - The Oregonian: How infrastructure report card reflects on West Coast states in 10 critical areas
Mar 24, 2017 - CBB: Listed Steelhead Move Into New Habitat Created By Removal Of Obsolete Dam On Idaho's Potlatch River
Mar 24, 2017 - Lewiston Tribune: Tribal, nontribal activists gather for environmental conference
Mar 12, 2017 - Spokesman Review: Worries growing for wheat farmers
Mar 11, 2017 - Canoe & Kayak Guest Opinion: It’s Time To Remove The Lower Snake River Dams
Mar 7, 2017 - Media Advisory
: Court Hearing in Portland on Columbia/Snake Salmon - 3.9.2017
Feb 27, 2017 - Willamette Week: Environmental groups seek federal action to save salmon and steelhead in Snake and Columbia Rivers
Feb 12, 2017 - Columbia/Snake Salmon NEPA Analysis Public Scoping Comment Period: A Summary
Feb 12, 2017 - 400,000 citizens submit comments calling for removal of the lower Snake River dams
Feb 5, 2017 - Patagonia Blog: The Cleanest Line - Free the Snake and Restore Salmon to Honor Treaty Right
Feb 1, 2017 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: More than 250,000 Urge Feds to Do More to Save Salmon
Jan 27, 2017 - KING5-TV: Snake River dams examined after decades of lawsuits
Jan 25, 2017 - Workboat: Lockdown - Inside America’s decaying waterways infrastructure
Jan 18, 2017 - The Daily News: Removing dams could affect Cowlitz industry, electric rates
Jan 18, 2017 - Many Dollars and Little Sense: Barging on the Lower Snake River
Jan 11, 2017 - The Daily Astorian: Debate spills over the dams
Jan 11, 2017 - Associated Press: Environmental groups want work halted on Snake River dams
Jan 9, 2017 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Advocates Ask Court to Safeguard Salmon Ahead of Federal Planning Process
Jan 2, 2017 - Oregonian: Shielded Native American sites thrust into debate over dams
Jan 1, 2017 - Steelhead, sockeye spotted above Elwha dam sites
Dec 21, 2016 - For Immediate Release: New Report Highlights 10 Wildlife Conservation Priorities for the Trump Administration
Dec 12, 2016 - Chinook Observer Editorial: Say no to standing by as salmon go extinct
Dec 9, 2016 - Lewiston Morning Tribune Editorial: Fishy end run
Dec 8, 2016 - Daily Astoria Editorial: ‘God Squad’ is the wrong idea for endangered species
Dec 8, 2016 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Irrigators want dams off endangered list
Dec 7, 2016 - Idaho Statesman: Lower Snake River farmers seek federal ruling to allow Idaho salmon to go extinct
Dec 7, 2016 - Idaho Statesman Guest Opinion: Stop studying the studies; breach dams and save the salmon
Dec 7, 2016 - NW Fishletter #364: NWEC Panel Explores Replacing Power From Lower Snake River Dams (2)
Dec 7, 2016 - Daily Astorian Guest Column: An opportunity to push for salmon recovery
Dec 4, 2016 - Tri-City Herald Guest Opinion: Costly dams are harmful to salmon, tribes, and taxpayers
Dec 4, 2016 - Tri-City Herald Guest Opinion: Costly dams are harmful to salmon, tribes, and taxpayers (2)
Dec 3, 2016 - KING 5 TV: Future of Snake River dams under microscope
Dec 3, 2016 - KNKX - 88.5 FM: Feds Discussing Snake River Dam Removal At Public Meeting In Seattle
Dec 3, 2016 - Yakima Herald: Grant boosts effort to dismantle Yakima's Nelson Dam
Dec 3, 2016 - The Columbian: Hearings next week on Columbia River salmon recovery
Dec 3, 2016 - Idaho Statesman Editorial: Future of Idaho’s wild salmon can’t be sacrificed for any other interest
Nov 14, 2016 - Spokesman Review: Big crowd turns out in Spokane to talk about Lower Snake River dams
Nov 7, 2016 - Oregonian: Judge's order revives movement to remove Snake River dams
Nov 5, 2016 - CBB: Science Review Of Salmon Survival Study: Snake River Fish Not Meeting Smolt-To-Adult Return Goals
Oct 30, 2016 - KQED News: Removal of Klamath Dams Would Be Largest River Restoration in U.S. History
Oct 28, 2016 - Seattle Times: Another Puget Sound orca dies; hope dim for her calf (2)
Oct 24, 2016 - Spokesman Review: Pressure mounts on Lower Snake dams as fish runs sag
Oct 23, 2016 - EarthFix: Taking Down Snake River Dams: It's Back On The Table
Oct 23, 2016 - Spokesman Review Guest Opinion: We can restore salmon and have carbon-free energy
Oct 18, 2016 - Seattle Times: Environmental effects of Columbia, Snake river dams scrutinized
Oct 17, 2016 - Seattle Times: More Elwha fish find way to dam-free upper watershed
Oct 5, 2016 - The Seattle Weekly: Washington’s Big Dam Climate Nightmare
Oct 5, 2016 - Spokesman-Review: Feds asking public to weigh in on breaching Snake River dams
Sep 30, 2016 - Call to Action: Court-Ordered Columbia-Snake Salmon NEPA Review: Phase 1 – Public Hearings this Fall!
Sep 30, 2016 - For Immediate Release: Feds Announce Hearings for Public to Weigh in on Lower Snake River Dam Removal
Sep 28, 2016 - Seattle Times: Hydropower isn’t carbon neutral after all, WSU researchers say
Sep 26, 2016 - McClatchy News: Klamath River dams could be on chopping block
Sep 15, 2016 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Pro-salmon advocates plan to launch flotilla on Snake River on Saturday
Aug 30, 2016 - For Immediate Release: 33 organizations ask federal agencies to commence NEPA public comment period after Jan. 1, 2017
Aug 25, 2016 - Spokesman Review: About 35 percent of Snake River sockeye presumed dead
Aug 16, 2016 - OPB Radio: Lawsuit Aims To Lower Columbia And Snake River Temperatures For Salmon
Aug 16, 2016 - Spokesman Review: Hot water poses ongoing threat to Columbia River salmon, groups say
Aug 16, 2016 - Spokesman Review: Hot water poses ongoing threat to Columbia River salmon, groups say (2)
Aug 4, 2016 - Boise Weekly: Dams, Megawatts and Poached Salmon
Aug 2, 2016 - Oregonian Guest Opinion: We can have a clean energy future and wild salmon
Aug 1, 2016 - SOS Blog: Lessons from the 2015 Columbia-Snake Salmon Kill
Jul 18, 2016 - Lewiston Tribune: Drawdown Could Spare Fish
Jul 4, 2016 - New York Times Editorial: The Salmon's Swim for Survival
Jul 1, 2016 - CBB: Steps Taken To Cool Warming Lower Snake, Reduce Thermal Blocks As Large Basin Sockeye Return Heads Upstream
Jun 26, 2016 - Oregonian Guest Opinion: Renewed optimism for salmon recovery
Jun 25, 2016 - WAPO: Obama’s advisers just dismantled a key myth about the future of clean energy
Jun 25, 2016 - CBB: BiOp Challengers Urge Court To Reject Feds’ Five-Year Timeline
Jun 25, 2016 - CBB: Hot Summer. Will Sockeye Get Slammed Again?
Jun 22, 2016 - Idaho Statesman Guest Opinion: Time for Congress to act on dams, Idaho sockeye
Jun 21, 2016 - May 4, 2016 U.S. District Court Ruling: Background and Links
Jun 12, 2016 - Guest Columnist Linwood Laughy: Snake Oil on the Lower Snake
Jun 9, 2016 - Recent Economic Analyses of the Lower Snake River Dams
Jun 2, 2016 - Idaho Mountain Express Editorial: Stop dance of death
Jun 1, 2016 - Idaho Mountain Express: Middle Fork could regain role as salmon nursery
May 22, 2016 - New York Times Opinion: Unplugging the Colorado River
May 22, 2016 - Crosscut: Judge: Failed salmon restoration has cost billions
May 15, 2016 - Seattle Times Op-Ed: Federal court decision is a critical opportunity for salmon, energy and communities
May 14, 2016 - Spokesman op-ed: Dam removal has new energy
May 11, 2016 - East Oregonian Our view: Feds are running out of half measures
May 11, 2016 - Lewiston Tribune editorial: What you hear today, you'll hear tomorrow
May 4, 2016 - Seattle Times: Judge: Salmon recovery requires big dam changes
May 4, 2016 - For Immediate Release: U.S. District Court sides with wild salmon and communities
Apr 25, 2016 - Idaho Statesman: Warm Pacific continues to chop salmon numbers, affecting Idaho, Northwest
Apr 14, 2016 - Seattle Times: Last year’s heat wave doomed nearly all Okanogan sockeye salmon
Apr 13, 2016 - Seattle Times: Lean year for coho means big worries for Westport salmon charters
Apr 7, 2016 - LMT: Waterways exec: dams aren't doomed
Apr 1, 2016 - CBB: Army Corps Responds to Fish Advocates - Report underway on 2015 Columbia/Snake warm water, fish die-off
Mar 3, 2016 - Tri-City Herald: Port of Pasco may sell crane, end container business
Jan 4, 2016 - LMT: Idaho landscape could be safe haven for native fish
Jan 4, 2016 - CBB: Songbird Study Shows River Ecosystem Recovery After Dam Removal, Return Of Salmon Nutrients
Jan 4, 2016 - CBB: 2015 Smolt-To-Adult Return Data For Columbia/Snake Salmon, Steelhead
Dec 15, 2015 - New York Times: Finding Refuge for Salmon, Cold Water Preferred
Dec 8, 2015 - Idaho Statesman op-ed: Record salmon runs actually a decline
Dec 4, 2015 - Al Jazeera: Fight Over Dams in the Northwest
Nov 16, 2015 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Studies doubt value of Snake River dams
Nov 5, 2015 - For Immediate Release: Two reports: lower Snake dams failing to pay their way
Oct 28, 2015 - Scientists to Administrator Will Stelle: NOAA must act on climate change and salmon
Oct 28, 2015 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Preliminary 2015 Spring Juvenile Survival Estimates Through Snake/Columbia River Dams Dismal
Oct 22, 2015 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Letter challenges Army Corps of Engineers recent statements on the costs and benefits of the lower Snake River dams.
Oct 6, 2015 - Canoe & Kayak: Paddling Against Deadbeat Dams at the Free the Snake Flotilla
Oct 1, 2015 - Boise Weekly: Free the Snake: A 150-Boat Flotilla Takes to the River on Oct. 3 to Advocate Against Dams
Aug 28, 2015 - Al Jazeera: Salmon in Idaho Becoming Endangered
Aug 18, 2015 - High Country News: Why is bad science protecting the Lower Snake River dams?
Aug 3, 2015 - Seattle Times Guest Opinion: Dead Salmon, climate change and Northwest dams
Aug 3, 2015 - Idaho Statesman Guest Opinion: Sockeye death toll a predictable disaster
Jul 17, 2015 - Idaho Statesman: Biologists bring sockeye into Idaho on trucks to get them out of hot water
Jun 30, 2015 - Free The Snake: Patagonia’s new short film highlights lower Snake dam removal
Jun 26, 2015 - Lewiston Tribune: CHS Primeland building fertilizer storage center
Jun 23, 2015 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Today's Federal Court Hearing on Salmon
Jun 22, 2015 - Seattle Times: Columbia River Basin plan to restore fish runs faces legal challenge
Jun 9, 2015 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Farmers closer to shipping solution
Jun 9, 2015 - Idaho Statesman: Salmon swim in the Owyhee River (Nevada!) after 87 years
Jun 9, 2015 - For Immediate Release: NOAA’s new plan for Snake River Sockeye falls short
Apr 22, 2015 - Patagonia Ad: Don't Hold Back
Apr 22, 2015 - Lewiston Tribune: Layoffs come to call at Lewiston's Port
Apr 22, 2015 - Lewiston Tribune: Port of Portland's continuing problems plague Port of Lewiston, official says
Apr 22, 2015 - Lewiston Tribune: Port container traffic on hold indefinitely
Mar 11, 2015 - Idaho Statesman Columnist Rocky Barker: New numbers won't change debate about Snake River structures
Mar 2, 2015 - LMT Commentary: Waddell is not so easy to ignore
Mar 2, 2015 - LMT Editorial: Will taxpayers dub it a 'Port to Nowhere'?
Feb 18, 2015 - Outside: What Happens When You Demolish Two 100-Year-Old Dams
Feb 17, 2015 - Lewiston Tribune: Port of Lewiston sees its container shipping drop to lowest levels in years
Feb 17, 2015 - Oregonian: Hanjin Shipping officially leaves Port of Portland
Feb 15, 2015 - Lewiston Tribune: Once more into the breach debate
Jan 21, 2015 - HCN: Livin' on the dredge: Army Corps mucks out the Snake
Jan 12, 2015 - For Immediate Release: Court declines injunction request to prevent lower Snake dredging this winter; legal challenge moves forward
Jan 4, 2015 - LMT: Port brass defend dredging plan
Jan 4, 2015 - CBB: Lower Snake Dredging Opponents: Loss Of Revenues Does Not Out Weigh Irreparable Environmental Injury
Dec 28, 2014 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Pacific lamprey could halt dredging
Dec 16, 2014 - NWPR: $2 Million In Taxpayer Dollars At Risk In Snake River Dredging Showdown
Dec 10, 2014 - High Country News: The great salmon compromise
Dec 8, 2014 - Guest Opinion: Aging infrastructure and scarce dollars means tough decisions
Nov 25, 2014 - Lewiston Tribune: Dredging plan spawns lawsuit
Nov 24, 2014 - Press release: Fishing, conservation groups challenge Corps' costly dredging of lower Snake River
Nov 24, 2014 - Lewiston Tribune: Clearwater Paper's new warehouse could hurt port
Oct 13, 2014 - CBB: Dam Removal Study Suggests Rivers Return To Natural Conditions Surprisingly Fast
Oct 9, 2014 - Lewiston Tribune: Lewiston port had difficult fiscal 2014
Sep 23, 2014 - Press Release: Corps dredging plan evades high taxpayer costs and harm to salmon
Sep 23, 2014 - Snake River Sockeye Make Most Endangered List: New Report Highlights Ten American Species Our Children May Never See
Sep 15, 2014 - Seattle P-I: Chinook salmon returning to reservoir sites on Elwha River
Sep 11, 2014 - ACTION ALERT - Stop wasteful spending. Protect our wild salmon!
Aug 26, 2014 - New York Times: Large Dams Just Aren’t Worth the Cost
Aug 26, 2014 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Dworkshak Unit Out
Aug 20, 2014 - Al Jazeera: Elder’s devotion to ugly fish lives on after his tragic death
Aug 19, 2014 - Energy & Environment Publishing: Hastings blasts leaking dams settlement
Aug 19, 2014 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Dredging on docket for Snake River
Aug 8, 2014 - KPLU: New Life After Dam Removal: Surf Smelt Spawning In Mouth Of Elwha
Aug 5, 2014 - Seattle Times letters to the editor: Salmon recovery: Don’t cut back on dam spills
Aug 5, 2014 - Associated Press: Army Corps of Engineers will monitor, disclose dam pollution
Aug 4, 2014 - Seattle Times: On Columbia, ‘just add water’ seems to be working
Jul 31, 2014 - Nature Science Journal: Dam removals: Rivers on the run
Jul 28, 2014 - Idaho Statesman's Rocky Barker: Renewing Idaho's wild salmon and wild rivers
Jul 21, 2014 - Idaho Statesman: Sockeye draft recovery plan shows just how far away success is
Jul 10, 2014 - As dams fall, Elwha River makes stunning recovery
Jun 26, 2014 - Daily Astorian Editorial: Drug addiction and salmon policy
Jun 24, 2014 - Lewiston Morning Tribune Letters to the Editor
Jun 20, 2014 - Los Angeles Times: Groups sue U.S. agencies, saying plan to protect salmon falls short
Jun 20, 2014 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Federal salmon plan contested again
Jun 20, 2014 - Lewiston Tribune: Activists descend on Lewiston port hearing
Jun 17, 2014 - For immediate release: Federal agencies squander chance for progress on Northwest salmon
Jun 4, 2014 - The Fight for a Lawful Salmon Plan
Jun 4, 2014 - Columbia Basin Bulletin: Groups Challenge In Ninth Circuit BPA’s Record Of Decision
Apr 30, 2014 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: New economic data emerges in dams debate
Apr 12, 2014 - Lewiston Tribune: Group says megaloads threaten rivers
Mar 28, 2014 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Corps to kill fish-noshing birds
Mar 26, 2014 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Lock repair at Little Goose has shippers scrambling;
Mar 25, 2014 - Science panel’s review provides pathway to expanded spill test
Mar 5, 2014 - House bill aims to restore science and common sense to federal salmon efforts: Salmon advocates applaud introduction of study legislation
Feb 9, 2014 - Daily Astorian: Editorial: Latest salmon deal is disappointing (again)
Feb 5, 2014 - Spill test is positive response to climate change
Jan 27, 2014 - Crosscut: Feds' latest Columbia River plan: Play me an old-fashioned melody
Jan 27, 2014 - Idaho Statesman Guest Opinion: Idaho and its chinook deserve an expansion of water spills
Jan 24, 2014 - Lewiston Tribune Editorial: Feds’ predictable fish plan keeps careers going
Jan 23, 2014 - Idaho Stateman: Salmon, dams will head back to court
Jan 22, 2014 - Update: a not-so-new Federal Plan for Columbia/Snake salmon and steelhead
Jan 20, 2014 - Lewiston Tribune: Latest NOAA opinion on salmon goes back to well
Jan 17, 2014 - Press Release: Feds squander chance for progress on salmon
Jan 15, 2014 - Scientists to Obama Administration: "New" Federal Salmon Plan a Bust
Jan 15, 2014 - High Country News: Megaloads and wild–and-scenic rivers don’t mix
Jan 2, 2014 - New York Times Blog: The Law That Saved the Bald Eagle
Dec 29, 2013 - Is the Northwest regaining lost ground?
Dec 16, 2013 - Protect the Lower Snake-Oppose Harmful, Unlawful Dredging!
Dec 15, 2013 - Spokesman-Review Guest Opinion: Columbia River plan fails to protect salmon
Dec 5, 2013 - An enhanced spill experiment – costs and carbon impacts are modest and manageable.
Dec 4, 2013 - Lewiston Tribune: Getting to the bottom of the issue
Dec 2, 2013 - Oregonian Guest Opinion: Federal Government doing too little to help Columbia salmon
Nov 20, 2013 - Seattle Times: Elwha River sees largest run of Chinook in decades
Nov 13, 2013 - Lewiston Tribune: Dredging up an endless debate
Oct 25, 2013 - Lewiston Tribune: Megaloads company gives up legal fight
Oct 23, 2013 - Wall Street Journal: Road Too Far: GE Strains to Deliver Energy Colossus
Oct 7, 2013 - Lewiston Tribune: Much more McGregor
Oct 7, 2013 - Lewiston Tribune: Bye-Bye to barging on the Snake, Clearwater?
Sep 27, 2013 - Al Jazeera: Tribe fights to save historic river way
Sep 27, 2013 - Lewiston Tribune editorial: Idaho lost more than a megaload court case
Sep 27, 2013 - New York Times: Fight Over Energy Finds a New Front in a Corner of Idaho
Sep 25, 2013 - LA Times: Big chinook run doesn't let Columbia dams off the hook, activists say
Sep 25, 2013 - Tacoma News Tribune Op-Ed: There's good news and bad news for Northwest's salmon
Sep 18, 2013 - LMT Editorial: Feds' fifth fish recovery plan invites a sixth
Sep 17, 2013 - Spokesman-Review Editorial: Thorough, fair ruling for U.S. 12 megaloads
Sep 17, 2013 - Lewiston Tribune: Judge suspends megaloads
Sep 17, 2013 - Idaho Statesman: Feds reject potential way to help salmon
Sep 15, 2013 - Daily Astorian Editorial: Same old story (2)
Sep 12, 2013 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Feds deal blow to Nez Perce Tribe, salmon advocates
Sep 12, 2013 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Feds deal blow to Nez Perce Tribe, salmon advocates (2)
Aug 19, 2013 - Seattle Times: Snake River barging drop: new factor in dams debate?
Aug 16, 2013 - For Immediate Release: Corps Delay to Dredge Lower Snake Shows Need for More Study
Aug 16, 2013 - For Immediate Release: Corps Delay to Dredge Lower Snake Shows Need for More Study (2)
Aug 8, 2013 - Nez Perce Tribe Blockades Tar Sands Equipment near the Lower Snake River
Jul 26, 2013 - SOS Letter to Forest Service re: megaloads and salmon
Jul 22, 2013 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Five Myths about Freight Transportation on the Lower Snake River
Jul 22, 2013 - For immediate release: Five myths about freight transportation on the Lower Snake River
Jul 15, 2013 - Seattle Times: Lamprey Eel - bringing back an ancient species
Jun 23, 2013 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Port of Lewiston meeting takes an existential turn
Jun 22, 2013 - A Brief History of “spill”
Jun 7, 2013 - High Country News Book Review: Elwha, a story of today's West
Jun 7, 2013 - LMT Guest Opinion: If you do the math, dams don't add up
May 9, 2013 - All Scientists Are Saying Is…"Give (More) Spill A Chance."
May 5, 2013 - Spokesman Review guest opinion: It’s time to assess use of shrinking tax dollars on lower Snake River dams
Apr 23, 2013 - AP: Dredge plan draws opposition
Apr 10, 2013 - Chicago Tribune: Interior Department recommends removal of Klamath River dams to aid salmon
Mar 26, 2013 - Independent analyses challenge the economic viability and future of lower Snake River waterway
Mar 7, 2013 - Old Arguments, New Realities
Mar 7, 2013 - Lewiston Morning Tribune Editorial: Don't take Linwood Laughy's word for it
Jan 25, 2013 - Lewiston Morning Tribune: Dredging costs rise to top of meeting
Jan 24, 2013 - Rocky Barker Blog: Corps faces a fight over dredging behind Lower Snake dams.
Jan 24, 2013 - Lewiston Morning Tribune Editorial: Judging River Dredging Plan By the Numbers
Jan 21, 2013 - The Sediment Statement and the Lower Snake River Waterway
Dec 7, 2012 - Crosscut.com: In a status-quo sea, Oregon politicians are salmon's lone champions
Dec 3, 2012 - Confusing sockeye hatcheries with sockeye recovery
Nov 7, 2012 - NOAA, We Have a Problem
Oct 22, 2012 - Looking to the Future: New report challenges the Northwest’s aging dam infrastructure
Oct 4, 2012 - Senator Wyden Supports New Approach to Salmon Restoration
Oct 1, 2012 - Feds Maintain Status Quo as Salmon Numbers Struggle
Aug 28, 2012 - 2012 Salmon and Steelhead Returns Still Poor
Aug 14, 2012 - The Worst Dam Bill Ever
Aug 3, 2012 - In Virginia: Dam Removal Helping Eels
Jul 19, 2012 - If you un-build it, the fish will come
Jun 29, 2012 - Sockeye Numbers at Bonneville Dam are Encouraging
Jun 25, 2012 - Maine's Great Works and the Columbia-Snake Opportunity
Jun 21, 2012 - Lamprey Summit Sets a Good Example
May 15, 2012 - Solutions for one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers
May 11, 2012 - Spill, Judge Redden, and the Need for a New Process
Apr 26, 2012 - Judge Redden Supports Dam Removal
Mar 23, 2012 - Men's Journal Features LSR Dam Removal
Mar 6, 2012 - Court-Ordered Spill Helps Salmon Returns and Jobs
Jan 31, 2012 - Sea Change for Port of Lewiston?
Jan 12, 2012 - Outside Sees Momentum for Dam Removal in 2012
Jun 3, 2011 - Press Release: House Bill To Restore Science and Common Sense to Federal Salmon Efforts
Dec 9, 2010 - Why Snake River salmon and people should matter to Congressman DeFazio
Apr 29, 2010 - Inland Northwest Business and Community Leaders Ask Murray and Cantwell for Leadership on Columbia Salmon Crisis
Oct 5, 2009 - Salmon Stakeholders in Washington D.C. - Fall 2009
Sep 11, 2009 - Top 10 Ridiculous Things the Federal Government Does & Says to Save the Four Lower Snake River Dams Instead of Salmon
Sep 10, 2009 - Obama Administration - US Commerce Department / NOAA Fisheries Salmon Plan Checklist for the Columbia & Snake Rivers
Aug 5, 2009 - Solutions in Congress: The Salmon Solutions & Planning Act
Aug 5, 2009 - Background on the Salmon Solutions & Planning Act (H.R. 2111)
Jul 31, 2009 - Statement of Record from Rep. Blumenauer regarding SSPA
Jul 31, 2009 - Salmon Solutions bill restores sound science and fiscal responsibility to federal
Apr 29, 2009 - America to President Obama: Please Save Wild Salmon in the Columbia & Snake Rivers!
Apr 3, 2009 - House of Representatives Salmon Letter to Pres. Obama
Mar 5, 2009 - Salmon and Communities in the Courtroom
Oct 31, 2007 - The Salmon Extinction Plan
