Mission

Benefit a PBS documentary with aerial footage and video, and convene Tribal elders, conservationists, and other stakeholders to discuss and be interviewed on the removal of the lower four Snake River dams to save the salmon.

 

The growing momentum to remove the lower four Snake River dams will restore 140 miles of river and over 14,000 acres of riparian habitat and bottomlands. It will cut dam-caused salmon mortality by at least 50% and restore productive access for wild salmon and steelhead to over 30,000 miles of contiguous, pristine, protected upriver habitat in northeast Oregon, central Idaho, and southeast Washington. This hydropower system was constructed on the homelands of 19 Tribes who have relied on salmon since time immemorial.

The Snake River provides for communities in this region and removing the four lower dams is necessary to restore a free-flowing lower Snake River, recover endangered wild salmon and steelhead facing extinction, save American taxpayer and Northwest energy consumer dollars, benefit struggling wildlife populations including endangered Southern Resident Orcas, and uphold our treaty and trust obligation and responsibilities to Native American Tribes in the Columbia Basin.

Also, check out our photos from 6/27 and photos from 6/28, aerial footage from 6/27, and geo-referenced photos (best viewed in Google Earth). And, here are some of our favorite photos in EcoFlight’s Fall 2023 collection of Snake River photos.