Snake River Salmon
are in the Fight of their Life
Up to 15 million wild salmon once returned to the rivers and streams
of the Pacific Northwest. Today, only a couple hundred thousand wild
fish return each year to these rivers. The single largest factor driving
this tragic decline are a series of federal dams, which kill between
80-95% of young salmon every spring. Over the past 60 years, these rivers
have been transformed from a wild, healthy, productive natural system,
to a construction site for dozens of dams to provide cheap electricity.
While successfully providing cheap electricity to this region, these
dams have headed salmon towards
extinction. Scientists have concluded that recovering salmon depends
upon restoring a natural river. It is not too late to save this imperiled
national treasure...we can restore balance to our river ecosystems by
improving habitat and overall river health! It is the goal of the Columbia
and Snake Rivers Campaign to restore wild salmon and steelhead and the
habitat upon which they depend by partially removing the 4 lower dams.
In doing so, the river habitat will greatly increase the survival of
salmon. This habitat depends on us to restore its balance of a healthy
habitat.
For more information, visit: www.wildsalmon.org
Columbia and Snake Rivers Campaign
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