SAN JUAN ISLANDERS updated: please join RALLY to show Governor INSLEE the four Lower Snake River dams must be breached now. You can make a difference! Meet SATURDAY 9/3 @ 8:30am at Mt Grant. He will be there too and needs to know we care about the orcas’ survival. This brief rally is at the […]
Here is the notice of the public meeting our County Council is having with Governor Inslee on Mt. Grant, Saturday, September 3rd at 9am. We need to let Governor Inslee know he can be a hero if he urges the Army Corps of Engineers and President Obama to breach the four lower Snake River dams […]
If this headline startles you, it should. Washington state is losing its resident orca pod. And government agencies are using your tax money to do it. An excellent piece by Elizabeth Batt on the current situation in the Salish Sea.
ALL CALL…You all know the somber and sobering future facing salmon and orcas. You’ve read the articles, you’ve come up to speed on the issues and now it’s time to put that knowledge to work. Someone among our expanding team of followers may be able to create a much needed spark! Please think through your […]
Jim Waddell will be presenting the case for breaching the 4 lower Snake River Dams on July 31 and August 1 in Idaho. Find out more about the McCall event here. Find out more about the Hailey event here.
Anyone who believes our dam-managing agencies can do the right thing when it comes to salmon recovery is kidding themselves.
The fewest number of whale sightings since the 1970’s in Puget Sound have occurred this year. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials admit that the orca’s food source, Chinook salmon, are not doing well this year, populations are not increasing, and the Snake River dams are one of the potential causes.
May 4, 2016 Seattle Times For the fifth time, a federal judge has called for an overhaul of Columbia and Snake River dam operations to preserve salmon and steelhead. In his ruling, he urged renewed consideration of Lower Snake River dam removal. A federal judge has called for a new approach to Columbia and Snake […]
Published on HeraldNet.com Thursday, April 28 2016 Capitalism frequently grapples with saving money over saving nature, but what if one choice could be fiscally and environmentally responsible? Our region faces such a solution. The Snake River, which confluences into the Columbia, boasts fifteen dams providing largely hydroelectric uses. The four lower Snake River dams, however, […]