Recent comments from Howard Garrett

Recent comments from Howard Garrett…here’s how this rose-tinted promotional hype below severely impacts the prospects for recovery of Southern Residents. The urgent need right now is for executive action to begin removal of the 4 lower Snake River dams, while continuing to call for every other means of restoring salmon. There are good biological reasons for focusing on those dams right now. President Obama is well informed and seems willing to get it done, but he’ll need at least tacit agreement from Governor Inslee and Senator Murray. They have been informed also, but an essential part of that information for them and their constituents is to understand just how close Southern Residents are to losing their reproductive capacity and dying out altogether. The headlines, the tone and the intent behind media stories like this wipe out the sense of urgency we are trying to convey to leaders. The chances of Southern Residents finding more salmon in coming years just went way down with promotional stories like this.