Take Action – Free the Snake River

Please comment on the Inslee/Murray Lower Snake River Dam Benefit Replacement Report.  Commenting period ends 5:00 pm July 11, 2022.

Read here: https://www.murray.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/LSRD-Benefit-Replacement-Draft-Report_20220609.pdf.  We have only 30 days to submit comments so they need to be in by 5:00 pm PST,  July 11, 2022.  It does not matter if you are a resident of any of the Pacific Northwest states, you are encouraged to submit your comments anyway.  Commenting processes such as they can be applied to similar environmental evaluation processes elsewhere around the United States.  You can comment:

• • directly to info@lsrdoptions.org with the email subject line “Draft LSRD Benefit Replacement Study”
  • online through https://www.lsrdoptions.org
  • online through our faith-based partner, Earth Ministry (Washington State chapter of Interfaith, Power and Light) who will be hosting the upcoming talking points to respond to the report on this website: https://earthministry.org/governor-inslee-and-senator-murray-release-lower-snake-river-dams-report/ and their comment submission form is:  https://secure.everyaction.com/QbWkyyhl-0S3zeG0vTBAJg2

Contact the following leaders, informing of them of your support for breaching the lower Snake River dams and remind them of their responsibilities to the Tribes/Nations and their obligations under the Endangered Species Act:

• • President Joe Biden (https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/#page)
  • Secretary of State Deb Haaland https://www.doi.gov/contact-us
  • Washington State Governor Jay Inslee (wa.gov/contact/contact/send-gov-inslee-e-message)
  • Senator Patty Murray (senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactme)
  • Col. Richard T. Childers, Commander and District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern District (https://www.usace.army.mil/Contact/)
  • Scott Rumsey, Acting Regional Administrator, NOAA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries West Coast Regional Office (rumsey@noaa.gov)
  • Idaho Governor Brad Little (https://gov.idaho.gov/contact/contact-us/)
  • Oregon Governor Kate Brown – Thank her for her public support of breaching the lower Snake River dams (https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/share-your-opinion.aspx)

Acknowledge and Advocate:

• Despite billions of dollars and decades of recovery efforts, Snake River salmon and other anadromous populations and the Southern Resident Orcas continue to decline to extinction levels and that time is running out to restore and protect them.
• The decline, extirpation and absolute extinction of the Snake River salmon violates Treaty rights of the Northwest Tribes and Nations, and severely jeopardizes their economic well-being and cultural continuity.
• The inherent right to exist and to flourish should be afforded all beings and the ecosystems upon which they depend for survival.
• These same, not just for and of the Snake River, but that other rivers and other critical habitats and ecosystems that are threatened or endangered including the likes of Mississippi River (Line #3), Missouri River (DAPL), Maine’s Salmon rivers (adversely impacted by dams as well) and many others.

Save Our Wild Salmon

• Why Remove The 4 Lower Snake River Dams?
• Facts and Information