Save Our Wild Salmon
is a nationwide coalition of conservation organizations, commercial and sportsfishing associations, businesses, river groups, and taxpayer advocates working collectively to restore self-sustaining, abundant, and harvestable populations of wild salmon and steelhead to rivers, streams and oceans of the Pacific Salmon states.
Alaska Trollers Association
American Rivers
American Whitewater
Association of Northwest
Steelheaders
Columbia Riverkeeper
Defenders of Wildlife
Earthjustice
Federation of Fly Fishers
Friends of the Clearwater
Friends of the Earth
Idaho Rivers United
Idaho Steelhead and Salmon
Unlimited
Lands Council
The Mountaineers
National Wildlife Federation
Natural Resources Defense
Council
Northwest Sportfishing
Industry Association
NW Energy Coalition
Orca Network
Oregon Guides and Packers
Oregon Natural Desert
Association
Oregon Wild
Pacific Coast Federation of
Fishermen's Associations
Salmon For All
Sierra Club
SPAWN
Taxpayers For Common
Sense
Trout Unlimited
Washington Trollers
Association
Washington Wilderness
Coalition
Washington Wildlife
Federation
Wild Steelhead Coalition
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Feds seek delay in developing NW salmon plan
 by Matthew Daly
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON, May 1st, 2009 -- The Obama administration is reviewing a Bush administration plan for balancing the needs of people and salmon in the Columbia River Basin - a plan that has been criticized by a federal judge as doing too little to help salmon.
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America to President Obama:
Please Save Wild Salmon and Steelhead
in the Columbia & Snake Rivers!
All across the country the message is clear: Americans want a real solution to the Columbia & Snake River crisis that will recover healthy populations of wild salmon and steelhead, create good jobs, revitalize communities, and build a clean energy future.
Over the last year, more than 70 members of Congress, 3 former Northwest governors, hundreds of local and national businesses, thousands of scientists from around the country, the State of Oregon, the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho, thousands of commercial and sports fishermen across the Pacific Rim have raised their voice in support of a stakeholder-driven solution and an "all options" approach to the crisis facing wild salmon and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest. In addition, tens of thousands of salmon, clean energy, and taxpayers advocates nationwide have sent messages to the Obama Administration to continue this call.
Here are just some of the important events and media stories of 2009...
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New York Times editorial calls on the Obama Administration to solve the Snake River salmon crisis.
Note: The following editorial covers two salmon issues, only one of which our Coalition addresses. SOS takes no position on the "catch share" system the editorial mentions, since some members in our broad coalition differ on it. Our members agree on the editorial's main issue: dams are by far the largest source of human-caused salmon mortality in the Columbia-Snake Basin, and we have an opportunity to change that.
EDITORIAL
Dr. Lubchenco and the Salmon
April 10, 2009
Jane Lubchenco, the new leader of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will have more to say than anyone else in Washington about the health of fish species in America's coastal waters. A career marine ecologist, she is widely regarded as tough, smart, respectful of science and deeply committed to the survival and growth of America's fisheries.
She will need all of those qualities and more when she confronts what could be her first major test - possibly the most vexing of her tenure - devising a workable and broadly acceptable solution to the grave threats facing the salmon runs of the Pacific Northwest.
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Let us take you to the river!
2009 SOS Benefit River Trip on the Grande Ronde
Join Save Our Wild Salmon, Sundog Expeditions and River Hero Brock Evans on the Grande Ronde River in Oregon, May 19-23, 2009
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*** Important Hearing on Wednesday October 14th in Portland, Oregon***
 Help ensure a bright future for the Northwest that includes abundant wild salmon AND clean energy!
WHAT: Sixth Regional Power Plan Public Hearing
The Northwest Power & Conservation Council is hosting what will be the last in a series of hearings regarding their Draft 6th Power Plan in Portland.
WHEN: Wed, Oct. 14th at 6pm
HEARING LOCATION:
Downtown Portland, Ecotrust Building Atrium - 721 NW 9th Ave. Public hearing at 6 pm upstairs in the conference room. Find directions and parking info at: http://www.ecotrust.org/ncc/directions.html
RALLY - 5:30pm: Learn from special guest speakers why this plan is significant, what the Power Council does, and how you can influence the plan. (Same location)
The future of wild salmon and our regional energy supply are tightly linked.
In preparation for the 6th Plan, Council staff completed several studies that supported the findings of our Bright Future Report from earlier this year. These analyses confirm that we can affordably shut down regional coal plants, start electrifying transportation, restore endangered salmon with options like lower Snake River dam removal, invest in conservation and renewables to meet our energy demands, and create new good jobs in the process. How to keep the Northwest's lights on, jobs growing, goods moving and salmon swimming in the era of climate change.
The NW Energy Coalition recently released an exciting report showing that the four-state region of the Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana) has ample, affordable energy conservation and renewable energy resources to serve future power needs and fulfill our climate responsibilities, reviving our economy and creating thousands of good local jobs along the way.
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