SOS and our coalition partners and allies are organizing events and activities across the region to educate and inspire, and engage and mobilize the public and policymakers to act and implement a comprehensive regional solution that protects and restores Snake River wild salmon and steelhead and invests in Northwest communities.
Please join us at these upcoming events - to speak up for the Columbia-Snake River Basin, its wild salmon and steelhead, Southern Resident orcas, and to support Northwest Tribes.
If you have questions or want to get more involved, please contact Abby Dalke at abby@wildsalmon.org. To take action now, visit our action alert page!
Upcoming Events
Feb. 24: Attend the online public hearing hosted by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council:
What: The Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NPCC) is updating its 5-year Fish and Wildlife Program – a regional plan for mitigating harm to endangered native fish affected by hydropower operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers. And they want to hear from YOU!
You can submit a comment online and testify at the last hearing online (Feb. 24).
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March 1: Southwest Washington Environmental Advocacy Brunch
When: Sunday, March 1st at 11am
Where: Hidden House Event Space, Vancouver, WA
What: Join us for a morning brunch bringing together environmental and politically engaged folks from across Southwest Washington.
Come build community with fellow advocates working for a healthier and more sustainable Southwest Washington and connect with members and volunteers from groups like Vancouver Audubon Society, Washington Conservation Action, Save Our Wild Salmon, Loo Wit Group, and more.
March 24: Hear the People, Heal the River Action Hour
When: Tuesday, March 24th at 12:30 PT
Where: Zoom
What: Join us in taking collective action to protect salmon and defend the historic progress made towards salmon recovery by attending our monthly Virtual Salmon Advocacy Action Hours!
In these action hours, you'll hear updates from experts on issues impacting salmon recovery and the health of the Columbia/Snake Rivers, ask questions, and, most importantly, get resources and information about how you can take action.
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Watch: All Our Relations: Tribute to the Orca This moving film draws from an Orca Action Month Indigenous-centered event hosted bySe’Si’Le, an Indigenous-led nonprofit organization, in collaboration with Salish Sea and Northern Straits Native Nations and NGOs.
The film highlights Indigenous communities' ancient kinship with orcas and salmon, and the importance of reciprocity in our relationship with our caretaker: Mother Nature. A special focus is on the Southern Resident orcas whose survival, like the survival of Indigenous lifeways here in the Pacific Northwest, depends on scha’enexw (the Salmon People).
WATCH THE FILMPast Events
Feb. 21 - Feb. 22: Spokane Great Outdoors Expo
What: The Spokane Great Outdoors Expo brought together outdoor gear, adventure travel, bikes and adventure vehicles, kids activities, speakers, and hands-on activities all under one roof. Save Our wild Salmon staff and volunteers joined the Expo to facilitate our salmon print-making activity, where participants used NWAAE-designed stencils to make beautiful salmon prints while learning about the importance of salmon and what we can do to protect them.
February 11: Salmon Art & Advocacy
What: Save Our wild Salmon and Friends of the Clearwater hosted a salmon printmaking & advocacy event and discussed how to advocate for our environment, healthy salmon, and rivers during the Northwest Power and Conservation Council comment period.
January 29: An Evening of Art and Advocacy for Salmon
What: SOS and Washington Conservation Action hosted an Evening of Art and Advocacy for Salmon to take action for salmon during theNorthwest Power and Conservation Council’s public comment process.
2025: RECIPROCITY Webinar Series
What: Throughout 2025, Save Our wild Salmon Coalition hosted a new webinar series: RECIPROCITY! The series focused on respecting and caring for salmon and their special relationship to the health of ecosystems, our lands and waters, and other species and people. Sponsored by: Natural Encounters Conservation Fund
