This year, Save Our wild Salmon Coalition is hosting a new webinar series: RECIPROCITY! It will focus on respecting and caring for salmon and their special relationship to the health of ecosystems, our lands and waters, and other species and people.
This spring and fall, we will spend time with experts and storytellers who share their experiences, collaborative work, and stories of reciprocity to help recover healthy and abundant salmon populations in the Columbia-Snake Rivers and the benefits they bring to the Northwest and the nation.
SOS is grateful to the Natural Encounters Conservation Fund (NECF) for their generous support of this webinar series.
RECIPROCITY: Advancing Sustainable and Just Energy AND Healthy, Abundant Salmon
The Advancing Sustainable and Just Energy AND Healthy, Abundant Salmon webinar covered the historical context of the Northwest energy landscape, the opportunities to address the historical harm to Tribes, salmon, and our ecosystem, while advancing clean renewable energy. Our guests spoke on the urgent need for Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to choose the right energy market in order to ensure a resilient energy future for all in the Northwest.
Our guest speakers included:
- Nancy Hirsh, Executive Director & Ben Otto, Consultant from NW Energy Coalition
- Britt Freda, Creative Director of NW Artists Against Extinction
- Jess Ludwig, NextGen Salmon Collective leader
Take Action:
BPA has published a draft decision to join an energy market, Markets+, which will create significant problems for regional electric prices, decarbonization, and salmon recovery. We need your help to urge BPA and Northwest elected officials to unify the west and choose an energy market that fosters reliability and affordability for customers while also protecting our environment—including the salmon that define our Northwest way of life.
Resources:
- Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission: Tribal Energy Vision for the Columbia Basin
- NW Energy Coalition: Addressing the Lower Snake River Dams Peaking Capacity
- NW Energy Coalition: Smart planning will drive replacing the power from the lower Snake River dams
- Save Our wild Salmon: BPA must not short-circuit our region
Stay tuned for the second installment of RECIPROCITY in April!
Artwork: © Annie Brulé, Heritage Species
