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November 20, 2023
Save Our wild Salmon Coalition Year-in-Review 2023
in SOS Blog
Thank you for your interest, advocacy and support for Save Our wild Salmon's work to rebuild healthy and abundant salmon and steelhead populations through protecting, restoring and reconnecting healthy and resilient rivers and streams in the Columbia-Snake…
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November 14, 2023
Honor 'Native American Heritage Month'!
in SOS Blog
Rally for Salmon, 7 Waters Canoe Family ©Environment Washington November is recognized as Native American Heritage Month. This month, and every day, we honor Indigenous people and communities, their histories, cultures, traditions, and ancestral knowledge…
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November 13, 2023
‘Rise Up Northwest in Unity’ - Nov. 1 and 2, 2023
in SOS Blog
The R.U.N. in Unity Convening is the fifth annual salmon and orca convening was organized by the Nez Perce Tribe and hosted by the Tulalip Tribes. The two-day summit brought together more than a dozen tribes from Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada,…
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October 12, 2023
Stand with Tribes to protect salmon and orcas: ‘Rise Up Northwest in Unity’ - Nov. 1 and 2, 2023
in SOS Blog
On behalf of the Nez Perce Tribe, we invite you to attend the Rise Up Northwest in Unity Convening on November 1st and 2nd. The R.U.N. in Unity Convening is an assembly of Northwest partners and allies to connect and unify voices, and develop and implement…
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October 05, 2023
'All Our Relations' Snake River Campaign (Sept./Oct. 2023)
in SOS Blog
The Indigenous-led 2023 'All Our Relations' Snake River Campaign traveled through Washington, Oregon, and Idaho in September and October to inspire and build community, and to demonstrate strong public support to the Biden Administration and Northwest members…
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September 17, 2023
Breaking News: Columbia/Snake River salmon and dams update
in SOS Blog
Breaking development on our collective, ongoing efforts to restore healthy and abundant wild salmon and steelhead populations in the Snake and Columbia rivers. Here’s what happened in a nutshell: On August 31, the U.S. District Court approved a request from…
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September 15, 2023
Hot Water Report 2023 - September 18, Issue 11.
in SOS Blog
Sockeye salmon with lesions dying from hot water in the Columbia-Snake River Basin ©Conrad Gowell I. INTRODUCTION Welcome to the 2023 Hot Water Report: Warming Waters in the Lower Snake and Columbia Rivers, our final issue for this summer. For millennia, wild…
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September 07, 2023
Hot Water Report 2023 - September 8, Issue 10.
in SOS Blog
Sockeye salmon with lesions dying from hot water in the Columbia-Snake River Basin ©Conrad Gowell I. INTRODUCTION Welcome to the 2023 Hot Water Report: Warming Waters in the Lower Snake and Columbia Rivers. During the summer, this weekly report provides an…
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August 31, 2023
Hot Water Report 2023 - September 1, Issue 9.
in SOS Blog
Sockeye salmon with lesions dying from hot water in the Columbia-Snake River Basin ©Conrad Gowell I. INTRODUCTION Welcome to the 2023 Hot Water Report: Warming Waters in the Lower Snake and Columbia Rivers. During the summer, this weekly report provides an…
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August 24, 2023
Hot Water Report 2023 - August 24, Issue 8.
in SOS Blog
Sockeye salmon with lesions dying from hot water in the Columbia-Snake River Basin ©Conrad Gowell I. INTRODUCTION Welcome to the 2023 Hot Water Report: Warming Waters in the Lower Snake and Columbia Rivers. During the summer, this weekly report provides an…
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Aug 17, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - August 18, Issue 7.
Aug 9, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - August 9, Issue 6.
Aug 3, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - August 3, Issue 5.
Jul 27, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - July 27, Issue 4.
Jul 19, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - July 19, Issue 3.
Jul 12, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - July 12, Issue 2.
Jul 5, 2023 - Hot Water Report 2023 - July 6, Issue 1.
May 30, 2023 - Take Action: Submit a public comment urging federal action to stop salmon extinction
May 24, 2023 - Honor: People, Salmon & Orca Exhibit (May-June at Patagonia Seattle)
Mar 31, 2023 - Celebrate Women’s History Month!
Mar 27, 2023 - "Now is our chance to stop salmon extinction" - Full-page Seattle Times ad (March 26, 2023)
Mar 24, 2023 - REGISTER TODAY to attend Biden Administration Snake River 'listening session' - 10am - 1 pm PT, March 31, 2023
Feb 24, 2023 - Honor: People and Salmon Exhibit (March-April in Tacoma, WA)
Feb 15, 2023 - Celebrate Black History Month!
Jan 12, 2023 - Honor: People and Salmon Exhibit - Call for Art!
Dec 22, 2022 - Happy Holidays 2022! - From the Save Our wild Salmon Coalition
Dec 5, 2022 - Save Our wild Salmon Coalition 2022: The Year in Review - and a Look Ahead...
Nov 28, 2022 - 6 books about the Pacific Northwest for 6 (randomly-selected) year-end SOS donors.
Nov 28, 2022 - "The Klamath salmon are coming home."
Nov 21, 2022 - The Way Forward for the Snake River and PNW salmon recovery
Nov 17, 2022 - Celebrate National 'Native American Heritage Month'!
Oct 28, 2022 - The election is right around the corner! What's your plan to vote?
Oct 3, 2022 - Modernizing the Columbia River Treaty: Where do we go from here?
Sep 16, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - September 16 Issue 11.
Sep 16, 2022 - Biden Administration Commitments to Salmon Recovery Complement Murray/Inslee Initiative
Sep 8, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - September 8 Issue 10.
Sep 2, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - September 2 Issue 9.
Sep 1, 2022 - Sen. Murray & Gov. Inslee's historic decision: replace the services, remove the dams, restore salmon
Aug 25, 2022 - Joseph Bogaard, SOS Executive Director statement regarding Sen. Murray and Gov. Inslee's joint statement and recommendations for the lower Snake River dams.
Aug 18, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - August 18 Issue 8.
Aug 11, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - August 10, Issue 7.
Aug 4, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - August 3, Issue 6.
Jul 27, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - July 27, Issue 5.
Jul 19, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - July 20, Issue 4.
Jul 18, 2022 - Spokane Mural RFP—Northwest Artists Against Extinction
Jul 13, 2022 - 45 allied organizations join SOS comments re: Sen. Murray & Gov. Inslee's 'Draft LSR Report'
Jul 12, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - July 13, Issue 3.
Jul 8, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - June 29, Issue 2.
Jun 30, 2022 - Photo Gallery: Hundreds 'Rally for Salmon' in Portland - 6/25/2022
Jun 28, 2022 - 'Urgency and Opportunity 2022' - Delivering Solutions for Snake River salmon and Northwest communities: A Resource Page
Jun 22, 2022 - Hot Water Report 2022 - June 22, Issue 1.
May 2, 2022 - GiveBIG - to protect salmon and restore the Snake River!
May 2, 2022 - Save Our wild Salmon - 2022: The Year in Photos so far...
Apr 20, 2022 - You're invited: Stand with Tribal communities for the 'Snake River to Salish Sea Spirit of the Waters Totem Pole Journey' (May 2022)
Mar 17, 2022 - ACT TODAY: Sen. Murray/Gov. Inslee 'Snake River Salmon Initiative' Survey Resource Page
Dec 27, 2021 - Happy Holidays 2021! - from the Save Our wild Salmon Coalition
Dec 21, 2021 - Urgency & Opportunity: Our Year-end Review 2021 - and look ahead.
Nov 9, 2021 - Join us on Sat., Nov. 20 to honor endangered Snake River salmon - and call for action!
Oct 18, 2021 - 'Save Our wild Salmon' 2021 Fall Webinar Speaker Series - 10/21, 11/4 and 11/18
Oct 2, 2021 - 'Steelhead Mean Business' newspaper ads highlight the plight of steelhead and impacts on businesses and communities
Sep 15, 2021 - Please contact Sen. Murray and Gov. Inslee: "Snake River salmon, Southern Resident orcas, and Northwest communities need your leadership - and your plan - today!"
Sep 8, 2021 - Hot Water Report 2021 - September 8, Issue 12.
Sep 1, 2021 - Hot Water Report 2021 - September 1, Issue 11.
Aug 25, 2021 - Hot Water Report 2021 - August 25, Issue 10.
Aug 18, 2021 - Hot Water Report 2021 - August 18, Issue 9.
Aug 12, 2021 - 2021 Rally for the River: photos and news coverage
Aug 11, 2021 - Hot Water Report 2021 - August 11, Issue 8.
Aug 5, 2021 - Hot Water Report 2021 - August 4, Issue 7.
Jul 28, 2021 - Hot Water Report 2021 - July 28, Issue 6.
Jul 21, 2021 - Hot Water Report 2021 - July 21, Issue 5.
Jul 14, 2021 - Hot Water Report 2021 - July 14, Issue 4.
Jul 11, 2021 - Stand with the Tribes to restore Snake River salmon - July 15
Jul 7, 2021 - Hot Water Report 2021 - July 7, Issue 3.
Jul 6, 2021 - Full-page SOS Coalition ad in support of Tribal 'Salmon Orca Summit'
Jul 6, 2021 - Northwest Tribes' 'Salmon Orca Summit' Resource Page: Agenda and Links
Jun 30, 2021 - Hot Water Report 2021 - June 30, Issue 2.
Jun 23, 2021 - Hot Water Report 2021 - June 23, Issue 1.
Jun 3, 2021 - Dam Removal Success Stories 2021: Fifth and Final in the Series - Restoring Sandy River
May 17, 2021 - SOS Blogpost: Finally! Washington State Democrats weigh in on Simpson proposal
May 3, 2021 - GiveBIG - May 4 and 5, 2021 - to restore the lower Snake River and its salmon!
Apr 29, 2021 - Dam Removal Success Stories 2021: Part four of a five-part series
Apr 19, 2021 - Newspaper ads highlight the urgent plight of orcas (April 2021)
Apr 1, 2021 - Dam Removal Success Stories 2021: Part three of a five-part series
Mar 15, 2021 - Snake River Vision Project Launches Interactive Map Tool Imagining a Free-Flowing River
Mar 9, 2021 - Contact your Members of Congress! - An SOS Resource Page
Mar 9, 2021 - 'Save Our wild Salmon' Spring Speaker Series: Hear from the experts and ask them questions
Mar 8, 2021 - Seattle Times: Biden appointments, including Nez Perce fisheries champion, bolster Native American presence in federal government
Mar 3, 2021 - Dam Removal Success Stories 2021: Part 2 of a five-part series
Feb 8, 2021 - Congressman Simpson (R-ID) announces a groundbreaking proposal to restore Northwest salmon populations and invest in its communities and infrastructure
Feb 1, 2021 - Dam Removal Success Stories 2021: A five-part series
Dec 23, 2020 - Happy Holidays 2020 - From Save Our wild Salmon
Dec 10, 2020 - Save Our wild Salmon’s Year-end Review 2020
Dec 10, 2020 - 2020 has been a big year for Pacific salmon and their rivers!
Nov 29, 2020 - What a Biden Administration might mean for Northwest salmon and orcas
Oct 21, 2020 - Fall 2020 Action Campaign: Contact Senators Cantwell and Murray!
Sep 8, 2020 - 'Save Our wild Salmon' Fall Speaker Series: Hear from the experts and ask them questions
Sep 2, 2020 - Hot Water Report 2020 - September 2, Issue 8.
Aug 26, 2020 - Hot Water Report 2020 - August 26, Issue 7.
Aug 19, 2020 - Hot Water Report 2020 - August 19, Issue 6.
Aug 11, 2020 - Hot Water Report 2020 - August 12, Issue 5
