Save Our wild Salmon depends on your support and advocacy!

Public officials and decision-makers must pay close attention to the interests and priorities of their constituents. When we sit down at meetings and make requests of policymakers, we're representing you and all of our supporters. The more of us there are, and the more they hear from you and others, the more power and influence we have to make change and right wrongs.

We bring you and all of our supporters into every phone call and meeting! The more often that our state and federal officials hear from you - emails, phone calls, hand-written letters, social media posts and more - the stronger we are. Please take a moment now to take action below. Check back here frequently for updates and new alerts. Share this link and these alerts with your family and networks.

We need YOU to elevate issues, ask for leadership, thank our representatives when they do the right thing, and to hold them accountable when they don't!

Send a message to public officials and decision-makers:

—Oregon Residents: Thank Governor Kotek for her leadership and commitment to salmon recovery: Oregon Gov. Kotek issued an Executive Order that reaffirms Oregon’s commitment to restoring wild salmon, steelhead, and other native fish populations in the Columbia River Basin and upholding Tribal Treaty Rights. Join us in thanking Gov. Kotek for her leadership to recover Columbia River Basin salmon!

—Washington, Oregon, and Idaho Residents: House’s Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2025 poison pill policy rider (Sec. 513): Urge your Northwest Members of Congress to oppose the poison pill policy rider in the House and any similar language that would drastically limit BPA funding for salmon restoration efforts (Washington, Oregon, and Idaho residents). Thank Senator Murray for her leadership (Washington residents only).

—Securing funding for Columbia River Basin restoration efforts in the FY25:  Urge Northwest Members of Congress to secure funding to rebuild healthy, abundant salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River Basin, including funding for critical projects in the Mid-Columbia River. 

—Support the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative (CBRI), USG Commitments, the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement, and the 6 Sovereigns Alliance: Thank the Biden Administration for committing significant federal resources to rebuild Columbia Basin salmon and prepare for lower Snake River dam breaching. Urge your Members of Congress to pledge their strong support and leadership to ensure we implement the actions necessary to recover Northwest salmon.

—Sign the petition to the Biden Administration: Stand with Native Youth: Support the removal of the lower Snake River dams and save salmon from extinction.

Contact Northwest elected leaders:

• Call Senator Patty Murray and Governor Jay Inslee: Thank them for their leadership and ask them to move forward with next steps quickly - to replace the services and remove the dams.
  • Phone number for Sen. Murray: (206) 553-5545
  • Phone number for Gov. Inslee: (360) 902-4111

• Call Senator Maria Cantwell: Thank her for past accomplishments for salmon recovery - and ask her to work with Sen. Murray, Gov. Inslee, other Northwest leaders, and the Biden Administration to replace the dams’ services and restore a free-flowing lower Snake River - on a timeframe that works for salmon and orca. Phone number for Sen. Cantwell: (206) 220-6400

The 2024 election is right around the corner! What’s your voting plan? Check out wildsalmon.org/Vote to find voting resources such as registering to vote, checking the status of your voter registration, learning about your voting rights, and more! This election will impact our future - recovery of salmon and orcas, the health of the air, lands, and waters where we live, and the opportunities and quality of life we seek for ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities. Thank you for voting!