TAKE ACTION NOW! SAVE OUR SALMON!
We can stop extinction, lead the largest river restoration in history, and honor the rights of tribes and Indigenous people who were promised abundant salmon by the United States in treaties. Get involved and stand with Northwest Tribes. Scroll down for our most urgent calls to action.
TELL CONGRESS TO FUND CRITICAL SALMON RECOVERY
Congress enters budget negotiations in September. Urge your representatives to support crucial funding to protect and restore healthy and abundant Columbia Basin salmon, avoid extinction, and secure a future for the Northwest.
ATTEND THE R.U.N. CONFERENCE
Rise Up Northwest in Unity Convening (R.U.N.), is an annual two-day gathering focused on safeguarding the Northwest’s precious life sources—water, orcas, and salmon.
Join us for the next R.U.N. in Unity Convening on October 29 & 30, 2025 at the Portland Expo Center!
IT’S CONGRESSIONAL RECESS!
Join our week of action to ensure Congress supports salmon!
Members of Congress are back in their home districts for the month of August. This is a great time to let them know how important it is to preserve and protect our wild Columbia Basin salmon. Ensure your voice is heard by following three easy steps!
Step 1: Write to Your Reps
Congress enters budget negotiations in September. Urge your representatives to support crucial funding to protect and restore healthy and abundant Columbia Basin salmon, avoid extinction, and secure a future for the Northwest.
Step 2: Call Your Reps
Calling your member lets them know you care in a way they cannot ignore! A surge of calls can grab a Member’s attention and ensure they prioritize your wishes. Find your representative’s local numbers below and some easy scripts to follow!
Almost there, just one more step!
Step 3: Share This Action
Our community is growing every day, but numbers make it happen!
Please take a moment to share this page on your social media feeds —
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Here’s a sample post you can copy and paste.
I just took action to protect Columbia and Snake River salmon for future generations. These fish are the life blood of the Pacific Northwest’s environment, economies, and cultures — and they are going extinct. Join me in telling Congress to fund crucial recovery actions! https://columbiasnakeriver.com/act-1#recess
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Make your voice heard—urge your representatives to stand with the Six Sovereigns and fund the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative!
The Trump administration has pulled out of the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement (RCBA), an historic agreement between the federal government and the Six Sovereigns — i.e., the four Columbia Basin Tribes and the states of Washington and Oregon. This agreement offered our best chance in decades to recover endangered salmon and steelhead, invest in affordable clean energy, and uphold Tribal treaty rights. Now, these commitments are broken. However, the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative endures, and it needs your support.
Federal funding is vital to protecting and restoring healthy and abundant Columbia Basin salmon and other native fisheries through measures such as increasing fish passage, improving water quality and stream flows, addressing predation, and improving habitat, among others. The Six Sovereigns have requested approximately $370 million in federal funding for such measures in 2025-2026.
Contact your representatives below to urge them to support this crucial funding!
Tell Congress to Fund Critical Salmon Recovery Measures
SUBMIT YOUR LETTER
Call Your Members of Congress
Step 1: Find your Members’ Numbers
Click here to find the number of your representatives’ local office.
Be sure to call both your state senators and your district Representative
NOTE: If you live outside of WA, OR, or ID, you can find the DC office numbers of
your Senators and House member here.Not sure who your representatives are? Look them up here.
Step 2: Decide What To Say
It’s helpful to have a script prepared when you call your representative. What you say is entirely up to you, but here’s a suggested script:
Hello, my name is [NAME], and I am calling from [TOWN/CITY].
I am calling to urge [SENATOR / REPRESENTATIVE NAME] to support crucial federal funding for the recovery of abundant salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin. These fish populations are central to our Northwest way of life and must be protected. Please ensure that Congress votes to fund appropriations requested by the four Columbia Basin Tribes and the states of Washington and Oregon for financial year 2026.
This issue is important to me because….
[Choose an option below, or use your own words!]
Environment
“These fish support more than 130 wildlife species and contribute to the health of our lush Pacific Northwest forests. They are also a crucial food source for the Southern Resident orcas, who are on the brink of extinction. I want future generations to be able to experience these life sources.”
Fishing
“Rural communities rely on the dollars of anglers who fish for Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead, but today these fisheries are only sustained through hatchery programs. Restoring wild populations is vital to the long term economic health of our region.”
Tribal Justice
“Northwest Tribes have inherent treaty rights to fish in their traditional waters – a right the U.S. government is legally and morally obligated to uphold. The decline of these salmon populations has significantly harmed Tribal sovereignty, subsistence, and cultural practices. It is up to us to redress this harm.
Urgency
“Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead have declined to only 1-2% of their historic abundance. Four of the Basin’s 16 stocks are already extinct, and 7 are currently threatened or endangered. Without urgent and significant action, these life-sustaining fish may be lost forever. “
Thank you for your time.
Step 3: Make Your Calls!
The person who picks up will typically be a staff assistant or an intern, or you may need to leave a voicemail. They will listen to what you have to say and relay your message to your member of Congress. Be polite, direct, and earnest.
If talking to a real person makes you nervous, you can call after business hours to leave a voicemail!
Read directly from your script, or just reference it to help you out.