THE COALITION
People all across the Northwest and the country are standing up to take action before salmon, steelhead - and the orcas that rely on them to survive - go extinct. We are a coalition of people, businesses, and organizations who are calling for our elected leaders to stop salmon extinction by removing four dams on the lower Snake River, replacing their services, and investing in Northwest communities.
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
ADVOCATES & SUPPORTERS
LUCINDA GEORGE SIMPSON
Our families are connected. My family and yours. My hope is that we can continue coming together for real solutions that bring us all forward.
Lucinda George Simpson is a Nez Perce Reservation matriarch and advocate.
ASHLEY NICOLE LEWIS
If salmon fishing dried up or collapsed altogether, this is the fabric of who we are as Indigenous people. We’re the people who have been here since time immemorial. For millennia, we have been the keepers of this resource. And so, to have that dissolve is really to break apart everything that makes us who we are.
Ashley is a member of the Quinault Indian Nation & owner of Bad Ash Outdoors. Learn more about Ashey at badashfishing.com and follow her fishing adventures on Instagram at @badashoutdoors.
BUZZ RAMSEY
Legendary Sportsfisher, Washington
DAVE CANNAMELA
Retired Scientist for Idaho Fish & Game
EMILY WASHINES
Teacher, Yakama Nation Reservation
MATT & BREANN GREEN
We work hard each season to keep our businesses afloat. With each season that passes the possibility of us losing it all seems to grow closer. There is no shortage of tourists who want to experience all the Idaho backcountry has to offer, but there is a shortage of fish.”
Matt & Breann Green, Owners of River of No Return Wilderness Outfitters
Learn more about the Green’s at raftidaho.com and follow their fishing & outdoor adventures on Instagram at @raft_idaho.
ADANNA DIAZ-ESCOBAR
I am the daughter of migrant farmworkers and proud to be born and raised in eastern Washington. Like agriculture and clean energy, salmon are critical to our region’s economy and future.
Adanna Diaz-Escobar, Washington resident and Columbia Snake River Advocate.
ASA MENLOV
High School Senior, Idaho
JOHN APPLETON
Owner Alpine Archery and Fly La Grande, Oregon
JOHN ROSENBURG
Retired Pastor, Washington
ALYSIA & ELKE LITTLELEAF
We see firsthand and in real time the changes happening in the river and to so many of our tribe’s traditions and first foods. Salmon and steelhead numbers are declining, and with each season that passes that decline is felt in our community.
The Littleleafs are the Owners of Littleleaf Guides
Learn more about the Littleleaf's at littleleafguides.com and follow their fishing & outdoor adventures on Instagram at @littleleafguides.
JERRY & TERRY MYERS
The Myers have spent 40 years pursuing steelhead and as guides on Idaho’s Salmon River and advocating for anadromous fish. Hear their story.
TOPHER
Salmon Advocate, Idaho
MASON
Young Environmentalist, Idaho
SHANNON NINBURG
Artist, Naturalist, & Educator, Washington
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