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

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Logo of the Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association, with stylized green text and a fish illustration.
Logo for NW Energy Coalition featuring icons of a light bulb, wind turbine, solar panels, and a fish, with the organization's name below in purple and green text.
Logo of American Rivers featuring stylized mountains, a river, a sun, and a building silhouette with the text 'American Rivers' underneath.
Trout Unlimited logo
Columbia Riverkeeper logo featuring a stylized blue river with white waves, with the text 'Columbia Riverkeeper' above and below the river illustration.
Earthjustice logo
Logo for the Idaho Conservation League showing a stylized mountain landscape with a river and the text 'IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE'.
IDAHO WILDLIFE FEDERATION badge featuring mountains, a deer, and water waves.
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Hispanic Access Foundation logo with stylized colorful figures and text.
Idaho Rivers United logo
Sierra Club logo
Save Our wild Salmon logo

ADVOCATES & SUPPORTERS

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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.

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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.

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BUZZ RAMSEY

Legendary Sportsfisher, Washington

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DAVE CANNAMELA

Retired Scientist for Idaho Fish & Game

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EMILY WASHINES

Teacher, Yakama Nation Reservation

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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.

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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.

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ASA MENLOV

High School Senior, Idaho

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JOHN APPLETON

Owner Alpine Archery and Fly La Grande, Oregon

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JOHN ROSENBURG

Retired Pastor, Washington

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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.

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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. 

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TOPHER

Salmon Advocate, Idaho

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MASON

Young Environmentalist, Idaho

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SHANNON NINBURG

Artist, Naturalist, & Educator, Washington

Become an advocate. Contact us to find out how.

BUSINESS SUPPORTERS

Cosmos Bistro logo
Duke's Seafood logo
Ethan Stowell Restaurants logo
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Logo for Chinook Yakima Valley Wines, featuring decorative flourishes above and below the text.
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