In May, I sat in the boat with my brother on the Clearwater River, fishing for spring Chinook. Our excitement had been brewing for a year, since last season ended. The river looked right. The water felt right. It was the kind of morning that reminds you why people in Idaho wait all year for these incredible fish to come home. But by the end of the day, we had not gotten a…
This isn’t just about whether a fishing season opens on April 25. It’s about addressing the real problem and restoring a free-flowing lower Snake River to rebuild the conditions needed for healthy, harvestable wild salmon and steelhead to return.
Without urgent intervention, salmon will disappear from the landscape. After decades of litigation, delay and dwindling salmon runs, the federal court has once again stepped in. And this time, the urgency could not be clearer.
TU: Removal of dams on the Snake River is key to recovering wild fish runs Contacts: ARLINGTON, Va.—The White House is recognizing treaty obligations to the sovereign nations of the Pacific Northwest and directing federal agencies to prioritize the recovery of wild salmon, steelhead and other native fish in the Columbia River Basin, and ordering…