Make a public comment: Stop orca and salmon extinction

The Southern Resident orcas that call Puget Sound their home are starving because their primary food source -- Chinook salmon -- are being driven to extinction, in part by four federal dams on the lower Snake River.

A recent draft report by Senator Patty Murray and Governor Jay Inslee shows that the services the four Lower Snake River dams provide can be replaced -- which means that, with urgent action this year, we can prevent salmon extinction. They are now seeking public comment until July 11 while they finalize their recommendations.

Breaching these four dams on the Lower Snake River is the single biggest opportunity we have to restore key salmon populations that the Southern Resident orcas and Northwestern communities rely on.

It won't happen without your support. Take action now to ask Sen. Murray, Gov. Inslee and other elected leaders to remove the Lower Snake River dams.

Subject: Draft LSRD Benefit Replacement Study

Your Letter:

We have an urgent need to take decisive action against extinction. The Southern Resident orcas in the waters off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California are starving because their primary food source -- Chinook salmon -- are critically endangered. Key salmon populations continue to struggle amidst warming rivers across the Northwest. The time is now to enact the solutions necessary to stop salmon and orca extinction.

Breaching four dams on the lower Snake River is the single biggest opportunity we have to restore key salmon populations that the Southern Resident orcas and Northwestern communities rely on. We can choose to power our communities with renewable energy and utilize different transportation methods aside from barging, but salmon and orca don't have a choice.

We can stop extinction and lead the largest salmon restoration in history, but only if you move swiftly and boldly. Please deliver your plan in time for Congress to pass any necessary legislation and appropriations needed to implement it.

I urge you to take action quickly, and to utilize the best available science from your report, which confirms lower Snake River dam removal as our best chance to avoid salmon extinction.

Sincerely,

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