Salmon Recovery in Idaho

The people and communities in the upper Salmon Basin have relied on healthy runs of returning salmon and steelhead since the earliest inhabitants. Salmon are not only a keystone species, they are part of Idaho’s cultural, environmental, and economic livelihoods.

Wild Snake River salmon and steelhead are holding on by a thread. Over the past 25 years, the Snake basin has averaged less than two returning adults for every 100 smolt.

Breaching the four lower Snake River dams is the single most important step we can take to recover Snake River salmon and steelhead. It is time for the federal government to invest in a comprehensive solution that upholds Tribal treaty rights, restores wild fish populations, and propels the region forward.

Please contact your elected officials in Congress

and tell them: bold action is needed to recover

Snake River salmon and steelhead.

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December 14, 2023 Presidential Memorandum to Restore Wild Salmon

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