Clean Water. Healthy Rivers. Our Future.

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Solidarity Statement

Columbia Riverkeeper stands in solidarity with BIPOC communities and we are committed to fighting against the epidemic of police violence targeting people of color.

Summer with Love Your Columbia

Featuring an inspiring series of online activism, inspiration, and conversations on digital platforms.

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A Call for NW Leaders to Remove Dams

A recent study by the EPA shows that dams are the main cause of rising water temperatures impacting salmon in the Columbia and Snake rivers. It's time for bold action.

20 Years of Victories

Columbia Riverkeeper Legal & Program Director, Lauren Goldberg, reflects on 20 years of victories.

Swim Guide: Know Before You Go

Monitoring launched June 8, 2020. Through summer, Riverkeeper will monitor several beaches to track water quality conditions.

Columbia Riverkeeper works to protect, restore, & care for the Columbia River.

How we do it:

Protect

We protect Columbia River communities and habitat from new threats, such as fossil fuel export terminals and intensive industrial development.

Restore

We restore our right to clean water and healthy fish by reducing toxic pollution.

Care

We care for the river by providing hands-on opportunities for diverse communities to engage with their river.

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HOW WE WORK

We use legal advocacy and community organizing to stop pollution, fight fossil fuel terminals, save salmon, build stewardship, and clean up Hanford.

Page photo and art credits, in top down, left to right order:
Paloma Ayala, Nina Montenegro, BPA, OPB, Paloma Ayala, and Nicole Mark.