The progress we’ve made toward salmon recovery and Lower Snake River dam removal is under attack. With your help, we can protect salmon and keep working toward real solutions.
Several proposed federal laws—including the “Northwest Energy Security Act” (H.R. 626/S 182), the “Defending Our Dams Act” (H.R. 2073), and the “Protecting Our Water Energy Resource (POWER) Act” (H.R. 2074)—attempt to undermine salmon recovery, energy modernization, commitments to Northwest Tribes, and progress towards undamming the Lower Snake River.
These bills ignore decades of bipartisan work, scientific consensus, and regional collaboration—instead prioritizing outdated hydropower infrastructure over long-term energy reliability, economic resilience, and Tribal obligations.
Please sign this letter asking your U.S. Senators and Representative to defend the progress we have made. With slim margins in the House and Senate, we have a good chance of defeating these bad bills—but only if our Northwest congressional leaders understand how much you and your neighbors care about abundant salmon, Tribal rights, and removing the Lower Snake River dams.
Contact your Senators and Representative today about Lower Snake River dam removal:
The “Northwest Energy Security Act” (H.R. 626/S 182), the “Defending Our Dams Act” (H.R. 2073), and the “Protecting Our Water Energy Resource (POWER) Act” (H.R. 2074) are a direct attack on salmon recovery efforts, clean energy modernization, and U.S. commitments to Northwest Tribes. These bad bills are designed to block progress on breaching the four lower Snake River dams—the most critical action identified by scientists to restore decimated Columbia Basin salmon populations.
These bills ignore decades of bipartisan work, scientific consensus, and regional collaboration, instead prioritizing outdated, inefficient hydropower infrastructure over long-term energy reliability, economic resilience, and Tribal obligations.
If passed, these bills would:
- Prohibit the removal of the four lower Snake River dams, regardless of scientific findings or stakeholder consensus.
- Deny federal agencies the ability to study or enact effective salmon recovery measures, undermining the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement (RCBA).
- Ignore federal commitments made to Tribes and decades of advocacy from calling for salmon recovery.
- Lock in a failed status quo that has cost ratepayers $25 billion in fish mitigation efforts, with no ESA-listed salmon populations restored.
- Prevent the modernization of the regional energy grid, forcing reliance on aging, outdated infrastructure instead of embracing new clean energy solutions.
Please vocally oppose these bills, including by voting against them on the floor and in committee. Thank you for protecting salmon and the people who depend on them!
Sincerely,