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Act Now: Stop Salmon, Steelhead, and Orca Extinction

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Four federal dams on the lower Snake River are driving salmon to extinction. Now, climate change is accelerating that extinction by raising river temperatures well above lethal levels, killing salmon and steelhead and leaving orcas without food.

This is a justice issue. The loss of salmon violates the rights of tribes and Indigenous people who were promised abundant salmon by the United States in treaties and other legally-binding agreements. Together, 60 Northwest tribal governments are calling for federal government leaders to stand by their promises and restore salmon to the Northwest by removing the Snake River dams.

We can stop extinction and lead the largest salmon restoration in history while honoring the rights of tribes and Indigenous people who were promised abundant salmon by the United States in treaties. But it won’t happen without your support.

Take action now. Call on Congress and the Biden administration to remove the lower Snake River dams and make smart investments to replace the services they provide.

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The time has come to stand up for people, DNR must manage public lands for all Washingtonians – not just special interests

WCA releases 8th annual State of Forests and Public Lands report to evaluate the performance over the course of the last year of Washington’s Commissioner of Public Lands, Hilary Franz, and the DNR. 

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WCA CEO Alyssa Macy awarded the 2023 Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award

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We are honored to live and work on the traditional and ancestral lands of the Nations whose current lands we call Washington, including the Chehalis, Chinook, Colville, Cowlitz, Duwamish, Hoh, Jamestown, Kalispel, Kikiallus, Lower Elwha, Lummi, Makah, Marietta Band, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Nooksack, Palouse, Port Gamble, Puyallup, Quileute, Quinault, Samish, Sauk-Suiattle, Shoalwater, Skokomish, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Snoqualmoo, Spokane, Squaxin Island, Steilacoom, Stillaguamish, Suquamish, Swinomish, Tulalip, Upper Skagit, Wanapum, And Yakama Nations. We recognize that borders are artificial—many tribal nations from the North, the South, and the East of present-day Washington also have historical and current ties to these lands.

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