Get Involved, write a letter, send a text, go to a rally, talk to people, organize a screening and vote for those in favor of saving salmon and orcas. But most importantly talk to people about salmon, orcas and dams. The echo of your voice can save these these amazing animals.
Dammed to Extinction viewers are inquiring about how to support Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson’s proposal to remove dams on the lower Snake River. https://simpson.house.gov/salmon/
Contacting Rep. Simpson’s office to let him know you like his ideas on salmon recovery can be done by contacting him via email. https://simpson.house.gov/contact/
Phone calls, faxes, or best of all, a quick hand-written note, can be sent to Rep. Simpson’s offices in Boise or Washington D.C. Those addresses are listed here:
On behalf of the salmon and the whales, thanks for your activism.
Boise Office
802 West Bannock, Suite 600
Boise, ID 83702
Phone: 208-334-1953
Fax: 208-334-9533
The following organizations are involved in the fight to save orcas and salmon. Visit their websites for more information.
The Center for Whale Research www.whaleresearch.com
Advocates for West www.advocateswest.org
Wild Orca www.wildorca.org
Southern Resident Killer Whale, Chinook Salmon Initiative www.srkwcsi.org
Orca Network, www.orcanetwork.org
Save our Wild Salmon www.wildsalmon.org
Dam Sense www.damsense.org
Columbia River Keeper www.columbiariverkeper.org
Earth Justice www.earthjustice.org
Speak up and let your representatives know you are in favor of removing the obsolete four lower Snake River dams and only vote accordingly. The only way to move the needle is for elected leaders to hear overwhelming support for dam breaching from their constituents.
For tips on identifying your elected representatives and obtaining their contact information as well as guidance in what you might say, these webpages can help….
Dam Sense www.damsense.org/contact-elected-officials
Southern Resident Killer Whale Chinook Sammon Initiative www.srkwcsi.org/take-action
You can call directly:
Washington Senator Cantwell - 206-220-6400
Washington Senator Murray - 206-553-5545
Washington Governor Inslee - 360-902-4111