Thousands of ocean miles.  Over 900 miles inland.  To nearly 7,000 feet in elevation. The migration of the salmon and steelhead of the Columbia and Snake River Basin is truly one-of-a-kind.

The bad news: at 1% of their historic abundance, wild salmon remain on life support.  
The good news: the spawning habitat for these fish is the largest and wildest habitat left in the continental United States and the highest salmon spawning area on earth. It’s been called the “Noah’s Ark” for salmon in a changing climate.

All across the country – from the Penobscot River in Maine to the Elwha and White Salmon Rivers in Washington State – we’ve seen that when people work together, rivers can be restored, jobs created and new economic opportunities realized. We can do the same on the Columbia and Snake Rivers for salmon and communities in the Pacific Northwest.