The Columbia River Gorge is a national treasure - a National Scenic Area without peer. 

Now the City of Cascade Locks and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife are looking to make a water rights swap to allow Nestle to bottle and sell water from this beautiful resource.

Not only does this have the potential to open the floodgates to commercial water harvesting in the Gorge, it further encourages ridiculous waste by adding more plastic bottles to the nation's landfills. Realistically, while the plastic in water bottles is recyclable, the infrastructure doesn't have the capacity to handle the volume of plastics recycling as it is - we should be reducing our dependence on plastic, not increasing its production. 

We are asking that ODFW stop their deal with Cascade Locks - or at least offer an outlet for public input. Senators Wyden and Merkley - this is happening in a national resource - please help us get the attention this issue deserves!