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The Bush Administration has released another failed plan for salmon and steelhead in the Columbia & Snake Rivers. We have spent over $8 billion on ineffective, illegal programs and salmon remain on the brink of extinction - It's time for real change and real solutions.

Help us sound the alarm nationwide on the serious decline of wild salmon and steelhead populations in the Snake and Columbia Rivers, and the harmful impacts of these declines on our rivers, our communities, and American taxpayers .

You and thousands of people across the country can send a message to members of Congress. Urge them to stand up and craft solutions to recover the national treasure of wild salmon for future generations.
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Dear [ Decision Maker ],

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Wild pacific salmon are a national treasure - an awe-inspiring symbol of healthy rivers, nutritious food, and thriving communities. The Snake and Columbia Rivers were once home to the largest salmon populations on the planet.

Today, however, many of these populations are facing extinction. Last year, just four Snake River sockeye salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to Idaho's historic Redfish Lake.  The latest federal plan for the Columbia-Snake Basin perpetuates decades of ineffective federal policies and billions of taxpayer dollars that have failed to protect salmon and steelhead from declining toward extinction. We are in urgent need of a new approach that is firmly grounded in both good science and fiscal responsibility.

Four federal dams on the lower Snake River prevent salmon from surviving to return to some of the biggest, wildest, highest, coldest, healthiest and best-protected habitat remaining in the continental United States. These dams make the downstream migration of young salmon an untenably lethal one, killing as much as 90% of these Snake River fish before they ever reach the Pacific Ocean.

The science and economics are clear: any effective salmon plan must include the removal of these costly and out-dated dams. The federal government's current approach, which ignores the science supporting lower Snake River dam removal as part of a comprehensive suite of recovery measures, fails endangered salmon, fishing communities, and American taxpayers.

I strongly urge your leadership in Congress to craft legislation authorizing the removal of the four lower Snake River dams. This action must be part of a scientifically sound and fiscally responsible plan that will restore wild salmon, revitalize communities, save taxpayer dollars, and ensure the survival of this national treasure for future generations. I look forward to hearing from you about your efforts to safeguard imperiled wild salmon. Thank you.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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