Sierra Club staff L to R: Emily Bowes, Damon Motz-Storey, Julian Mathews, Alice Weston, Nick Gevock, Lia Brewster, Lisa Young
Oregon Sierra Club members recently traveled to the Snake River where Oregon, Washington, and Idaho converge. We were honored and humbled to support and join the “Envisioning a Restored Snake River” flotilla led by Nimíipuu Protecting the Environment, Save Our Wild Salmon, KHIMSTONIK, Tribal families, and many other partners working together to restore abundant salmon and steelhead to the region.
It was an incredible weekend on the Lower Snake River gathered together with so many advocates that came from all over the Pacific Northwest. We give thanks to all of the Tribal elders and leaders and their families for leading this community in ceremony, prayer, and journey. As Nez Perce Tribal member Angela Jackson shared at the gathering, “When you put salmon first, everything else will follow.”
We are excited to continue to support this work and the vision for a restored Snake River and climate just future for all generations. No matter where we come from or who we are, we all depend on the salmon and the ecosystems we share with them. We will continue to come together and someday we will see a free-flowing river with abundant salmon and healthy communities.
