Pacific Rivers

Working to protect healthy rivers and clean water by promoting healthy watersheds since 1987.

[Pacific Rivers @pacificrivers]

New Video: @RonWyden's River Democracy Act will permanently protect hundreds of miles of Oregon Rivers nominated by citizens from across the state as Wild and Scenic!

Watch at: https://t.co/RaRQgYaJPU

#WildAndScenicOregon
@ouroregonrivers

[Pacific Rivers @pacificrivers]

Don't miss Chairman Penney's great LTE highlighting the opportunity and importance of Wild and Scenic River protections for Eastern Oregon watersheds and headwater streams.
https://t.co/ys0TYEUEG7

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@EastOregonian

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[Pacific Rivers @pacificrivers]

"However, from an ecological perspective, drawing down two dams to spillway crest simply isn’t enough to put salmon on the path to recovery."

[Pacific Rivers @pacificrivers]

Irrigation from the Snake and Columbia Rivers has transformed thousands of acres of desert and sagebrush land into some of the most valuable, productive farmland in the Northwest, but that infrastructure currently depends on salmon-killing dams.
https://t.co/akhLwH1QA5

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Greg Haller, of Pacific Rivers, responds: "It’s clear the irrigation community understands that the status quo isn’t working for salmon and I applaud their effort to break the gridlock with this proposal."

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A Cleaner and Cooler Snake River:
Regional Conservation Groups and the Nez Perce Tribe Resolve Litigation With the State of Oregon Over Water Quality Impacts Caused by the Hells Canyon Dams https://t.co/6Ylyh9azR3

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Huge thanks to Senator @RonWyden for hosting today's Town Hall on the River Democracy Act!

Want to learn more about the opportunity presented by this important legislation? Watch our recent film: https://t.co/RaRQgYaJPU

@ouroregonrivers
@WydenPress
#WildandScenicOregon

[Pacific Rivers @pacificrivers]

River Democracy Town Hall with Senator @RonWyden .

Digital Democracy in Action!
Tune in at: https://t.co/qVF2pnVPAN

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@WydenPress
#WildAndScenicOregon

[Pacific Rivers @pacificrivers]

The River Democracy Act is an opportunity to protect the small headwater and seasonal, intermittent streams so important for Oregon's clean water supplies, watershed health, and fire and climate resilience.

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@ouroregonrivers
#wildandscenicoregon

[Ron Wyden @RonWyden]

Looking forward to hearing from rural Oregonians tomorrow at 1 pm PT (2 pm MT) about how my River Democracy Act strengthens drinking water protections & the recreation economy, reduces wildfire risks & protects existing property/grazing/irrigation rights https://t.co/GqbERhS7Bm

[Pacific Rivers @pacificrivers]

Tune in Today at 1:00pm PST for Senator @RonWyden's online town hall for the River Democracy Act!
https://t.co/caqHb0nve6

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@WydenPress
#WildAndScenicOregon

[Pacific Rivers @pacificrivers]

Greg Haller of Pacific Rivers: "Conservation groups have been advocating for ecosystem-based function as a new leg of the treaty, and I don't see anything in these amendments that points to that future."
https://t.co/XybC9W33ZZ

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A hiker copes with a new anxiety brought by a changed climate. Via @TheLWON https://t.co/SZS2GcpktZ

[Yurok Tribe @TheYurokTribe]

Salmon have "kept us alive since the beginning of time, and now here they are helping us again, restoring an entire ecosystem because we’re using their good name to get our message out there.” Barry McCovey Jr., Yurok Fisheries Department Director. https://t.co/P8rEnwfS9p

[Pacific Rivers @pacificrivers]

@OregonGovBrown gets it: Restoring salmon and investing in the region's clean energy, irrigation, and transportation is a bipartisan opportunity for the future of the Columbia Basin.
https://t.co/dJSm6C1jFr

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#FreeTheSnake

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We commend the Umpqua district fish biologist Greg Huchko for his leadership and for taking the necessary steps to protect these important fish when they need it most.

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@MyODFW

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The beautiful North Umpqua River has been closed to fishing due to low wild steelhead numbers, high water temperatures, and low flows.

Dam counts and snorkel surveys revealed that only 20 percent of steelhead have returned compared to recent averages.

Photo: Shane Anderson