Seventeen.

That’s how many sockeye salmon made it up Idaho’s Redfish Lake this fall – a tiny fraction of a run that should be in the tens of thousands.

We’re running out of time and we need your help. Please donate today to help us restore the Snake River so that people, salmon and wildlife can thrive together.

Since time immemorial, salmon have returned from the ocean to swim up the Columbia and Snake rivers and spawn in pristine mountain streams in Idaho and other Northwest states, beginning the life cycle again. It’s a cycle that has sustained people and wildlife – from orca whales to bears to bald eagles – for thousands of years.

But four dams on the lower Snake River in eastern Washington have devastated the salmon runs, pushing them to the brink of extinction. Scientists say it’s time to bring these dams down and restore a river that works for people and salmon.

American Rivers has spearheaded big river restoration agreements before. We’ve removed big dams before. We can do it again here – and on rivers nationwide – but only with your help.

So please, join us. Let’s bring back the greatest salmon runs in history.

Let’s create the biggest river restoration successes the world has ever seen.

Let’s do something big together.

For the Rivers,