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Our Southern Resident orcas are starving. Fewer than 80 remain today and they are at risk of going extinct without urgent action.
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Scroll through our slideshow below to learn more about the endangered Southern Resident orcas and their connection to salmon and dams in the Northwest, and take action below.
[This is] our fault and that's why we need to do everything possible to try to recover [Chinook]. And so when we’re talking about what are the fastest ways to recover chinook salmon. A big one is removing dams, removing dams that are blocking passageways up to natal rivers, up to high elevations and cold water habitats. As we remove dams we’re literally removing barriers for these fish to get back to where they’re trying to get.Dr. Deborah Giles, Science and Research Director with Wild Orca
“We need to do everything possible to try to recover Chinook salmon.”
The loss of any species is devastating no matter what it is, but losing salmon would be—for the entire ecosystem—unfathomable. It feels very urgent and real and like it could happen tomorrow.Blaire Englebrecht, Policy and Boating Programs Manager, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
“Losing salmon would be unfathomable.”
I encourage everyone to care for our environment because every aspect of our lives depends upon it, and we are the ones responsible for its care and preservation.Theresa Gallant, Member, Environment Washington
I encourage everyone to care for our environment
I support Environment Washington because the climate emergency is the most important issue we’re faced with, and it’s quite clear that the world is going to be uninhabitable if we continue with all our practices that contribute to climate change.Cal Kinnear, Member, Environment Washington
Why I support Environment Washington
It is now apparent that we need to take significant action in the next few years if we are to have any chance of avoiding the really significant impacts of a changing climate.Bruce Parker, Member, Environment America
