Summer may be nearly over but the fight to remove the lower Snake River dams to save Southern Resident orcas, Columbia Basin salmon and billions in American taxpayer dollars, is not.

Grab your paddles (and protest signs) and join the ‘Free the Snake Flotilla’ on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 8 a.m. at Wawawai County Park near Pullman, Washington.

Join Northwest fisherman, boaters, and wild orca and salmon advocates for a day of support for the once greatest wild salmon producing river system in the world.

If you think it’s too far a drive, just think of how far Pacific salmon swim during their migrations.

Chinook and Sockeye travel over 900 miles and climb nearly 7,000 feet as they grow and then return to their natal streams to spawn, die and then nourish a place we call the Northwest.

Sponsors include Patagonia, Friends of the Clearwater, Save Our Wild Salmon, Idaho Rivers United, American Whitewater, Columbia Riverkeeper, Snake Riverkeeper, Fighting Goliath, and the Southern Resident Killer Whale Chinook Salmon Initiative.

For more directions and information visit our website, go here for more information about dams and here for more on the connection between salmon and orcas at the Southern Resident killer whale chinook salmon initiative.