Ep. 134 - Snake River Dams

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Podcast & Blast with Hal Herring

Zack Williams

Outdoors, Wilderness, Sports, Fishing, Outdoor, Hunting, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 87 minutes

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BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 134: Snake River Dams

We are teetering on the brink of what could be the greatest conservation success story of the past 50 years. The removal of four outdated and failing dams on the lower Snake River will restore the passage of millions of salmon and steelhead upstream into 5500 square miles of the most intact, coldwater spawning and rearing habitat in North America (almost all of it public land). If the dams are left in place, these same salmon and steelhead face inevitable extinction. It is a simple choice between vibrant, resilient life abounding, with all that entails – a resurrection of fisheries, economics, and the health of forests and wildlife that evolved with these fish – or a descent into the darkness of extinction and collapse. Which will we choose? Join Hal as he meets with Eric Crawford, North Idaho field coordinator for Trout Unlimited; Sam Mace, a fisheries expert who has worked with Save Our Wild Salmon; and Josh Mills, BHA development coordinator and board member of the Wild Steelhead Coalition, in this podcast recorded live at the BHA North American Rendezvous in May 2022.

If you live in Idaho, Oregon or Washington, take action now! Urge your elected leaders to support a science-based approach to conserving fisheries and supporting the economic health of communities that depend on them.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody I want to introduce a podcast today.
0:03.5	This is Al Herring, Back Country Hunters and Anglers
0:05.8	Podcasts and Blast.
0:08.6	I am introducing a podcast we did live at the BHA rendezvous in Missoula, Montana in May.
0:16.0	That would be 2022.
0:19.0	And we are talking about Snake River dams,
0:24.3	specifically the removal of four dams
0:26.8	that are blocking the migration of Salmon
0:29.7	and Steelhead from one of the largest intact eco-, all public land ecosystems left in the world.
0:38.0	So that's what we're going to be doing.
0:41.0	While we're on the subject of rivers, however.
0:45.2	I wanted to remind you that we have been dealing with the pebble mine
1:00.0	debacle up there in Alaska's Bristol Bay for years now, decades.
1:11.1	It's probably one of the most ill-conceived mining projects ever and we are at a new time frame for considering whether to permanently protect Russell Bay and stop this
1:15.2	pebble mine once and for all. So the EPA has just launched a new comment period through
1:20.4	July 5th again through July 5th, again through July 5th on their proposal to finalize
1:26.2	permanent protections for Bristol Bay under Section 404C of the Clean Water
1:32.0	Act. This is the time to make your comments and make your
1:37.8	support for the protection of Bristol Bay and this world's greatest fishery now.
1:45.0	Go to W.W. dot backcountry hunters.org take action number 284.
1:52.0	That'll get you there. There's a petition there. Go check it out.
1:57.0	See if you want to sign it. See if you want to be part of a permanent protection for Bristol Bay.
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