Banner artwork by Alfredo Arreguin, www.alfredoarreguin.com.

Northwest Artists Against Extinction (NWAAE.org) is a project by Save Our wild Salmon Coalition. NWAAE is a creative collaboration between artists and advocates to build public support and political leadership to restore the lower Snake River and its imperiled wild salmon and steelhead.

Healthy salmon populations deliver irreplaceable benefits to the peoples and places of the Pacific Northwest. Salmon are essential to the cultures and economies of many Northwest tribes and they are an essential food source for critically endangered Southern Resident orcas. More than 100 other fish and wildlife species rely upon and benefit from the presence of wild salmon. In myriad ways, our unique identity and ways of life as a region depend upon protecting wild salmon from extinction and restoring healthy, resilient, fishable populations. 

We call upon our state and federal elected officials - Northwest governors and members of Congress - to develop and deliver a comprehensive solution for the people, salmon, orcas, and ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest that includes the removal of its four federal dams and replaces their services and infrastructure with alternatives. Restoring a free flowing lower Snake River is essential for protecting its fish from extinction and it represents one of our nation?s great river and salmon restoration opportunities today.