The Conservation Alliance

  The goal of our current Conservation Alliance campaign is to win federal Wild & Scenic River designation for 112 miles of the lower Salmon River, downstream from Long Tom Bar (the boundary of the existing Wild & Scenic reach) to the Salmon's confluence with the Snake River. We seek this designation to:Protect water quality and wildlife in a river corridor threatened by mining activities. Protect critical habitat and migration corridors for salmon, steelhead, bull trout and white sturgeon. And, protect recreation opportunities in the watershed.Securing Wild & Scenic River designations for the lower Salmon River will prohibit the construction of new dams and diversions in this reach of river forever, give conservationists and managing agencies new tools to help enforce sound conservation practices and protect recreation opportunities, and give designated river a higher "profile," which hopefully will encourage better stewardship by all river users.... Read More