Today's call to action is a shorty in honor of my dauther's birthday. I am off to put up decorations and make some pancakes. 
Happy birthday Viv!
Happy birthday Viv!
Tuesday
1. Protecting Salmon
Salmon are a remarkable species. They begin life in freshwater streams, move to the ocean and finally make a long and arduous trek back to the stream where they were born to spawn and die. They are a remarkably resilient species. Unfortunately, the construction of hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River Basin where salmon spawn, impedes the salmon’s migration. A population that once numbered around 10 million has dwindled to 1 million. This has earned salmon a spot on the endangered species list.
Things had been looking up for our salmon friends when in 2016, courts ruled that managing federal agencies needed to find a dam solution (ha, ha) that would protect salmon populations. Unfortunately for the salmon, their protection is in jeopardy. Continuing the disappointing trend of reversing all the good accomplished by the Obama administration, the House is looking to change that rule. HR 3144 will be on the House floor this week. This bill would thwart efforts to protect endangered wild salmon and hinder development of a more efficient and reliable power system by locking in status quo hydropower operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers.
Read more about it here: https://www.americanrivers.org/…/legislative-overreach-sal…/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3144
Salmon are a remarkable species. They begin life in freshwater streams, move to the ocean and finally make a long and arduous trek back to the stream where they were born to spawn and die. They are a remarkably resilient species. Unfortunately, the construction of hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River Basin where salmon spawn, impedes the salmon’s migration. A population that once numbered around 10 million has dwindled to 1 million. This has earned salmon a spot on the endangered species list.
Things had been looking up for our salmon friends when in 2016, courts ruled that managing federal agencies needed to find a dam solution (ha, ha) that would protect salmon populations. Unfortunately for the salmon, their protection is in jeopardy. Continuing the disappointing trend of reversing all the good accomplished by the Obama administration, the House is looking to change that rule. HR 3144 will be on the House floor this week. This bill would thwart efforts to protect endangered wild salmon and hinder development of a more efficient and reliable power system by locking in status quo hydropower operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers.
Read more about it here: https://www.americanrivers.org/…/legislative-overreach-sal…/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3144
H.R. 3144 is legislative overreach.
The actual purpose of H.R. 3144 is never stated or acknowledged in the bill: to overturn these two carefully-considered court decisions. Without ever mentioning them, H.R. 3144 would block both judicial decisions by requiring that, until 2022, dam operations must follow the illegal dam management plan rejected by the Court in 2016.
In addition, H.R. 3144 would seek to prevent any study, analysis, or consideration of dam management alternatives, such as additional increases in spill or breaching of the four lower Snake River dams. This legislative effort to circumvent the courts and the requirements of our nation’s environmental laws is contrary to the way the rule of law is intended to work in a democracy. Sadly, it would also protect a failed and costly status quo while blocking the opportunity to create a new plan that both reflects regional stakeholder input and works to achieve salmon and steelhead recovery.
American Rivers and our partners will work hard to prevent H.R. 3144 from becoming law. Please join us by contacting your U.S. Representative and requesting that he or she opposes H.R. 3144.
The actual purpose of H.R. 3144 is never stated or acknowledged in the bill: to overturn these two carefully-considered court decisions. Without ever mentioning them, H.R. 3144 would block both judicial decisions by requiring that, until 2022, dam operations must follow the illegal dam management plan rejected by the Court in 2016.
In addition, H.R. 3144 would seek to prevent any study, analysis, or consideration of dam management alternatives, such as additional increases in spill or breaching of the four lower Snake River dams. This legislative effort to circumvent the courts and the requirements of our nation’s environmental laws is contrary to the way the rule of law is intended to work in a democracy. Sadly, it would also protect a failed and costly status quo while blocking the opportunity to create a new plan that both reflects regional stakeholder input and works to achieve salmon and steelhead recovery.
American Rivers and our partners will work hard to prevent H.R. 3144 from becoming law. Please join us by contacting your U.S. Representative and requesting that he or she opposes H.R. 3144.
2. Support Your Local Elections
The best way to change the trajectory of this administration is to elect public servants who want to work for the good of their constituents. The most important thing you can do right now is support Minnesota’s candidates. Are you well represented in your district? Adopt another district. November 2018 is a huge election for Minnesota. All hands are needed on deck.
The best way to change the trajectory of this administration is to elect public servants who want to work for the good of their constituents. The most important thing you can do right now is support Minnesota’s candidates. Are you well represented in your district? Adopt another district. November 2018 is a huge election for Minnesota. All hands are needed on deck.
Check out these candidates and make plans to help.
Congressional District 2
https://cd2action.com/minnesota-house/
https://docs.google.com/…/1Uqe_MoEAkideRALrCol62N…/htmlview…
https://cd2action.com/minnesota-house/
https://docs.google.com/…/1Uqe_MoEAkideRALrCol62N…/htmlview…
Sites to Check:
If Trump fires Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, please be ready to take to the streets in protest.
https://act.moveon.org/…/mueller-firing-rapid-respo…/search/
If Trump fires Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, please be ready to take to the streets in protest.
https://act.moveon.org/…/mueller-firing-rapid-respo…/search/
CD2Action https://cd2action.com/, @CD2action
League of Women Voters MN https://lwvmn.org/
Klobuchar-202-224-3244
Smith (202) 224-5641
House of Representative switchboard: (202) 224-3121
MN Legislators: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/legislators
Resistbot: https://resistbot.io/
Governor Dayton- https://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/
Smith (202) 224-5641
House of Representative switchboard: (202) 224-3121
MN Legislators: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/legislators
Resistbot: https://resistbot.io/
Governor Dayton- https://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/
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