Nez Perce Tribe Official Statement
Regarding the CRSO EIS released today 12/18/24
“Extinction of salmon populations is happening now. The Tribe is reassured to see strong
support in the Northwest for ensuring that no salmon extinction occurs on our watch. That should
be a fundamental feeling for all people in the Northwest.”
“The reality is the federal agencies have never truly made visible the devastating effects the
federal dams on the lower Snake and mainstem Columbia River have had – and continue to have
every day – on US Treaty obligations to Columbia Basin tribes. It is time for the consequences of
those effects to be revealed and to truly guide agency decision-making.”