20 Years Together

Time and time again, when the Columbia River was threatened, you delivered. Your donations have fueled major victories for our river and our climate. But we can’t let up. Please make a donation today and power victories for our future. 

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Take Action:

VOTE! Ballots are due November 3. We encourage you to use your voice for the future of our region and country. 

• Stand in Solidarity with Tribal Nations! Join Yakama Nation in opposing Rye development's Goldendale pumped storage development, proposed near John Day Dam in Washington state. Sign our petition and read our Q & A about all of the controversial development, including its impacts to cultural resources, wildlife, and clean water. 
• Hold a New Climate Polluter Accountable! Join us in urging the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council to reject Perennial’s premature construction plan.
• Tell Oregon: We need a mega-dairy moratorium now! Oregon’s rural communities deserve good health, clean air and water, and economic opportunities that don’t come at the cost of their health. 
• Dígale a la gobernadora Brown: ¡No necesitamos más mega-lecherías en Oregon! Las comunidades rurales de Oregon merecen buena salud, aire y agua limpio, además oportunidades económicas que no tengan un costo para su salud.
• Clean up Bradford Island! The popular fishing area contains some of the most toxic resident fish in the Pacific Northwest. Join Yakama Nation, Oregon, and Washington to demand that the EPA clean up Bradford Island and add it to the Superfund list.

Events & Engagement

• Tonight, October 21, 7 p.m.: Sense of Place Lecture featuring Emily Washines and Chuck Sams to hear first-hand stories of how Tribal communities have responded to the pandemic. 
• Tomorrow, October 22 launches the first video in our Video Release Series—Heroes: The Untold Stories of Grit and Passion—and Success. Find it on our  Youtube page, Facebook, and Instagram TV channels.
• Conoce tu Columbia is now on Spotify! Make it easy to listen to your favorite bilingual podcast featuring intersectional issues that impact Columbia River Gorge and Pacific Northwest communities. 
• SAVE THE DATE: November 1 kicks off Willamette Week’s annual Give! Guide. Give $10 or more until the end of the year and you will have the opportunity to win awesome prizes on big Give Days and through Riverkeeper’s amazing business partners. 
• LISTEN: Gift with Meaning by Tyrone Ross Thompson. Poem encapsulates the story of Indigenous people along the Columbia River after the introduction of the dams and the Hanford Nuclear Site.
• WATCH: One River, a Thousand Voices book release. On September 23, many people gathered virtually to celebrate the book release for One River, a Thousand Voices by Washington State Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna. 

Newsstand: Highlighting Columbia Riverkeeper in the News and Intersectional Issues We Care About

• Pacific Northwest Governors say They'll Work Together on Columbia Salmon, Portland Business Journal, October 12, 2020
• Northwest Governors Pledge to Work with Tribes, Others for Salmon Recovery, Lewiston Tribune, October 9, 2020
• Oregon Water Regulators Asked to Limit Stockwatering Exemption, Capitol Press, October 8, 2020
• Nez Perce Tribe Again Calls for Leadership on Lower Snake River Restoration, Indian Country Today, October 3, 2020
• Research: Sockeye are in Hot Water, Lewiston Tribune, October 2, 2020
• Snake River Sockeye and Chinook Salmon in a Changing Climate: Implications for Upstream Migration Survival During Recent Extreme and Future Climates, Plos One,
  September 30, 2020
• Kalama Methanol Another Time Around, KBOO, September 28, 2020
• This Land and River is My Body by Michael Buck, Native Daily Network, September 21, 2020
• Merkley, EPA Fulfill $2 Million Promise to Columbia River Basin, Columbia Insight, September 16, 2020