Salmon at a Crossroads: Sense of Place January 17th

Salmons doin’ what they do. Photo credit: Greg Koonce

From Sense of Place:

By Sarah Fox

Hood River, Ore. Jan. 3, 2024 — Sense of Place, will feature Salmon at a Crossroads on January 17th, 2024. This event will be offered in person at the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, Oregon, and via livestream. 

In recent years, sockeye salmon in the Columbia and Snake rivers have experienced devastating mass die-offs, because water temperatures were too hot. The Little White Salmon River and nearby tributaries in the Gorge have also experienced tragic losses. While many variables affect Northwest salmon populations, dams, and climate change are heating the Columbia and Lower Snake Rivers to levels that salmon cannot tolerate. Further upstream, there is widespread consensus that most wild Snake River salmon and steelhead are on a trajectory to extinction. These realities, and a renewed focus on the rights of Tribal Nations, have prompted unprecedented calls from all sides to remove the Lower Snake River Dams. Join Miles Johnson, Legal Director for Columbia Riverkeeper, as he shares why he believes “the movement to un-dam the Lower Snake River is as close to success as it has been for decades.

Miles Johnson

Miles Johnson is the Legal Director for Columbia Riverkeeper. He works to reduce water pollution and restore salmon by enforcing the Clean Water Act and providing legal counsel for Columbia Riverkeeper’s campaigns. Before law school, Miles worked as a fisheries researcher in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. As an enthusiastic fish-eater, Miles is personally invested in ensuring that we can all eat fish caught in the Columbia without endangering the health of our families.

Event Details:

Sense of Place

When - Wednesday, January 17th, 2024. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., presentation begins 7 p.m.

Where – Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Avenue Hood River, OR 97031, or via live stream

Cost - $12 tickets, information at SenseOfPlaceGorge.org

* Advance purchase is encouraged as presentations often sell out. Seats not filled by 6:50 p.m. will be made available to those on the waitlist. The event will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Sense of Place host, Sarah Fox.
Sense of Place is a program of Mt. Adams Institute, a Gorge-based non-profit that seeks to strengthen the connection between people and the natural world through education, service, career development, and research.