Look around you today Inland Northwesterners - there are businesses you rely on and community leaders you admire who are banding together to call upon Senator Maria Cantwell's and Senator Patty Murray's leadership in solving the Columbia River salmon crisis.

The business owners and community leaders want the senators to bring together all interests - farmers, fishermen, energy users, business owners and local leaders-to craft a long term science -based and economically viable salmon restoration plan. They acknowledge the historic political tensions surrounding the salmon issue, but note the enormous economic opportunity for the region in forging a long-term solution.

When it was announced a few days ago there were 50 businesses included on the letter that was published in The Inlander's current issue.   Sam Mace, the Inland Northwest director of Save Our Wild Salmon now counts over 60 who are signers of this important letter. 

"There are costs and benefits to any path that we take, and we have not had any sort of honest conversation that can actually bring certainty, not just to the fishermen and recreational businesses, but also farmers and shippers and others," Mace told the Public News Service.

If you go to these places or know these people who have signed the letter, show support to them and thank them for standing up for healthy rivers, fisheries, and economic and recreational opportunities. 

Check out Working Snake River for Washington

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