For Immediate Release, March 16, 2021 Contact: John DeVoe, WaterWatch of Oregon, [email protected], (503) 295-4039 x 1 Kurt Beardslee, Wild Fish Conservancy, [email protected], (206) 310-9301 David A. Moskowitz, The Conservation Angler, [email protected], (971) 235-8953 Northwest Senators Urged to Reject Rep. Simpson’s Disastrous Plan for Endangered Salmon PORTLAND, Ore.— A coalition of conservation, water policy, and agricultural sustainability groups representing millions of Americans is voicing the first environmental opposition to a proposed dam breaching deal that has, until now, garnered praise. In a letter sent today to Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell of Washington, the groups stated their opposition to Rep. Mike Simpson’s (R-Idaho) “Energy and Salmon Concept,” which proposes a deal to trade breaching the four Lower Snake River dams for the modern era’s most extensive rollbacks of protections for clean water, imperiled species and public health.