Select Area Fisheries Enhancement (SAFE) Program- draft Environmental Assessment
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Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville) is requesting comments on the draft Environmental Assessment on the partial funding of the SAFE Program to achieve maximum production levels of Chinook and coho salmon as proposed from three fishery co-managers (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Clatsop County Fisheries) and as authorized by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
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http://www.bpa.gov/nepa/SAFE
Close of comment: 10/25/2024
- SAFEE24240001 -
Lytle/n/aI write to respectfully urge you to take immediate action to support the
breaching of the four lower Snake River dams this November. This is a
crucial step to save the wild salmon and the Southern Resident Killer
Whales (SRKW), both of which are critically endangered and running out of
time.
Thanks to the current administration's efforts, we are closer than ever to a
solution. NOAA’s recent findings make it clear that breaching these dams is
the only way to prevent the extinction of the wild Chinook salmon and the
Southern Resident Killer Whales that depend on them. With only 73
Southern Resident Killer Whales remaining, the situation is dire.
The Army Corps of Engineers and the US President have the authority to
proceed with breaching the dams. I urge you to support and advocate for
the immediate drawdown of the Lower Granite Dam reservoir in November,
followed by the removal of the earthen berm in December. The Corps has
been prepared for this since 2002 - it is time to act.
The Biden administration’s recent report acknowledging the ongoing harm
these dams have caused to Tribal communities reinforces the urgency of
this action. We cannot afford further delay. The endangered wild Chinook
salmon and Southern Resident Killer Whales are running out of time. When
they're extinct, hope is lost; when endangered, hope remains.
- SAFEE24240003 -
Martin/Salmon For All, Inc.This comment has been edited for privacy.
I am the Secretary of Salmon For All, Inc., a 501 (c) (6) organization of Columbia River commercial fishers, processors and associated businesses. Attached please find a letter from Salmon For All president James Wells regarding the Select Area Fisheries Enhancement Program.
Thank you for this opportunity to comment.
Irene Martin, Secretary, Salmon For All
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- SAFEE24240004 -
paceThe assessment of water quality impacts is deficient. The estuary extends from the BON tailrace to the ocean. To dismiss water quality impacts because they are not significant for the "basin" is disingenuous. As a result the decision to prepare an EA rather than an EIS cannot be defended. BPA needs to do a serious, in depth analysis of water quality impacts that addresses and mitigates on site contamination.
- SAFEE24240005 -
Monroy/EPAU.S. EPA NEPA comments on SAFE Program Draft EA.
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