SOS Hot Water Report | August 12, 2020

Orca Conservancy is sharing the Hot Water Report from the Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition. This weekly report presents the conditions of the Lower Snake and Columbia Rivers and the impact the warming water temperatures are having on endangered wild salmon populations. Since wild Chinook salmon is the #1 food source for the endangered Southern Resident killer whale (SRKW) population, monitoring these reports is important as we work to breach the Lower Snake River Dams. This week’s report focuses on SRKWs (including an interview with Dr. David Bain, Chief Scientist for Orca Conservancy) and the dismal returns of lamprey, a fish also endangered because of the Lower Snake River Dams and very important to Native American Tribes for food and other cultural reasons. Note that this week the water behind all of the Lower Snake River Dams and the lower Columbia dams are above 68 degrees.

Please click the image below for this week’s report: