a new Patagonia campaign objectives to restore the us’s best Salmon River

The quick doc “Free the Snake” makes the case for unfettered salmon runs and urges customers to signal a dam removal petition.

July 7, 2015 

In a continuation of the brand’s message thru remaining yr’s DamNation documentary, Patagonia has launched a brand new marketing campaign to put off four dams alongside the Snake River within the Pacific Northwest.

“Free the Snake” is a short doc outlining the case to put off the dams to revive the river’s salmon population and natural habitat. To broaden its appeal and reach, the film is sensible to mix its activist sources with folks like former U.S. Secretary of the interior Bruce Babitt and retired U.S. military Corps of Engineers engineer Jim Waddell. within the movie Waddell says that the economics and costs of the dams show that if the dams stay as is, the U.S. financial system is shedding at least $a hundred and fifty million a yr, while Babitt mentioned, “The four dams in the Snake River, in the upper reaches of the Columbia Basin, are a transparent overshoot and they’re in my judgement, mostly answerable for the destruction of salmon runs we used to look all of the method as much as the Rocky Mountains of Idaho.”

Patagonia’s call to motion includes a petition, as well as asking Washington State residents to contact their state senators to demand motion. it can be a clear example of what then-VP of global advertising pleasure Howard informed Co.Create closing yr, that the emblem’s intention used to be to use content to inspire people to take motion.

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