DON ELDER
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT

Don Elder is an Organizational Development Consultant working closely with Pacific Rivers at this time. Before semi-retiring in 2021 he served as founding Executive Director of the Cahaba River Society, as State Development Director for The Nature Conservancy of Alabama, as Program Director then President of River Network, as Major Gifts Director for Western Rivers Conservancy, and as Senior Associate for Training Resources for the Environmental Community. Now, as Principal of Watershed Decisions, he provides largely virtual strategic planning, campaign planning, fundraising and board development support to conservation and environmental nonprofits. He resides in the Upper Deschutes Watershed in Central Oregon where he enjoys exploring, hiking and fishing and sweet days with his wife Michelle and their Labradoodle Dougal.  ​
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Today, throughout the Snake River Basin, imperiled populations of salmon continue to die at rates far below sustainable replacement levels. Scientists have told us for decades that breaching the four federal dams in the lower Snake River. Congressman Mike Simpson of Idaho has an ambitious proposal to remove the dams and invest billions in energy, irrigation and transportation infrastructure.  But elected leaders in Washington and Oregon must step up too before we lose the fish that define the region’s ecology and cultural heritage. Good work is happening in places like the Lostine, but ultimately, the success of those collaborations depend on restoring a free-flowing Snake River. 

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