Tribes, First Nations
Taylor Aalvik, Cowlitz Indian Tribe
Randall Friedlander, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Shelly R. Fyant, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Bill Green, Canadian Columbia River Inter-tribal Fisheries Commission
James P. Heffernan, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Richard Janssen, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Alfred Joseph, ‘Akisqnuck First Nation, Fairmont, B.C.
Keith Kutchins, Upper Columbia United Tribes
Paul Lumley, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
D.R. Michel, Upper Columbia United Tribes
Grand Chief Steward Phillip, Okanagan Nation Alliance
Heather Ray, Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation
Virgil Seymour, Arrow Lakes Coordinator, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
John E. Sirois, Upper Columbia United Tribes
Mitchell R. Bear Don’t Walk, Salish descendant, Student
Faith Community Leaders:
The Rt Rev Lynne McNaughton, Bishop, Anglican Diocese of Kootenay
Bishop John Corriveau, Bishop of Nelson, Roman Catholic
Bishop Blase Cupich, Bishop of Spokane, Roman Catholic
Archbishop Alexander Sample, Archdiocese of Portland, Roman Catholic
Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, Archdiocese of Seattle , Roman Catholic
Bishop Joseph Tyson, Bishop of Yakima, Roman Catholic
The Most Rev. Fred Hiltz, Primate, Anglican Church of Canada
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal Church
Anglican Archbishop John Privett, Metropolitan, Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon
Bishop Michael J. Hanley, Bishop of Oregon, Episcopal
Bishop Mark MacDonald, National Indigenous Anglican Bishop, Anglican
Bishop Gregory H. Rickel, Bishop of Olympia, Episcopal
Bishop Bavi Edna Rivera, Bishop of Eastern Oregon, Episcopal
Bishop James E. Waggoner, Bishop of Spokane, Episcopal
Canon Kenneth J. Gray, Co-chair, Creation Matters Working Group, Anglican Diocese of British Columbia
Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton, Presiding Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Bishop Susan Johnson, National Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Bishop David Brauer-Rieke, Oregon Synod, ELCA
Bishop Jessica Crist, Montana Synod, ELCA
Bishop Richard Jaech, Southwest Washington Synod, ELCA
The Rev. Susan Kintner, Assistant to the Bishop, Oregon Synod, ELCA
Bishop Kirby Unti, Northwest Washington Synod, ELCA
Bishop Martin D. Wells, EWa-Id Synod, ELCA
The Rev. Dr. Grant J. Hagiya, Bishop, Greater Northwest Episcopal Area, United Methodist Church
The Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church (The Rev. Shirley DeLarme, Conference Secretary)
Rev. Mike Denton, Conference Minister, Pacific Northwest Conference, United Church of Christ
Kate Hunter, Clerk, Peace & Social Concerns Co., No. Pacific Yearly Meeting, Quakers
The Rev. David Cooke, United Church of Canada
Pr. Patrick Monette, Roman Catholic Nelson Diocese
The Rev. Heather Karabelas, Deacon – Diocese of Kootenay from Kelowna, B.C., Anglican.
Faith-based Organization Leaders:
Rev. Paul Benz, Co-Director, FAN
Lee Anne Beres, Executive Director, Earth Ministry
Elise DeGrooyer, Co-Director, FAN
Jan Musgrove Elfers, Interim Executive Director, EMO
Jenny Holmes, Director of Environmental Ministries, EMO
Other clergy:
Rev. Mark Brocker, ELCA
Rev. Neal Buckaloo, ELCA
Rev. Hugh Feiss, OSB
Rev. Katherine Jesch, First Unitarian Church, Portland
Rev. Robyn M. Hartwig (ELCA)
Rev. Jenny Phillips, UMC
Rev. John Rosenberg, ELCA
Rev. Todd Scranton, United Methodist Church
Rev. W. Thomas Soeldner, ELCA
Elected Officials:
David Strohmaier, Missoula County Commissioner
Academics:
Tracy Bowerman, Salish Kootenai College, University of Idaho
Isaac Castellano, BSU
Barbara Cosens, University Consortium on Columbia River Governance
Steven A Kolmes, Director, Environmental Studies Program, U of Portland
Eric D. Meyer, Carroll College
Allan T. Scholz, EWU
Michael Treleaven, GU
Rose Mary Volbrecht, GU
Other Signers:
John M. Abraham
L. M. Adams
Douglas D. Anderson, Presbytery of the Cascades
Janet C. Anderson, , Presbytery of the Cascades
Brook Artziniega, University of Montana
Beverly J. Austin, St. Aloyius Catholic Church
Margaret Austin
Thomas Bansar, Flathead Lake Bio Station
Ellen Barton
Mary E. Barton
Melissa Bates
James Berube, Citizens for a Clean Columbia
Patricia Bitner
Athanos Bits
Brian Bohman
Mara Bohman, writer, Leavenworth-Wenatchee
Steven Booher
Samia M Bradley
Andrew Brewer
Catherine D. Brichoux Jones
Teresa Brock, Montana Chapter – Sierra Club
Abbey Brockway (Faith Action Network, Woodland Park Presbyterian Church)
Marilyn J. Bryan
Jace Bylenga
Johnny Buck
Shirley R. Cameron
Felicia Carroll
Martin Carver | Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society
Fred Christ
Cindy Klein
Susan Cotterell
Chris Crutcher
Dorothy Cyra
William L. Daniels
Judith A. Deiro
Xander Demetrios
Forest Dexter
Kathleen Dixon
James J. Doer
Bonnie Douglas
Lavinia D. Downs
Pauline Druffel
Valerie Drysdale
Sally Duffy
James R. Edwards
Nancy Eitrew
Barbara Ertte
Katie Evans
Jennifer Fergueson
Aaron Fiaschett
Linda Finney
Thomas P. Fox
Celia Friedman
Leona Ann Friesen, Retired Teacher, Castlegar, BC
Elizabeth Fry
Bruce Gage | Mr. Solman
Roselee Gannaway
Stephen German
Raelene Gold
Francis Gregory
Sue Gregory
Jennifer Haas, University of Montana
Kaye Hale
Allen Hammond
Andrea Rodgers Harris
Jordyn Heimbigner
Emily Herbert (ELCA)
Canstance A. Hellyer
Tom Hemken
Emily Herbert, First Unitarian Church, Portland, Oregon
P. Sydney Herbert
Nancy Hill, Sacred Heart Church
Suzi Hokonson
Brooke Holmes, University of Portland
Bonnie Holzworth
Randy Jones
Jeffrey Juel
Lois M. Kieffaber, Spokane Friends Church (Quaker)
Douglas Kilgore
David W. King, Washington State
Teresa Knight, Cranbrook Community Artist and Psychotherapist
Kassie Koledin
Ella Korth
Richard L. Krajeski, Lowlander Center
Evita Krislock
Gordon E. Larson
Lori Lawe
Camille LeBlanc, Friends of Kootenay Lake
Carolyn Leon
Graeme Lee-Rowlands (Quest University)
Chelsea Leven | Montana Citizen
Kevin Lewis
David A. Lindeblad
Spalz Lindsy
Linda K. Long
Judith C. Love
Connie Malone
Christine Erica Marbet
Julian Matthews, Nez Perce Tribe
Naydene Maykut
Susan McCarthy
Lynn E. McGlocklin
Sara McMillan
Jean Mendoza
Linda Merlo, Canadian Citizen
Donald L. Merrick | Concerned Citizen, Tigard, Oregon
Gabriella Metzger
Nancy Michel
Gretchen Miller
Jean Miller
Edward “Heyoka” Merrifield | Lived on Colville Reservation
Emma Montague
Mary V. Montoya
Lisa Moore | Aboriginal Education, School District 19, Revelstoke
Ginny J. Moos
Paul Morriseey | Resident of Summerland, B.C.
Claudia Narcisco | Montana Chapter, Sierra Club
Robert F. Nelson
Constance L. Nissley
Shirley Nixon
Calvin E. Osborn
John Osborn
Ann B. Owen | Second Presbyterian Church, Environmental Stewardship
Elaine S. Packard
Tealia Palmer-Ruben | Quest University, Canada
Janet Parker | UCC, ELCA
Rachael Paschal Osborn
Eileen Pedersen, Frightened Resident
Gena Peone
Erin Petersen
Carl Petterson | St. Mark Presbyterian Church
Antonia Potter
Samuel E. Puevis
Metta RavenHeart | Ecology Medicine Bearer
David D. Ray
Donna Reppard
Roger K. Reed
Bruce Reeder, Citizen, Nelson BC
Diane Reid
Lucy Reid
Leanne Reitan
John Rettig
Adele Reynolds
Roverta Riley
Celeste River | Montana Chapter, Sierra Club
Genevieve Robertson, Oxygen Art Centre
John Roskelley
David F. Rooney
Rita Runge | Resident of Summerland, B.C.
Mary Ryan-Hotchkiss | Catholic – Citizen of the Earth
Diane Saibil, Citizen of the Earth
Carol Sajor
Lynn Rigney Schott, Kettle Falls Historical Center
Stephen Schott, Kettle Falls Historical Center
Fred Schulze
Maya A. Schulze
Ann C. Schwend
Wren Shymyr, Selkirk
Kathryn Siemens | North Columbia Environmental Society
Denise D. Smith
Ian Smith
Mindy Smith, Citizens for a Clean Columbia
Patrick L. Smith | Citizen
Stephen H. Smith
Shelley Spalding
Crystal Spicer
Janet M. Spicer
Derek Stanford
William Starr
Michelle Stearns | Concerned Citizen
Colleen Steckel
Mary Lou Steckel
Helen Baker St. John
Anne D. Stephenson
Laura Stovel
Mary Anne Stuckart
Trudy Soriano
Nancy Suriano
Scott Sutton
Maurine Swanson
Tami Szerlip
Alistair Taylor
Joanne Taylor, University of British Columbia
Charles M. Tebbutt
Steve Tharinger
Emerson Thayne, Green Park Elementary
Stan Thayne, Whitman College
Eliot Thompson
Virginia Thompson | Local Francis of Assisi Church (RC), Revelstoke
Tam Ang K. Tran | Portland State University, Student
Heather Trim
Mark Utting
Mari Laxmi von Hoffmann | Montana Chapter, Sierra Club & 350 Montana
John Wagner | University of British Columbia – Okanagan
Daniell C. Walters
Vicki Watson, Clark Fork Kootenai River Basin Council
Nance Van Winckel
David B. Vogel
Janet Walker
Jacquelyn Wallace
Mark Weadick
Ruth Werntz
Paula A. Whitson
Adam Wicks-Arshack
Judy D. Wilder, 1st Unitarian Universalist, Portland, OR
Kelly Williamson, Environmental Law Student, Univ of Montana
Alissa Wise, Bitterroot Water Forum
Marian E. Wolfe
Johnna Woodruff
Tina Wynecoop
Louise K. Zovanyi