Gabrielle Canon: The river that came back to life: a journey down the reborn #Klamath: Less than a year after four dams were removed from the river, life has blossomed along its banks, presenting new challenges and joys of recovery
#California #Yurok #Karuk #NativeAmerican #restoration #DamRemoval
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/klamath-river-trip-dam-removal
Salmon returned a month after dam removal.
The "dams only produced...enough to power about 70,000 homes. They also didn’t provide irrigation, drinking water or flood control, according to Klamath River Renewal Corporation."
"The Klamath River’s headwaters lie on the tribe’s homelands in Oregon, and members once depended on salmon for 25% of their food. But for more than a century their waters have not held any salmon"
#Oregon #California #rewilding
Thanks to #KlamathBasin #Yurok #Karuk #fish
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...tribes, such as the #Yurok, #Karuk, #Hupa, #Miwok, and #Chumash in #California:
"For more than 13,000 years...hundreds of...tribes 👉across...the world used small intentional burns to renew local food, medicinal and cultural resources, create habitat for animals, and reduce the risk of larger, more dangerous wild fires."👈
The Spanish conquerors first prohibited this...
Kurtis Alexander: Biden administration announces truce in Klamath Basin #water wars
"The #Biden administration announced Wednesday it has brokered a “historic” agreement between tribes and farmers in the Klamath Basin over chronic water shortages, a problem that has fueled enduring water wars in the rural area along the California-Oregon border.
For decades, the #Klamath, #Yurok and #Karuk tribes have been fighting to maintain sufficient water for fish in the basin — sometimes different fish with competing needs. At the same time, farmers in the region’s upper reaches have wanted more water to grow potatoes, alfalfa, wheat and onions."
#nativeamerican #california #oregon #giftarticle
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/klamath-water-agreement-18667505.php?sid=57f2d62b1acbcdb5538b4a4e&ss=A&st_rid=98ebc417-046c-4639-bbc2-4643319705bc&utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_term=briefing&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2NhbGlmb3JuaWEvYXJ0aWNsZS9rbGFtYXRoLXdhdGVyLWFncmVlbWVudC0xODY2NzUwNS5waHA%3D&time=MTcwNzk1ODk0MTMxNA%3D%3D&rid=OThlYmM0MTctMDQ2Yy00NjM5LWJiYzItNDY0MzMxOTcwNWJj&sharecount=MQ%3D%3D
Following the 4 dam removals on the Klamath river, and restoration plan closely. Local tribes collected a phenomenal 19 BILLION local ca native plant seeds from 98 species to revegetate the project. Our local tribes do stuff in a well thought out, big way, reintroduction of endangered species like condors, reintroduction of cultural fire, instrumental in getting the dams removed, + collecting 19 billion native seeds to reveg the project. Continual source of inspiration.
#KlamathRiver #DamRemoval #WatershedRestoration #NativePlants
#Yurok #Karuk #Hupa #SeedGathering
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