Prof. Sam Lawler
Want something not hideously depressing? This documentary about Indigenous teens paddling the Klamath River for the first time after dam removal is beautiful! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FuGuWeAra4
First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath River after the largest dam removal in U.S. history

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Show threadKpl KlinkDec 7
@sundogplanets For many reasons, not at all obvious, I am glad to see this. I am so very glad.
Show threadSuzanne Aldrich (she/her)Dec 7
@sundogplanets free the rivers!
Show threadZANitebugDec 7
@sundogplanets thanks for sharing this. It's a wonderful watch and as a kayaker was so heartening to see more people enjoying the sport, commemorating the removal of these dams in such a way. I hope more people get to kayak this in the future
Show thread[email protected]Dec 7
@sundogplanets
I'm crying. So they did it for me too.🙏
Show threadLed By Gilded FoolsDec 7

@sundogplanets Great stuff, it was joyful to watch, but comes with the depressing reminder that when one damn comes down, another goes up elsewhere (which will also need to come down).

I spent many a day and a couple campout trips floating the Klamath around Happy Camp, as well as infamous tributaries like the Cal Salmon in one of my inflatable whitewater rafts (a cataraft to be specific). It would be a lot cleaner and more enjoyable now for people and the fish. That was way back when I lived on an upper tributary of the Rogue River, the next major drainage to the north.

One thing I'm glad they breezed over is that on the first couple days, they must've gotten eaten alive by mosquitos. The upper Klamath marshlands are thick with them.

Show thread@ChrisCorrigan has movedDec 7
@sundogplanets if you want another similar life watch Saints and Warriors on Apple TV if you can.
Show threadPhil WolffDec 7
@sundogplanets We watched it tonight in the northwest corner of Washington. Thank you. It was beautiful, moving, and hopeful. Here's to continued undamming.
Show threadMr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤Dec 7
@sundogplanets
That sounds really dam interesting!
Show threadStuart Dec 7
@sundogplanets This was so good to watch. Something very reaffirming about them meeting with indigenous groups from around the world near the end of their journey too. The connection to nature, to history, and to a shared humanity. Thanks for sharing the link.
Show threadChancerubbageDec 7

@sundogplanets @Gte

29 minutes

Show threadSharon McCarthyDec 7
@sundogplanets So "undamn" beautiful...and emotional -- You might find tears streaming down your cheeks like a river for our people and our planet.
Show threadDelibDec 7

For people who are inspired but want to do some small thing themselves, check out the amazing successes of

'regenerative' land projects,

aiding carbon sinking and everything else, from any scale, a back-yard, or entire watershed. There are so many videos on methods, but I selected a Ted Talk by Brad Lancaster; author of "Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond". Both links go to the same video.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=I2xDZlpInik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2xDZlpInik&t=586s

@sundogplanets, #permaculture,

Show threadGordon J HoltslanderDec 8

@sundogplanets

How those dams were taken down:
"Salmon are returning to river systems all along the Pacific coast where they are the lifeblood of communities. Along the Klamath River, one salmon warrior fulfilled a lifelong dream to blow up one of the dams that had blocked salmon for decades. Rosanna hears how efforts around destruction and restoration are bringing the salmon home."

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-105-unreserved/clip/16186019-welcoming-home-salmon https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-105-unreserved/clip/16186019-welcoming-home-salmon