Tribes, Scientists, and Ranchers all working towards a healthy Klamath Basin
It's only fitting that Halloween Edition of Klamath News features bats! This week's issue has three sections. 1) dam removal and Tribes; 2) the science of restoration; and 3) ranchers' efforts to restore wetlands. Certainly Klamath River Tribes and their allies from around the country deserve the spotlight. Thousands of Tribal activists labored for decades to make dam removal a reality. As the dam removal process moves forward, researchers hope to learn more about the science of restoration, from salmon to bats and everything in between. Ranchers are getting in on the restoration action too, finding more sustainable ways to manage cattle and restore wetlands. Enjoy!
News
For Indigenous people, dismantling of Klamath River dams stirs hopes of restoring salmon - Los Angeles Times
Native activists fought for years to build support for taking down dams on the Klamath River in Northern California. Now, they hope removing the dams will help save their salmon.
The Restorative Revolution: How Indigenous Leadership and Allyship Catalyzed the Biggest River Restoration in US History - Bioneers
Yurok fisherman and tribal leader Sammy Gensaw and environmental scientist-turned-activist Craig Tucker share the epic story of how Indigenous leadership and non-Indian allyship made the impossible inevitable: the biggest-ever dam removal and salmon restoration in history.
After a century of displacement, Shasta Indian Nation sees hope in dam removal - OPB
The Klamath dam removal is uncovering painful history for the Shasta Indian Nation. But the tribe’s leaders also see a chance to recover some of their lost lands, restoring ceremony, language, and community in the process.
Massive dam removal project spurs hope in the Klamath Basin - OPB
By the end of next summer, four dams on the Klamath River in Southern Oregon and Northern California will be gone. Their removal is a source of hope and anxiety throughout the basin.
Removing the Klamath dams is good news for salmon — and for bat researchers - OPB
Researchers are using the dam removal as an experiment to figure out what kinds of replacement bat boxes bats actually prefer, and what are the best locations.
Historic dam removal poses challenge of restoring both river and landscape | Science | AAAS
Standing on an outcrop of volcanic rock, Joshua Chenoweth looks across the languid waters of California’s Iron Gate Reservoir and imagines the transformation in store for the landscape. In early 2024, operators will open the floodgates on the 49-meter-high dam that blocks the Klamath River, allowing the more than 50 million tons of water it impounds to begin to drain.
The consequences of removing the world largest dam, and building a quantum computer using sound waves | Science | AAAS
First up on this week’s show, planting in the silty soil left behind after a dam is removed and reservoirs recede. Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the world's largest dam removal project and what ecologists are doing to revegetate 36 kilometers of new river edge.
‘This place wanted to be a wetland’: how a farmer turned his fields into a wildlife sanctuary | Climate crisis in the American west | The Guardian
Once, Karl Wenner’s Oregon land leaked pollution into a nearby lake. Now, 70 acres are home to waterfowl, turtles and endangered fish
America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston | Oregon: New Heights | Season 2 | Episode 4 | PBS
At minute 12:00, this episode of PBS American Outdoors features the Thomas family's efforts to find a more responsible way to ranch in the Upper Klamath Basin.
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Opinion: American dams are being demolished. That's a good thing - Los Angeles Times
From California to Connecticut, dams are being taken down. It's all part of the long overdue rewilding of America.
