World's largest dam demolition will be undertaken on the #Klamath river, which bridges the #Oregon / #California border and passes through tribal land. https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/08/klamath-river-dams-demolition/

Radio show Native America Calling; Tuesday is about dams coming down to restore salmon runs #Klamath #DamRemoval #Oregon #NativeAmericaCalling #salmon

The largest dam removal project in USA history is underway to restore the natural flow of the #Klamath river and its surrounding ecosystems, on which local #NativeAmerican tribes relied on for centuries. However, not everyone is happy about the project.

https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/environment/2023/07/31/as-work-begins-on-the-largest-u-s--dam-removal-project--tribes-look-to-a-future-of-growth?utm_source=Goodnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=good_news_new_energy_efficiency_standards_are_now_in_effect&utm_term=2023-08-02

Here’s an example of why #Indigenous #journalism matters.

This article, a very good AP piece about #Klamath dam removal, does many things right: they quoted someone from an impacted tribe (this is a low bar, but you’d be astonished at how many articles don’t even bother to do this); they provided robust context for past and future challenges surrounding dam removal; they even gave Indigenous people the last word.

Still, a couple opportunities for improvement.

🧵 1/5

https://apnews.com/article/klamath-dams-removal-tribes-restoration-seeds-1bffbd1c351992f0f164d81d92a81b47

I love watching these dams come down, one after the other, reopening the river to #salmon and the rest of the #ecosystem.

#karok #yurok #Shasta #livingRiver #KlamathRiver

With one down, #Klamath #dam removal proceeds on schedule - OPB
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/07/16/klamath-dam-removal-copco-2/

If you want to work on Klamath dam removal, the Klamath River Renewal Corporation is hiring a Public Information Officer.

KRRC is the company in charge of the dam removal project.

Job is remote, but requires travel to the #Klamath basin. $70-85K. More details here:

https://klamathrenewal.org/jobs-rfp-opportunities/

The #KlamathRiver dam removal project has broken ground!

Representatives of basin tribes, the Klamath River Renewal Corporation, and Resource Environmental Solutions held a press announcement yesterday to share the news.

The biggest dam removal in history begins with a year of building supportive infrastructure, like roads to get all the heavy equipment in, and facilities for the working crew.

#Klamath #Indigenous #Salmon #California #Oregon

https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2023/mar/23/ground-has-been-broken-klamath-river-restoration-w/

In Southern #Oregon, #Klamath tribes call for their water needs to be met. If the call from these senior water rights holders is successful, the Rogue River Valley and Medford Irrigation Districts could be severely impacted.
#drought
https://www.fox26medford.com/klamath-tribes-submit-call-for-water-amidst-continuing-drought/

Trees of Mystery is pretty good as tourist traps go! And loving the German iteration of TTT !
https://sfba.social/@seaslugofdoom/109943904767950411
seaslugofdoom@sfba.social - Here's an unimpressive composition of some redwoods at the Trees of Mystery tourist attraction near #Klamath, #California. You can also find a 49-foot (15 m) statue of Paul Bunyan and 35-foot (11 m) statue of Bunyan's companion Babe the Blue Ox, amongst other novelties.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #DichtStammDienstag #Photography #Fotografie

Here's an unimpressive composition of some redwoods at the Trees of Mystery tourist attraction near #Klamath, #California. You can also find a 49-foot (15 m) statue of Paul Bunyan and 35-foot (11 m) statue of Bunyan's companion Babe the Blue Ox, amongst other novelties.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #DichtStammDienstag #Photography #Fotografie

The feds have cut water flows on the #Klamath, sacrificing endangered salmon so we can have In-N-Out fries.

My latest for High Country News:

https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-klamath-basin-are-the-feds-risking-endangered-salmon-for-fries-and-potato-chips

#Indigenous #KlamathRiver #Oregon #California #Yurok #Karuk #KlamathTribes

In southern #Oregon, flows from Iron Gate Dam into the #Klamath River will be reduced by about 11%, effective immediately as the Bureau of Reclamation strives to conserve #water as a multiyear #drought persists in the region.
https://katu.com/news/local/despite-wet-winter-adjustments-arrive-for-klamath-project-iron-gate-dam-river-restoration-drought-southern-oregon-northern-california-siskiyou-county-bureau-reclamation-climate-lake-basin

Haven't seen a peep around here about the unprecedented Klamath River dam removal project, which is not without its controversies, of course.

I keep thinking, "y'all are gonna need some beavers."

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/12/08/tribal-state-federal-leaders-cheer-klamath-river-dam-removals-oregon-california/

#Klamath #KlamathRiver #Dams #DamRemoval #Copco #IronGate #JCBoyle

This summer, thunderstorms interacted with wildfires and sent suffocating landslides of ash and debris into the #Klamath river just as the fall salmon run was beginning downstream.

Scientists thought the incoming adult salmon had narrowly missed the disaster. But when I followed up a few weeks later; the water still hadn't cleared up, and the migrating #salmon were trapped.

#Indigenous

🧵 2/11

https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-fish-salmon-are-nosing-at-the-riverbanks-trying-to-escape-the-klamath-river

@lizakowski I took a picture of that as well.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/XkGyrMnUneSF9A5T7

More: https://photos.app.goo.gl/MRwfY6Npd35N1aLe6

We've stayed along the #Klamath River a few times and I took some photos of the #NativeAmerican village there. It just so happened there's a bit of #Oakland, CA (where I live) #history that overlaps with that village:

http://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/2022/05/tales-of-meteors-baskets-troops-round.html

From my #blog.

👏 #klamath dam 🌊 #pnw

https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-dams-the-klamath-dams-are-coming-down

Indigenous nations at the confluence: water governance networks and system transformation in the Klamath Basin https://ecologyandsociety.org/vol27/iss4/art4/ #water #governance #Indigenous #Klamath

@decolonialatlas

Congratulations, wonderful victory.

#salmon #FreeTheRivers #Klamath

Largest dam removal project in U.S. history gets go-ahead in California. Bringing back the Klamath River. #klamath #rivers #damremoval https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/Largest-dam-removal-project-in-U-S-history-gets-17592091.php

wow, congratulations to the tribes & other orgs who have been working on this for years:

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's unanimous vote on the lower Klamath River dams is the last major regulatory hurdle and the biggest milestone for a $500 million demolition proposal championed by Native American tribes and environmentalists for years."

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/california-dams-demolish-klamath-river-basin-salmon-restoration/

#dams #salmon #klamath #california #indigenous #watershed