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"REQUA, Calif. — The last of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River is
expected to come down in 2024, restoring the river's full flow and the spawning
grounds for fish for the first time in more than 100 years.
But for the people who live there — and some who have lived on the river for up
to 15,000 years — the removal of the dams is just the beginning of the
Klamath's recovery.
Fish protectors like Oscar and Georgianna Gensaw of the Yurok Tribe expect the
salmon's return to take years. Also ahead are the arduous tasks of restoring
forests ravaged by huge wildfires, repairing the damage to creeks and rivers
that were dredged and channelized to dry up wetlands that once made their
waters clear and pure, and mitigating other damage to lands and waters
occurring over the past 150 years.
But tribes say the effort is vital to the survival of their peoples, lands and
waters.
“We need a healthy ecology to be a healthy people,” former Klamath Tribes
Chairman Don Gentry said."
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
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