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"On the north shore of Iron Gate Reservoir, Frank Henry Jr. jams a heavy metal
pole into the ground and twists. Once a hole is excavated, he grabs a stick
from a 5-gallon bucket. Water drips from the small tangle of roots at one end.
The stick is Klamath plum; it will eventually grow into a shrubby tree that
forms dense thickets and produces mauve-colored fruits.
Henry pats native soil — moist, fluffy and sticky with clay — around the plum
plant, then moves on to the next one. “I’m digging maybe a 12- to 13-inch hole
with the rock bar,” he says. “These little ones that are kind of cluttered
together are the ones I’m putting in right now.”
Frank Henry Jr. is a Yurok tribal member and fish technician 1 with Resource
Environmental Solutions. He planted Klamath plum on the banks of Iron Gate
Reservoir in Feb. 2023 as part of the river restoration program.
It’s February; snow dusts the hills, and aside from the occasional rumble of
trucks passing by the reservoir, it’s quiet. The air is cool but the winter sun
is warming — not a bad day to work outside.
Henry is part of a crew contracted by Resource Environmental Solutions, or RES,
to restore the banks of the Klamath River in the wake of dam removal. Late last
year, PacifiCorp transferred ownership of four hydroelectric dams — three in
Northern California, one in Southern Oregon — to the Klamath River Renewal
Corporation, which is managing the dam removal. Drawdown of the reservoirs is
scheduled to begin as early as next January.
Iron Gate is a sinuous, skinny reservoir tucked into the folds of the Siskiyou
Mountains. Draining it will expose about 900 acres of wet mud. “It’s our job to
make sure it’s revegetated. We want that to be revegetated with a healthy
native plant ecosystem,” says Joshua Chenoweth, senior riparian ecologist for
the Yurok Tribe who is leading the replanting effort."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
