People may tire of hearing me say this, but the river restoration will never be complete without protecting the streams and tributaries and allowing beavers to restore wetlands that will provide habitat for fish, game, and other wildlife, and will provide clean, cool water to the river during the hot, dry months of summer. Beavers will help to replenish groundwaters and reduce fire dangers. They are a keystone species, vital to the health of the river system.
Couldn't agree more. .global warming will disappear when the dams worldwide disappear.We cut off earth's circulation. Mother nature can heal if man gets out of the way. Scott Spillman
I’d love to see more regarding the projects ongoing and planned to heal the basin. Of course we all know about the dam removal, but what are the plans for returning water to the two lakes ( lower Klamath and Tule)?
You only need to drive through these communities to see all the shuttered businesses and lack of infrastructure. The farms and water are a driving force of economics in the north eastern part of the state. We are stewards of the land and have failed that region. I really hope to see things change in my lifetime for the better.
Megatonnes of sediment builds up behind dams in few decades. Remove the dam and most of that will wash downstream, despite efforts to stabilize it with plants. It will smother spawning beds and do other damage, and while the river will-probably, eventually, mostly-clean itself, it only takes one year’s total failure to destroy a spawning run. Suggestion? Build one suction dredge that can be taken apart, transported by truck, and reassembled behind a dam scheduled for removal; we should be able to schedule dam removals so that one or two machines will do for all. Dredge most of the sediment out from behind the dam, and it will not be there to wash downstream. I don’t know where/how we dispose of all that, if it’s contaminated with agricultural and other chemicals-but then we don’t want to let that contaminate the downstream river bottom anyway. Where it is clean enough, it’s silt, very rich soil, and it could be sold to farmers or as a component of potting soil. There are no wastes, only un-utilized resources.
Been following the downfall of these refuges for 20 plus years. This has nothing to do with DU. It's the collaborative agreements between farmers and the Indians. If it wasn't for the Irrigation Districts, those refuges would have no water. The refuge manager has been sitting on his hands using the biologist ( Vandenberg) to be his puppet. If it wasn't for John(V), the Irrigation districts and the farmers, I completely think those refuges would be forever gone.
Restoration of habitat for wildlife is a great work
People may tire of hearing me say this, but the river restoration will never be complete without protecting the streams and tributaries and allowing beavers to restore wetlands that will provide habitat for fish, game, and other wildlife, and will provide clean, cool water to the river during the hot, dry months of summer. Beavers will help to replenish groundwaters and reduce fire dangers. They are a keystone species, vital to the health of the river system.
Beavers are critical to all watersheds. Protecting the small streams that feed a large river are the veins to the artery. Protect it all!
Couldn't agree more. .global warming will disappear when the dams worldwide disappear.We cut off earth's circulation. Mother nature can heal if man gets out of the way.
Scott
Spillman
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I’d love to see more regarding the projects ongoing and planned to heal the basin. Of course we all know about the dam removal, but what are the plans for returning water to the two lakes ( lower Klamath and Tule)?
Most people have no idea how big Tulee lake is.
You only need to drive through these communities to see all the shuttered businesses and lack of infrastructure.
The farms and water are a driving force of economics in the north eastern part of the state.
We are stewards of the land and have failed that region. I really hope to see things change in my lifetime for the better.
Great video. More wildlife
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Good work, excellent video
Just wonderful!
Thank you for being the real environmental heroe
Memories are getting shorter and shorter. We need these reminders before we pave over the planet.
there will be so much more.
Megatonnes of sediment builds up behind dams in few decades. Remove the dam and most of that will wash downstream, despite efforts to stabilize it with plants. It will smother spawning beds and do other damage, and while the river will-probably, eventually, mostly-clean itself, it only takes one year’s total failure to destroy a spawning run. Suggestion?
Build one suction dredge that can be taken apart, transported by truck, and reassembled behind a dam scheduled for removal; we should be able to schedule dam removals so that one or two machines will do for all. Dredge most of the sediment out from behind the dam, and it will not be there to wash downstream. I don’t know where/how we dispose of all that, if it’s contaminated with agricultural and other chemicals-but then we don’t want to let that contaminate the downstream river bottom anyway. Where it is clean enough, it’s silt, very rich soil, and it could be sold to farmers or as a component of potting soil.
There are no wastes, only un-utilized resources.
So is the refuge going to have water rights??? Do you have to be on the endangered list to get water rights???
Love it ❤
Free the rivers.
Lotta work by American Rivers on beaver
Been following the downfall of these refuges for 20 plus years. This has nothing to do with DU. It's the collaborative agreements between farmers and the Indians. If it wasn't for the Irrigation Districts, those refuges would have no water. The refuge manager has been sitting on his hands using the biologist ( Vandenberg) to be his puppet. If it wasn't for John(V), the Irrigation districts and the farmers, I completely think those refuges would be forever gone.
Well said.... !!!!