That's awesome. I'm sure that the water coloration and immense amount of food washing into the ocean from this is an added bonus. Baitfish like Sardine, Anchovy and Herring is probably benefiting as well, which is of course food for salmon and everything else in the salt. I can't wait to see what fish counts are around December. How cool would it be to have Sturgeon wallow back up into Upper Klamath for the first time in over a century?
What a gorgeous wilderness. The stretch of river looks like a kayaker's paradise. 4:15 looks like a bristlecone pine on the outcrop. I never knew they existed in that environment.
Definitely not a bristlecone pine. I need to dig into the imagery for a better look but it's likely a dead ponderosa or maybe juniper. Thank you for watching and noticing the tree.
What a wonderful video Jeremy! j3scribe ask if that is a bristle cone pine? I took a picture of my daughter and her new husband standing next to it and I think I remember it being a Juniper. We had just hiked up from from the backside after visiting the old mine shaft. what appears to be an old road across the canyon is actually a railroad bed, and there is an railroad trestle in the trees to the right. sorry I meant Joseph !
Thank you for that update Joseph. Looks like Copco 1 is mostly a pile of rubble now. That diversion tunnel, was that built for the demolition? Also around the 2:00 mark, is that where Copco 2 was? The bank on river right looks like stacked riprap.
That diversion tunnel is the original tunnel used when building the dam. My understanding is the tunnel became non-operational soon after but last year the tunnel was prepared for the final stage of removal and was blasted open earlier this spring. This is also the spot that comments from J C Boyle regarding a waterfall have lead some to believe salmonids never made it through this canyon. The ethnographic record clearly indicates they did but it's quite possible that in dry years they couldn't. This is a controversial sticking point for sure. There certainly is a significant change in elevation between the upriver and downriver side of the dam. The white water boaters are also very interested. I image kayakers are eager to give it a go. On river left below the dam is where the water was redirected to the powerhouse below. That was Copco 2. One can still see the bathtub ring from the former waterline.
Hopefully there are plans to remove the dam on the Trinity river as well. Its confluence with the Klamath, downriver at Weitchpec, needs to have its earth-fill dam taken out.
When the river was dammed, it stopped being able to take care of its humans. Now that the river is being restored, it will once again be able to take care of its humans. I'm not native. But I've lived near rivers all my life, and they indeed took care of us, so much so that my grandmother saw the rivers as our caretakers, not the other way around.
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Love it! Getting big rain events right now. The rocks are getting a good washing with every passing minute.
The coast got an easy inch last night. Great to hear Siskiyou is getting significant rain as well. It's good fortune for the renewal process!
That's awesome. I'm sure that the water coloration and immense amount of food washing into the ocean from this is an added bonus. Baitfish like Sardine, Anchovy and Herring is probably benefiting as well, which is of course food for salmon and everything else in the salt. I can't wait to see what fish counts are around December. How cool would it be to have Sturgeon wallow back up into Upper Klamath for the first time in over a century?
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What a gorgeous wilderness. The stretch of river looks like a kayaker's paradise. 4:15 looks like a bristlecone pine on the outcrop. I never knew they existed in that environment.
Definitely not a bristlecone pine. I need to dig into the imagery for a better look but it's likely a dead ponderosa or maybe juniper. Thank you for watching and noticing the tree.
@@meridianphoto I think juniper is the answer. It's no ponderosa. BTW, great piloting and videography!
What a wonderful video Jeremy! j3scribe ask if that is a bristle cone pine? I took a picture of my daughter and her new husband standing next to it and I think I remember it being a Juniper. We had just hiked up from from the backside after visiting the old mine shaft. what appears to be an old road across the canyon is actually a railroad bed, and there is an railroad trestle in the trees to the right. sorry I meant Joseph !
Thank you for that update Joseph. Looks like Copco 1 is mostly a pile of rubble now. That diversion tunnel, was that built for the demolition? Also around the 2:00 mark, is that where Copco 2 was? The bank on river right looks like stacked riprap.
That diversion tunnel is the original tunnel used when building the dam. My understanding is the tunnel became non-operational soon after but last year the tunnel was prepared for the final stage of removal and was blasted open earlier this spring.
This is also the spot that comments from J C Boyle regarding a waterfall have lead some to believe salmonids never made it through this canyon. The ethnographic record clearly indicates they did but it's quite possible that in dry years they couldn't.
This is a controversial sticking point for sure.
There certainly is a significant change in elevation between the upriver and downriver side of the dam. The white water boaters are also very interested. I image kayakers are eager to give it a go.
On river left below the dam is where the water was redirected to the powerhouse below. That was Copco 2. One can still see the bathtub ring from the former waterline.
@@meridianphoto Very interesting! Thank you for the information. I look forward to seeing how things develop.
Gorgeous.
Hopefully there are plans to remove the dam on the Trinity river as well. Its confluence with the Klamath, downriver at Weitchpec, needs to have its earth-fill dam taken out.
Beautiful country. A shame it was ever dammed up.
When the river was dammed, it stopped being able to take care of its humans. Now that the river is being restored, it will once again be able to take care of its humans. I'm not native. But I've lived near rivers all my life, and they indeed took care of us, so much so that my grandmother saw the rivers as our caretakers, not the other way around.