This will yield so much new science around habitat restoration. Every time I see or read something about dam removals, I am moved to tears thinking about the full circle we are taking. Finally.
From well outside the immediate science of it: I'm certain that it will. From my outpost near the Scott (a Coho-rich tributary), over four decades I saw the dynamic of established exploitation interests vs grassroots, tight-budget vox populi (as popular movement usually is). Disrespect of the Natives is an understatement. Expansionist political machinations were (and still are) a driving force. In my valley, the Karuk were steamrolled over in the Gold Rush with the settlement of up to 40k people from 1850-on. The profit motive of settlers outweighed any rational idea of either respect for inhabitants or conservancy. Development of alfalfa farmland, and more recently use of a new strain that produces 3-4 crops but takes watering 24/7 to sustain, had lowered well water tables to drought (and the idea to meter residential wells in Montague. Indeed, the action to run I-5 up Anderson Grade vs over the flats was based in the local Rep's (Collier) tweaking Cal policy to benefit his friends' businesses in Yreka (at millions extra in taxpayer cost). To date, voices for conservation are vilified: I would hear complaints about 'some bird killing jobs' (Strix occidentalis); at an extreme, Gov. Gray Davis was hanged in effigy at the Siskiyou Courthouse for his appointment of an environmentalist, Anne Marsh, to the County BOS. Up against this mobthink were small groups like Klamath Forest Alliance (one of whose figures was under constant attack in a local paper, the Pioneer Press, with an ugly political brawl to follow). I'm at once happy to see UCD its usual self in progressive inspiration, and this at a time when the spirit is of awareness over ignorance. The salmon will return. Critters up there are adaptable and hardy. When I hosted Kangaroo lake for USDA-FS, I'd hear reports of trout measuring into feet lurking towards the bottom, and one season one, next two, otters would come visit me on morning swims, these aspects both while under onslaught of off-the-hook tourism when open. I am thrilled to see UCD part of the resolution back to what should have been all along.
We are fighting our own battle regarding the Winchester Dam in Roseburg, Winchester, Oregon. I can't imagine the damage done!! We could use help to find out the actual damage. This dam is only used for the 90 homeowners who only want recreation. It has been a disaster! Please help!!
400 additional miles of habitat? Please be honest. How will fall Chinook survive the aquatic gauntlet otherwise known as Klamath Lake to reach the tributaries? Summer temperatures over 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Toxic algae blooms. These conditions won't magically disappear in late Sept when fish reach the upper Klamath. By monitoring returns above Klamath Lake (ie. redd counts), you could determine success directly. Macroinvertebrate sampling below the old dam sites won't allow a clear vision of success for anadromous species, especially Chinook. And why is Lost River shown as recovered habitat? It essentially functions as an irrigation ditch. Last May an algae bloom was already in progress. As climate change effects become more severe, the stresses on Chinook becomes more acute. Wild spring Chinook populations are barely hanging on. Chinook populations up and down the pacific coast are struggling. Even those without dams. Pulling the Klamath dams out can restore the riparian habitat, but with anadromous fish it's a much more complex story that doesn't seem to get told. At least by dam removal proponents. Even a tribal fish biologist stated it could take 30 years to detect change. Just estimating the trajectory this planet is on with respect to climate change plus a whole host of other crisis that confront us should serve as a huge reality check.
Dont get me wrong im all for Dam removal but i was born in del norte county 62 years ago so i know there's more to things than being let on. Its gona take many decades for the vegitation to come back to shade and cool the waters from dam removal Seal lions another huge problem too many for their ecosystem. Many factors too many comerants too many merganzers etc. Everything is out of kilter.
More B.S. it was the Shasta Indians who had burial grounds along the klamath that are destroyed and there was a burial ground for soldiers who died! The Shasta Indians and a vote of 70% of the Siskiyou County residents were against the dams being removed! None of this dam removal was for the fish it was and is gorgeous money! Fish ladders could have been installed, 70,000 recieved cheap renewable electric power, dams that provided recreation, many animals benefited in these recreational areas, fire suppression was a big part of this! And those who boast about this dam removal either are for the one world order 1992 united nations 1992 bio-diversity agenda to force people out if rural areas! Many inground wells have dried up! Just another way of walking over the oeople who pay the taxes!
Why aren’t you doing videos about salmon in the Sacramento River? You’re literally a stones throw from the river. Tell us why their numbers have plummeted and why the lack of water is destroying the runs. High light the resistance conservation groups and fishermen get from our local California government to provide the water for our salmon and how they break laws to send more water for the wineries and commercial nut tree farms instead of keeping the salmon numbers healthy.
You guys said a lot of empty words. You guys showed the situation before the dam removal which was a static situation. I think most people want an update on how the silts doing in the river and if it’s improving. It’s cool you guys you talk about cultural impact and stuff, but honestly I think a lot of people would rather know the updated health of the river and not the feelings that come with the dam being removed
This will yield so much new science around habitat restoration. Every time I see or read something about dam removals, I am moved to tears thinking about the full circle we are taking. Finally.
I have been enjoying the progression of this project. This fall will be amazing to watch.
What a truly inspiring endeavor! Let's continue the momentum for more ecological restoration across California
Awesome 👏
Mouth of the Klamath during the salmon run is a magical place.
From well outside the immediate science of it: I'm certain that it will. From my outpost near the Scott (a Coho-rich tributary), over four decades I saw the dynamic of established exploitation interests vs grassroots, tight-budget vox populi (as popular movement usually is).
Disrespect of the Natives is an understatement. Expansionist political machinations were (and still are) a driving force. In my valley, the Karuk were steamrolled over in the Gold Rush with the settlement of up to 40k people from 1850-on. The profit motive of settlers outweighed any rational idea of either respect for inhabitants or conservancy. Development of alfalfa farmland, and more recently use of a new strain that produces 3-4 crops but takes watering 24/7 to sustain, had lowered well water tables to drought (and the idea to meter residential wells in Montague. Indeed, the action to run I-5 up Anderson Grade vs over the flats was based in the local Rep's (Collier) tweaking Cal policy to benefit his friends' businesses in Yreka (at millions extra in taxpayer cost).
To date, voices for conservation are vilified: I would hear complaints about 'some bird killing jobs' (Strix occidentalis); at an extreme, Gov. Gray Davis was hanged in effigy at the Siskiyou Courthouse for his appointment of an environmentalist, Anne Marsh, to the County BOS.
Up against this mobthink were small groups like Klamath Forest Alliance (one of whose figures was under constant attack in a local paper, the Pioneer Press, with an ugly political brawl to follow).
I'm at once happy to see UCD its usual self in progressive inspiration, and this at a time when the spirit is of awareness over ignorance.
The salmon will return. Critters up there are adaptable and hardy. When I hosted Kangaroo lake for USDA-FS, I'd hear reports of trout measuring into feet lurking towards the bottom, and one season one, next two, otters would come visit me on morning swims, these aspects both while under onslaught of off-the-hook tourism when open.
I am thrilled to see UCD part of the resolution back to what should have been all along.
We are fighting our own battle regarding the Winchester Dam in Roseburg, Winchester, Oregon. I can't imagine the damage done!! We could use help to find out the actual damage. This dam is only used for the 90 homeowners who only want recreation. It has been a disaster! Please help!!
Incredible 🎉
Oh this is so cool✨- tysm for documenting this and sharing it with us:))
Stop all Netting. Including Gill Netting by the Tribal Population of People.
Why didn’t you show videos of current water flows and conditions downstream toward the coast? All videos of fish and float trips were pre-dam removal.
Already done on the Salmon river. It took at least a decade and tgey still don't know about the impact on Salmon population
It’s about dam time 🇺🇸
On behalf of all who will come after me THANK YOU to all who are making this happen.
I sure hope so.
It will work. Its worked elsewhere quite well.
We have to do something.
Can we talk about the deer and elk starving to death from being stuck in the silt?
Definitely. Free top migrate without interference.
No, the salmon fishery has been mismanaged for decades allowing over fishing and habitat loss , fishing in Alaska Is a perfect example of that !
A little late releasing this video and a little late to ask the question isn't it?
It cant hurt.
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400 additional miles of habitat? Please be honest. How will fall Chinook survive the aquatic gauntlet otherwise known as Klamath Lake to reach the tributaries? Summer temperatures over 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Toxic algae blooms. These conditions won't magically disappear in late Sept when fish reach the upper Klamath. By monitoring returns above Klamath Lake (ie. redd counts), you could determine success directly. Macroinvertebrate sampling below the old dam sites won't allow a clear vision of success for anadromous species, especially Chinook. And why is Lost River shown as recovered habitat? It essentially functions as an irrigation ditch. Last May an algae bloom was already in progress. As climate change effects become more severe, the stresses on Chinook becomes more acute. Wild spring Chinook populations are barely hanging on. Chinook populations up and down the pacific coast are struggling. Even those without dams. Pulling the Klamath dams out can restore the riparian habitat, but with anadromous fish it's a much more complex story that doesn't seem to get told. At least by dam removal proponents. Even a tribal fish biologist stated it could take 30 years to detect change. Just estimating the trajectory this planet is on with respect to climate change plus a whole host of other crisis that confront us should serve as a huge reality check.
Its time to free the Eel River. Let the salmon run to Snow Mountain! Undam "Lake" Pillsbury
The silt has to stay where it is. If it’s released rapidly it silts the gravel beds killing the river for decades l
The water below hiway 5 looks looks like a bubble bath from the fertilizer and pesticide runnoff from the Oregon corporate potato farms.
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Yes, of course and here’s to many more. Now let’s free the Columbia! like the wind…
Dont get me wrong im all for Dam removal but i was born in del norte county 62 years ago so i know there's more to things than being let on.
Its gona take many decades for the vegitation to come back to shade and cool the waters from dam removal
Seal lions another huge problem too many for their ecosystem.
Many factors too many comerants too many merganzers etc.
Everything is out of kilter.
You completely destroyed the river!! Nice work!!
Keep in mind that this video is speculation and expressing many false opinions of misguided people, as though their opinions are facts
More B.S. it was the Shasta Indians who had burial grounds along the klamath that are destroyed and there was a burial ground for soldiers who died! The Shasta Indians and a vote of 70% of the Siskiyou County residents were against the dams being removed! None of this dam removal was for the fish it was and is gorgeous money! Fish ladders could have been installed, 70,000 recieved cheap renewable electric power, dams that provided recreation, many animals benefited in these recreational areas, fire suppression was a big part of this! And those who boast about this dam removal either are for the one world order 1992 united nations 1992 bio-diversity agenda to force people out if rural areas! Many inground wells have dried up! Just another way of walking over the oeople who pay the taxes!
Why aren’t you doing videos about salmon in the Sacramento River? You’re literally a stones throw from the river. Tell us why their numbers have plummeted and why the lack of water is destroying the runs. High light the resistance conservation groups and fishermen get from our local California government to provide the water for our salmon and how they break laws to send more water for the wineries and commercial nut tree farms instead of keeping the salmon numbers healthy.
Dams, beaver dams, are necessary for habit restoration.
No it will save salmon, because the salmon are fished by other nations on the ocean!
I have fished the Klamath for sixty years. The dams didn’t destroy the fishing. The Yurok tribe gill netting the river did.
You guys said a lot of empty words. You guys showed the situation before the dam removal which was a static situation. I think most people want an update on how the silts doing in the river and if it’s improving. It’s cool you guys you talk about cultural impact and stuff, but honestly I think a lot of people would rather know the updated health of the river and not the feelings that come with the dam being removed
No, but it will create less power.