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The Klamath River is experiencing an amazing transformation. The remaining 3 of 4 dams are coming down. This winter, Yurok crews hand planted 8.5 tons of native seeds in the former reservoirs. Now, an array of locally adapted wildflowers & grasses cover much of the clay soil.
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Earlier this week, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife observed the first Klamath River Chinook salmon to travel above the CA/OR border since 1912!
"The salmon remember." - Vice Chairman Frankie Myers
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Here are overhead photos of crews dismantling the Klamath River dams on Saturday. The removal of the dams is the first part of a long-term plan to restore the river ecosystem and all the life it supports.
#native
#salmon
#restoration
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"We were told it was never going to happen. That it was foolish to even ask for one removal. We were asking for four." - Brook Thompson
@BBC
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This winter, Yurok crews, under contract w/ RES, planted 8.7 tons of native seed, 76k trees & 28k acorns in the Klamath reservoir footprints. The crew is now removing noxious weeds from the replanted sites. Even more native vegetation will be planted in the coming months & years.
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Even though the project has barely begun, one can see the potential for restoration in the newly free-flowing sections of Klamath River between the dams. This clip is from Mon, June 24 in the former Copco Reservoir. Weather permitting, the dams should be down by the early fall.
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Crews are dismantling Iron Gate, Copco 1 & J.C Boyle dams on the Klamath River. The project will reopen 400 miles of salmon habitat. For the 1st time in more than 100 years, fish are expected to spawn above the dams in 2024. The former reservoirs are already greening up.
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“I feel amazing. I feel like the weight of all that concrete is lifted off my shoulders.” - Brook Thompson, a Yurok Citizen, Engineer and PhD candidate
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The last of this year’s condor cohort have been released!
A8 and A9 took flight the morning of October 4th, 2024. These birds, both 2.5-year-old males, were hatched at Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center. There are now 18 condors flying over Yurok territory and the surrounding areas.
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Yurok Tribal Council Member Ryan Ray offers his immediate reaction following FERC's decision to approve the surrender of the Klamath dams. "What this means to our community and everyone in the basin is healing."
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PREY-GO-NEESH KEECH KE-ME’-YEHL – CONDORS HAVE COME HOME! At around 10:30am, 2 condors were successfully released in Yurok Country, where the birds have been absent since 1892. The birds quickly left Northern CA Condor Program’s flight pen & flew over their new home redwoods.
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The Klamath River continues to clear up. Water quality is pretty much normal for this time of year. These photos were taken this morning between the Klamath estuary to the Glen. Happy Friday!
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The first phase of the monumental revegetation project in the Klamath River’s reservoir reach is off to a spectacular start. Hand seeded California poppies, Menzies fiddleneck and chick lupine are blooming throughout the 38-mile-long segment of the Klamath.
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Two more Prey-go-neesh (California condors) take to the sky. At 12:28pm yesterday (Aug 21), condors B4 (1194) and B6 (1218) joined 11 other free flying birds in Yurok ancestral territory.
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“Of course salmon will benefit. Bears will do better. Osprey and eagles will do better. Killer whales out in the Pacific Ocean will do better. And, the people of the Klamath basin will benefit.” – Barry McCovey Jr., Yurok Fisheries Director,
@sfchronicle
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In a few weeks, condors will fly over Yurok skies for the first time in over a century. The first prey-go-neesh has arrived in Yurok Country & 4 more condors will arrive on Monday. The Yurok Tribe &
@redwoodnps
are co-managing the new flock. For more info
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The Yurok Tribe and
@RedwoodNPS
will soon reintroduce condors in Yurok Country, where the majestic birds have been absent for more than a century. Since 2008, the Yurok Tribe has led the effort to bring prey-go-neesh back to the redwood region.
After 100 years, California condors will soar again over coastal forests and prairies in the Pacific Northwest. We're working with the Yurok Tribe and National Park Service to reintroduce them into the northern portion of their historical range:
📷USFWS
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The Yurok Tribe received a $4 million grant from
@CaliforniaDFW
to transform a severely damaged section of the Trinity River into diverse, dynamic and complex habitat for salmon and steelhead.
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“This isn’t just about the dams getting removed from the river, they’re getting removed from our culture and our way of life.” - Yurok Vice Chairman Frankie Myers,
@sfchronicle
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"I know our ancestors are proud of the work we are doing on behalf of the river.” - Ben Hunsucker, Yurok Revegetation Crew Member
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The Yurok Tribe would like to thank all of the tribal elders, ceremonial practitioners and water protectors who refused to give up in the fight for dam removal. Thank you
@SecDebHaaland
@GavinNewsom
,
@OregonGovBrown
and
@RepHuffman
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“The absence of the condor left a spiritual hole in the Yurok community. I was surprisingly emotional (when they arrived). These are the first condors that have been in Yurok ancestral territory in 100 years.” Tiana Williams, Yurok Wildlife Director.
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More than two decades in the making, the deconstruction of Iron Gate Dam started today! During the next six months (weather permitting), crews will be removing JC. Boyle, Copco No 1 and Iron Gate.
#river
#restoration
#salmon
#nativeplants
Video courtesy of the Karuk Tribe
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CNN attends the Yurok Tribe's Klamath Salmon Festival for a story about the history-making dam removal effort and the restoration of the Klamath River.
A salmon festival can't feature salmon this year. Now, a community is taking action.
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Here is a "replay" of the Northern California Condor Restoration Program releasing three more condors into Yurok ancestral territory. The birds include: Pey-cheek (Upriver), Pue-leek (Downriver) and Pey-gel (Fighter). The are now 11 condors flying free over tribal lands.
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At 2:30pm yesterday, the Northern CA Condor Restoration Program released the 7th prey-go-neesh (CA condor) to soar over Yurok skies in more than a century.
#rewilding
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On Tuesday, July 12, the Northern California Condor Restoration Program will attempt to release a fourth California condor (prey-go-neesh) into Yurok ancestral territory. To watch live, tune into the Yurok Condor Cam at 8:30am -
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All are invited to the Yurok Tribe’s 60th Annual Klamath Salmon Festival on Saturday, August 17 in Klamath. Here is the event agenda.
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“This river is our lifeline. It’s the foundation to our people, for our culture. Seeing the restoration of our river, our fisheries, I think is going to uplift us all.” - Annelia Hillman/Yurok activist, artist
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“The Klamath dams have been killing salmon and steelhead for more than a century. Starting next year, this will never happen again, because the dams will be gone." Barry McCovey, Yurok Fisheries Dept Director
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Today,
@savetheredwoods
, Yurok Tribe, and
@RedwoodNPS
signed an historic agreement committing to return tribal land back to the Yurok Tribe. For more info -
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“The Klamath dams have been killing salmon for more than a century. For the Yurok Tribe, dam removal represents the restoration of our river, our traditional fishery & our community." Yurok Fisheries Dept Director Barry McCovey
The Klamath River dam removal project in northern California and southern Oregon is the largest of its kind in U.S. history. The project entered an important new phase on Thursday:
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CA Commission Approves Yurok Tribe’s Request to Reclaim Park Name “We asked the Commission to alter the name of the park because we have an obligation to ensure the next generation inherits a more just world.” Yurok Chairman Joseph L. James. To learn more
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“We could not sit idle while 6PPD kills the fish that sustain us. This lethal toxin has no business in any salmon-bearing watershed.” - Joseph L. James, Chairman of the Yurok Tribe
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Yesterday, condors A5 "Neee'n" & A6 “Me-new-kwek' were seen soaring above Redwood Creek. A5 & A6 are 2 of the 8 prey-go-neesh the Northern California Condor Restoration Program released last year. For more info
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As the water recedes from the Iron Gate Reservoir, the Yurok Fisheries Department’s Revegetation crew is swiftly sowing hundreds of pounds of native plant seeds in the newly exposed earth to take advantage of the moist soil and prevent invasive weeds from taking root.
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The Yurok Tribe invites the community to watch the FERC hearing on the removal of the Klamath dams. At 7am tomorrow, the hearing will be broadcasted live in the community room at the Yurok HQ. The hearing represents a major milestone in the decades-long fight to remove the dams.
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Here is a clip of the MMIP Day of Action Walk at the state capitol. Native people, especially women & girls, are missing or murdered at higher rates across CA & the US. The Yurok Tribe has sponsored 2 bills, AB 44 & AB 273, which target
#MMIP
at its root.
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Here is a breakdown of the Yurok Tribe's most impactful projects in 2022. As you will see, it was an historic year. Our plan is to capitalize on the positive momentum in 2023. Happy New Year!
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Yurok Tribe & RES are leading a massive revegetation effort on the Klamath River as construction crews dismantle the remaining 3 of 4 dams in the largest salmon restoration project in history.
#restoration
#native
#salmon
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These photos of the middle Klamath River were taken on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 from the Klamath-Trinity confluence to the Salmon River mouth. In terms of dissolved oxygen and turbidity, river conditions remain normal for this time of year.
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Yurok Tribe reacquires sacred site in Blue Creek watershed, plans to build salmon sanctuary and restore old growth forest ecosystem using Traditional Ecological Knowledge, contemporary habitat restoration techniques. Click this link for more info.
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NPR's Hear and Now recently interviewed Yurok Fisheries Department Barry McCovey about Klamath dam removal. The informative interview covers a wide range of topics. Listen here -
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Reminder: All are invited to the Yurok Tribe's 60th Annual Klamath Salmon Festival on Saturday, August 17. Starting 9:30am, the event includes live music, good food and 120+ vendors. For more info -
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This week, tribal leaders from four Tribes & the California Dept of Fish & Wildlife celebrated the release of approx 100k yearling coho salmon & 400k Chinook smolts into great water conditions in the Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam. These fish will return to an undammed river.
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The Yurok Tribe celebrates World Water Day as construction crews remove the remaining three of four dams from the Klamath River in what is considered the largest salmon restoration project in history.
#WaterIsLife
#Indigenous
#Salmon
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“It fills my heart to know that salmon will migrate through this river reach on their way to spawn in the upper basin,” said Yurok Vice Chairman Frankie Myers.
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“Dam removal is the largest single step that we can take to restore the Klamath River ecosystem. We’re going to see benefits to the ecosystem and then, in turn, to the fishery for decades and decades to come.” Yurok Fisheries Dept Director Barry McCovey.
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Indian Country Today published a story about the Yurok Tribe winning the United Nations Development Programme’s Equator Prize. The Programme was impressed by the Tribe’s novel approach to restoring the temperate rainforests in Yurok ancestral territory.
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"This drought is not a fluke event. It is part of a larger pattern of drought brought on by climate change. Climate change is no longer some vague future threat — we are seeing its effects happening now, in real time.” Amy Cordalis, Yurok Attorney
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A catastrophic juvenile salmon kill is unfolding in real time on the Klamath River. "Right now, the River is full of dead & dying fish. For salmon people, a juvenile fish kill is an absolute worst-case scenario.” Yurok Vice Chair Frankie Myers.
#salmon
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“We’re now pulling the plug & throwing it away...It’s what we’ve been fighting for: to see the river for itself.” Yurok Vice Chair Frankie Myers
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The removal of the Klamath dams is the single most effective action that can be taken to restore the river's salmon runs, which the Yurok Tribe has depended on for sustenance and ceremony since time immemorial.
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“The transfer of the 4 dams represents a major milestone in the multigenerational effort to heal the Klamath River. This action moves us that much closer to the day when we can begin removing the dams & restoring the river.” Frankie Myers/Yurok Vice Chair
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This
@CBSNews
story about dam removal features rarely seen video footage of courageous Yurok citizens who put their lives on the line during the Salmon War in the late 1970s.
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“We have this nice meander, some deep holes and some off-channel habitat. I think it’s going to be great for fish,” said Aldaron McCovey, a Yurok citizen and Yurok Tribe Construct Corporation Heavy Equipment Operator -
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"My elders, the people who came before me they gave us direction. Get your land back." - Yurok Tribe Vice Chair Frankie Myers
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The crisis has spurred the Yurok Tribe to issue an emergency declaration and brought increased urgency to efforts to build California’s first database of such cases and regain sovereignty over key services.
@AP
Five Native American women have disappeared or been killed along California's rugged Lost Coast in the past 18 months. The crisis has spurred the Yurok Tribe to declare an emergency and brought increased urgency to efforts to build a case database.
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All are invited to the Yurok Tribe's 58th Annual Klamath Salmon Festival on Saturday, August 20. The 2022 festival theme is Rising Up in recognition of the recent reintroduction of California condors in Yurok Country and the pending removal of the Klamath dams.
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The Yurok Tribe is looking forward to working with
@Caltrout
, the Karuk Tribe and others to fix part of the Scott River, one of the last coho salmon-spawning streams in the Lower Klamath River and all of California.
We are also thrilled to partner with
@TheYurokTribe
on a 5th project awarded $7M in funding by
@CaliforniaDFW
on the Scott River.
Led by the Yurok Tribe, this project's goal is to increase water use efficiency on the mainstem Scott River to benefit fish and farmers! 🐟🌾
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“Every condor is critical and sacred. Older condors teach younger birds how to make it in the wild. When a condor dies prematurely from lead poisoning, all of the knowledge it amassed throughout its life…is lost.” - Yurok Wildlife Dept. Director Tiana Williams,
@Revelator_News
Newest Flock of Wild California Condors Faces an Old Threat: Lead Poisoning --
@JulietGrable
reports:
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Salmon have "kept us alive since the beginning of time, and now here they are helping us again, restoring an entire ecosystem because we’re using their good name to get our message out there.” Barry McCovey Jr., Yurok Fisheries Department Director.
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The Yurok Fisheries Dept & Yurok Tribe Construction Corporation, in partnership with several agencies, local businesses & conservation groups, recently built new salmon habitat on a
@savetheredwoods
property w/ in Yurok ancestral territory. Check it out.
Once a place that processed clearcut redwoods, this site is now experiencing a terrific natural rebirth. First up -- restoring the adjacent creek for salmon and other wildlife. Watch the whole video and learn more:
@CalTrout
@TheYurokTribe
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Yurok Vice Chair talks about the juvenile salmon kill on the Klamath River. “When we see our juvenile fish dying, it’s heartbreaking. It’s heartbreaking because you know it’s not the end. In two, three and four years, we will relive it again.” More info:
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“We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the Tribal People and our allies who made this moment possible. We would not be here without their relentless advocacy.” Yurok Vice Chair Frankie Myers
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Please retweet. The Yurok Tribe will be serving freshly caught Klamath River salmon at the 57th Annual Klamath Salmon Festival. All are invited to this great community event, which is happening on Saturday, August 17.
#KlamathSalmonFestival
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“If we don’t have the Klamath River and we don’t have healthy fish runs, it’s really hard to be a Yurok person. It’s just as important to our people as the air that we breathe.” Barry McCovey, Yurok Fisheries Department Director
@washingtonpost
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SAVE THE DATE - On Tuesday, February 7, the Yurok Tribe is putting on an MMIP Day of Action at the State Capitol. The purpose of the event is to unite tribal & state government efforts to resolve the MMIP crisis in California. The start time & details will be announced soon.
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At 2:30pm yesterday, the Northern CA Condor Restoration Program released the 7th prey-go-neesh (CA condor) to soar over Yurok skies in more than a century.
#rewilding
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“From a Tribal perspective, we are helping to restore that balance and in a small way, we’re helping to fix the world.” Barry McCovey Jr. Yurok Fisheries Department Director.
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The Yurok Fisheries Department continues to encounter large numbers of dead baby salmon on the Klamath River. For info on the devastating disease outbreak and fish kill, listen to this interview: or read this release:
#Salmon
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Action Alert: Don’t let the California Citizens Redistricting Commission split the Yurok Reservation into two districts. Please tell the Commission today to keep the Yurok Tribe’s homeland in the 2nd Congressional District.
@WeDrawTheLines
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The lower Klamath River looks pretty close to normal for this time of year. These photos were taken today on the Yurok Reservation between Klamath Glen and the estuary.
#nature
#restoration
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In this episode of
@how2saveaplanet
, Yurok Vice Chairman Frankie Myers talks about the Tribe's innovative effort to recover and restore the rivers, forests and meadows within the ancestral homeland of the Yurok people.
New episode! This week, the innovative solutions the Yurok tribe is using to tackle climate change, and their work to undo some of the ecological damage that had been done to the land over the last two centuries.
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The Yurok Tribe and Redwood National Park will soon reintroduce condors in Yurok Country, where the majestic birds have been absent for more than a century. To learn more, please visit
#yurok
#restoration
#wildlife
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Great News! The California Natural Resources Agency awarded the Yurok Tribe a $2.7 million Cultural, Community and Natural Resources grant to purchase and restore 2,584 acres of forest in the Kepel Creek Watershed.
#forestrestoration
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“I’ve realized my dream as a Yurok woman to come back and serve my tribe in a way that is really going to make an impact on our youth — on my daughter and the children to come.” - Tiana Williams-Claussen, Yurok Wildlife Department Director
#restoration
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“The transfer of the four dams represents a major milestone in the multigenerational effort to heal the Klamath. This action moves us that much closer to the day when we can begin removing the dams & restoring the river," Yurok Vice Chair Frankie Myers
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"The Yurok people have a sacred responsibility to maintain balance in the natural world. Condor reintroduction is a real-life manifestation of our cultural commitment to restore & protect the planet for future generations." Yurok Chair Joseph James
#condor
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The Yurok Tribe received a $350k grant from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians to hire an MMIP investigator and more. Wok-hlew' Thank you.
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“It’s just so hard to express to people who are so used to fishing for sport or fun that salmon is really everything for us. The health of the river is literally our health.” - Brook Thompson .
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“We repeatedly asked BOR to take a more measured approach to water management, but they refused to listen. Our only recourse was to petition the court to reverse this terrible decision and protect our most sacred resource.” - Yurok Vice Chair Frankie Myers
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“Dam removal is the largest single step that we can take to restore the Klamath River ecosystem. We’re going to see benefits to the ecosystem and then, in turn, to the fishery for decades and decades to come.” Yurok Fisheries Dept Director Barry McCovey.
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Reminder: At 10am, on Tuesday, February 7, Tribes across California will participate in the first-ever MMIP Day of Action at the State Capitol. The purpose of the event is to highlight tribally proposed solutions to end the MMIP crisis. See flyer for more info.
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Here is one of the new signs at Sue-meg State Park. On Sept 30, the California State Department of Parks and Rec Commission approved the Yurok Tribe's request to right an historic wrong. For more info:
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"Condor reintroduction is a real-life manifestation of our cultural commitment to restore and protect the planet for future generations." - Yurok Chairman Joseph L. James,
@SmithsonianMag
To learn more
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At 7:30am on Wednesday, November 9, the Northern California Condor Restoration Program plans to release 2 more prey-go-neesh (California condors) into Yurok Country. The release can be viewed live here:
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“When I was a young man growing up, all of our land laid behind locked gates. We’d have to break into our land in order to get into our prayer sites. My kids growing up will never have that feeling." Yurok Vice Chair Frankie Myers
#LandBack
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"The removal of the four lower dams on the Klamath River would have a dramatic impact on our way of life not only for our subsistence fishery but for the emotional and mental well-being of our people as well." Frankie Myers, Yurok Vice Chairman
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Yurok citizen Brook Thompson, an award-winning scholar, wrote this heartfelt essay describing how the Klamath dams have harmed multiple generations of indigenous people in California.
#UnDamtheKlamath
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The Northern California Condor Restoration Program (NCCRP) is preparing to release three more prey-go-neesh (CA condors) into Yurok ancestral territory in the very near future. For more info -
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Yurok Fisheries Biologist Sarah Beesley was interviewed for this ABC10 story about the role that beavers play in maintaining balanced, productive & fire-resilient ecosystems. For the Yurok Tribe, Sarah plans, designs & implement restoration projects on the Lower Klamath River.
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Condor A6, one on only 8 free-flying condors in far NorCal, is recovering from lead poisoning. The bird encountered a poacher-killed elk carcass shortly before he became ill. The elk is believed to be the source of the toxin. For more info
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“For countless generations, the Yurok people have maintained balance in the natural world. Condor reintroduction is a real-life manifestation of our cultural commitment to restore & protect the planet for future generations.” Yurok Chairman Joseph L James
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“It’s not just fish runs that are suffering, the entire ecosystem is suffering. The Klamath Basin has been fractured, divided & diverted over the years. You put too many straws in the cup & things start to fail.” Barry McCovey, Yurok Fisheries Director
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Here is a great National Geographic story about the Redwood Yurok Canoe Tours and how the tribally owned company enriches the experience of visitors to Northern California’s iconic redwood region. To book a trip -
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“Too often we feel like we’re being talked to… and we’re tired of it. We’re tired of consultations. We’re tired of being a box to be checked. We want to engage meaningfully. We want to create the process.” - Yurok Vice Chairman Frankie Myers
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Please retweet. All are invited to the Klamath River Clean Up on Saturday, April 28. The family friendly event begins at 9am in both Klamath and Weitchpec. All volunteers will receive a free, traditionally cooked salmon lunch, t-shirt and a raffle ticket for awesome prizes.
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Today’s Sacramento Bee has a piece from Yurok Chairman Joseph L. James, which contains a message of hope for the re-wilding of the Klamath River. The Klamath Basin is one of the most important & most fixable watersheds on the west coast.
#UnDamtheKlamath
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