The Return of the Salmon

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5

PROGRAM #10615  12:00 PM PT 

The Return of the Salmon. 

Weeks after the dams were removed, salmon are swimming upstream and spawning in the Upper Klamath River, after disappearing for one century. After years of protests and advocacy by an indigenous-led movement to let rivers return to their natural flow, the US carried out the world’s largest dam removal project. What can we learn from the return of the salmon? Is the salmon running back to stay? How is fish migration being tracked and recorded? How is the watershed recovery work going? How about the healing process of Native American communities devastated by the loss of their food supply? Are ancient Native American cultural traditions being used to restore the landscape? This is a special edition to mark National Native American Heritage Month.

Guests: Christina Snider-Ashtari, Tribal Affairs Secretary, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Office, Sacramento, CA; Scherezada Caballero, Karuk Tribe Spokesperson, Happy Camp, Eureka, CA.

Photo: Brandon/Unsplash

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