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Tuesday, August 15, 2023 – How tribes brought about a historic dam removal

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:55:47
Publish Date: 2023-08-15 13:00:21
Description:

One of four dams on the Klamath River is already mostly demolished. Crews predict the other three will be gone by the end of next year. It’s the largest dam removal project in U.S. history and tribes along the river were instrumental in making it happen. The tribes say the dam removal will rehabilitate native salmon runs that are greatly diminished and restore sacred land that has been underwater for more than a century.

GUESTS

Barry McCovey Jr. (Yurok), Yurok Fisheries Department Director 

Brandi Hatcher (Klamath Tribes), treasurer of Klamath Tribes

Chairwoman Frances Charles (Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe), chairwoman of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

Mark Bransomchief executive officer of the Klamath River Renewal Corporation

Break 1 Music: Wake Up Song (song) Voices of Salish & Ped d’Oreille Women (artist) Heart of the Bitterroot (album)

Break 2 Music: Riders on the Storm [Live] (song) Keith Secola (artist) Grassroots Festival, Trumansburg, NY 7​/​20​/​19 (album)

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