Page 17 - 扶輪月刊 2025年5月號
P. 17

PHOTOGRAPHS: (LEFT) SWIFTWATER FILMS; (RIGHT) NASHCO PHOTO PHOTOGRAPHS: (LEFT) SWIFTWATER FILMS; (RIGHT) NASHCO PHOTO




















                                         ෳਔ֥ψܰஞ˼fԒމૠᅃ၅                    ᛆ኷ن™(Klamath Water Wars)
                                         €ኁࣸMedford (Rogue) ҧ            ٙʕːή੭f್Ͼd˼ܘҞఱ
                                         ቃٟࡰٙኁत݊ɓ࢕ϓ̌˥؈                    ፋԒ᜗᜕Ցəவఙ৷ܓၡੵٙ
                                                           I first met Root almost a decade ago when, on as-
                                         ̋ʈʮ̡ٙϼᒮf1992 ϋd                  ላ߉dԨ˲೯ତІʉ͍λϞঐ
                                                         signment for this magazine, I visited him in Oregon. A
                                                         member of the Rotary Club of Medford (Rogue), Root
                                         ˼ၾֈɿᒅ൯əɓࢭЗ׵փݾ                    ɢ೯౨ዹतٙЪ͜f
                                                         was the owner of a prosperous fruit processing busi-
                                                         ness when he and his wife bought a ranch near Chi-
                                         ۲ࢸ (Chiloquin) ڝڐٙىఙd                ߈ഹˬ˺ፇeˬ˺ཀྵd
                                         Previous pages:    loquin in 1992. He was unaware at the time that the
                                         ຅ࣛ˼Ԩʔٝ༸வ˪ɺή͍ஈ                    Ꮦഹږ᙮࣪଻ᗝٙኁतdഗɛ
                                         (from left) Toz Soto,
                                                         region sat smack in the middle of what became known
                                         Wendy “Poppy” Ferris,
                                                         as the Klamath Water Wars, but he was introduced
                                         ׵ܝԸ஗၈މ˜дז৵౶˥                     ٙΙ൥݊Ⴍ༑ʔशʔࢱd׌ࣸ
                                         and Leaf Hillman,
                                         members of Indigenous   to the highly charged conflict soon enough. And as it
                                         groups in the region             ๝ձʫᏡdϞɓ၇ၾ͛ࡆԸe
                                         of the Klamath River,   happened, he was uniquely positioned to help.
                                         fought for the removal   Wearing jeans, cowboy boots, and wire-rimmed
                                                                          ᜫɛชՑІίٙঐɢf˼̈ࢩ
                                         of four dams to restore   glasses, Root comes across as slow-spoken, gentle,
                                         ̸ྡj2024 ϋڋdϽݡд 1 ໮˥              ٙୋɓఙ਷ყҧቃϋึ ――
                                         the river’s ecosystem.
                                                         and reserved with a preternatural knack for putting
                                         Left: The removal of
                                         ᜠٙװৰʈЪ઼ਗd࠯΋ආБ˥
                                                         people at their ease. While attending his first Rotary
                                         the Copco No. 1 Dam
                                                                          1984 ϋ׵ߵ਷Ь׼Ӽ ―― ˼
                                         began in early 2024   International Convention — in Birmingham, England,
                                         ࢫર˥Ъุf
                                         with the draining of
                                                                          ፋ଻Ԉᗇீཀᒒකద᜗ጕઞ
                                         the lake behind it.  in 1984 — he had seen firsthand the effectiveness of
                                         ɪྡjҧቃٟࡰΛ֍hኁतಀዄ
                                                         gathering opposing sides in small groups out of the
                                         Above: Jim Root,
                                         ΂ KRRCଣԫڗdᙲ׵ 2016 ϋf             ٙڢʮකʃۨึሔ̙˸νО
                                                         prying eyes of the media to help resolve difficult dis-
                                         Rotary member and
                                         former president of the
                                         Klamath River Renewal   putes, in this case, the stalemate between the United
                                         Corp., in 2016.  Kingdom and Argentina over the Falkland Islands.
                                                                                         臺灣扶輪 2025.5  15
                                                                              MAY 2025  ROTARY  29
 may25-D-Klamath.indd   29                                                                  3/24/25   16:51
   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22