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߅ኪ࢕ί˥ᜠװৰܝd׵дז৵
౶ئτༀᑊॶ္಻Ҧஔd৛ᔳ௡ ɓ৳ᒾ௡ದཀಀ຾஗˥ᜠڜ
ᗳٙቋ੼ًر ኺٙئ༸

வ၇ชᙂᗭ˸Җ࢙f޶Ցдז৵౶ૄձ୽εдૄٙ؃ʾ੭ഹ˼ࡁٙ࢑ɿԸ޶ᒾ௡ପфf
It’s unbelievably hard to describe what it meant. Seeing friends from the Klamath and Modoc tribes take their grandkids to watch salmon spawning.
˸ᒒක௡໊ɽඎ̈ତί˴ئ༸ ௅e਷࢕ऎݱဝุ҅ (National ᎆ༸dԨίᎆ༸ɪದ၌˸૿ኑ
ٙࣛಂf್Ͼd࿁׵ڢࡡ͛௡ Marine Fisheries Service)e˸ʿ ɺ܆Иdසίɨದ၌ౢɝɓ࣬
The demolition and removal of the dams was com-
n 23 January 2024, an explosives specialist
၇dۆ఻˷ೌࠇ̙݄dਖ਼࢕ʊ ຅ή௅ໝٙဝุ၍ଣఊЗf ፻၍fவΤᖑॎਖ਼࢕Β୵ԸՑ
with the project’s blast team loaded a raft pleted a few months later and was followed by the
˜˼ࡁܸኬҢࡁ፯኿߇֙᭐ದ
ᎆ༸ٙɪದ၌dਗ਼ގᖹτༀఱ
ཫԈίɽᜠࡀ෭ܝd೵ࣛගʫ
O with dynamite and took to the Klamath River restoration of the river basin, efforts led by Resource
just north of the Copco No. 1 Dam in Northern Cali- Environmental Solutions. “The first round of vegeta-
Зd್ܝΒᅿᕎකfᎇܝٙᖑ
ܘ̙ঐึ೯͛ɽ஝ᅼ௡ᗳϥ
ٙᒾ௡ʊ຾ҁϓପфe̼௡֠
fornia. To safely draw down the water halted by the tion, all native species, was to hold the sediments
͊ක֐ቋ੼e዆ૢئݴʔึ
ɳfϤ̮dϞɓݬࣛගئ֦ึ
ގᙑ׳̈ɓٰў੭ظظٙ˥
dam, engineers had drilled a 90-foot-long, 10-foot- in place and stabilize things,” says Brownell. “The
ᜊ੻ঞጾeإᏴʔఘdՑஈ̙
wide tunnel through the base of the dam, left the up- initial round of seeding actually ended up being even
ே݊ᒾ௡ٙࣛݬԸੂБރ˥
ݒd೓ν࠰ᓜଧක઼ࣛᄝಪϾ
stream end of the tunnel plugged with concrete, and more successful than we imagined. We didn’t know
̈ٙظثf
Ъุf™
ԈࠠۨዚՈवɨٙ଱༦d఻˷
inserted a steel pipe into the downstream end. The how well these native species would grow in all of
ӚϞ΂ОၠจfމəኋҞܨూ
வࡈʃଡ଼௰୞Ӕ֛d௰
specialist paddled down to the tunnel’s upstream end, this dead algae.” ̺ࣦքဧΫኳႭj˜ͦ
mounted the explosives, and then glided away. The Resource Environmental Solutions contracted
͛࿒dɽҭಔዓඟਗ਼ۃֻաᅂ
ທ˥ࢫર٤ٙཀ೻d݊Ңɛ͛
Գރ˥ࣛගᏐ༈ໝί 2024 ϋ
detonation that followed unleashed a frothy geyser with the Yurok Tribe as the primary revegetation PHOTOGRAPHS: (SONAR, SALMON) CALIFORNIA TROUT; (FISHING) CRAIG TUCKER; (IRON GATE) MATT MAIS
ʕ௰փѶٙ຾ዝʘɓfவԬ஗
ٙୋɓאୋɚࡈ˜f
ᚤਜਹdᅧᅥঐҞ஺Դᄿᒪإ
that, fittingly, resembled the spume erupting from a group. “We also contracted with the Karuk Tribe
celebratory bottle of Champagne. with water quality monitoring and on relocating en-
˥૽Ӛə዆዆ɓࡈ˰ߏٙɺή
ήࠠอᔧႊၠЍಔ஗ٙ၇ɿf dangered coho salmon,” says company spokesperson PHOTOGRAPHS: (SONAR, SALMON) CALIFORNIA TROUT; (FISHING) CRAIG TUCKER; (IRON GATE) MATT MAIS
“Watching the reservoirs drain was one of the
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2024
most magical things I’ve ever seen,” recalls Brownell. ϋ 1 ˜ 23 ˚d ɓ ୞׵ࠠԈ˂˚fҢፋ଻Ԉᗇئ
уکνϤdࠇ೥ࠋபɛʥ್̀
Dave Meurer, and other tribes are participating in dif-
“These were landscapes that hadn’t seen the light of ferent facets of the river renewal. “When you’re on the
Τᖑॎਖ਼࢕ᎇഹʈ೻ඟ
ݴూݺdࠠอԐ̈อٙئ༸d
඲ਂλːଣ๟௪dᏐ࿁຅ή֢
day in a century. I got to watch the river come back ground looking at who’s doing a lot of the physical
ٙގᖹʃଡ଼dቷഹɓጴༀ༱ގ
͏ٙᅕܟၾዄᅊf
வఱ྅݊ί೵೵Շ඄ʫ޶Ցɷ
to life and carve its new path. It was like watching work, you’re definitely going to see tribal members
1,000 years of geology happen over the course of front and center,” Meurer says.
ᖹٙʃ໚dضഹдז৵౶ئۃ
ϋٙήሯᜊቋɓছf™
̺ࣦքဧ༆ᙑႭdவ͍
two weeks.” As expected, there were difficult moments after
݊މО KRRC ცࠅၾ˜΢ࡈ ආdԸՑ̋ψ̏௅Ͻݡд 1 ໮ ҎဧਟႭj˜வ၇ชᙂ
the dams fell. The areas around the demolished dams
“It’s unbelievably hard to describe what it meant,”
ɽᜠٙɪದfމəτΌރ˥d
Hillman says. “Seeing friends from the Klamath and looked like lunar landscapes, and the sight of yellow
Ыซ੻Ցٙၾ௡ᗳ޴ᗫዚ࿴™
ᗭ˸Җ࢙f޶Ցдז৵౶ૄձ
Modoc tribes, men my age who are part of this strug- excavating machinery gouging into the banks was jar-
ʈ೻ࢪ΋ۃʊίɽᜠਿࢭ᝝̈
୽εдૄ (Modoc) ٙ؃ʾķķ
੗ʲΥЪٙࡡΪdܼ̍ෳਔ
gle and have never in their lifetime seen a salmon ring. As predicted, the casualty rate among non-native
ɓૢڗ
spawning in the river, seeing them take their grand- 90 ߵˉeᄱ 10 ߵˉٙ வԬၾҢΝᙧdɓ͛ʕ੽͊Ԉ
֥ψၾ̋ψٙဝุ࿬௉͛ਗي
fish species was distressing — in the millions, says
kids to watch salmon spawning …” His words trail Brownell — as the dissolved oxygen level in the water
off in wonder. crashed following the release of so much sediment.
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