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ϥɳᅰඎ˿ɛ೨ː ―― ̺ࣦ                  ޼Ӻɛࡰක֐ࠇၑᅂ྅ٙ௡ᅰ                    ᚃԸՑ̋ψͺཤ̔ (Yreka) ٙ
         քဧೌքႭdᅰඎ༺Ցᅰϵຬ                   ࣛdഐ؈˿ɛ༇ମ ―― ೵೵                   ɓஈ٤ήdቌڐдז৵౶ئ௰
         ―― ΪމɽඎӐጐيᙑ׳ܝd                  Շ඄ʫ€10 ˜d൴ཀ 6,000               ɽ˕ݴʘɓٙӍ౶෫ئ(Shasta
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         ئ˥ʕٙ๓ःඎܢᒓɨࠥf                    ૢ௡ದཀϤήd˴ࠅ݊਷ˮᒾ                    River)fତఙภܔəɽۨٙᚣ
           “I knew it was coming, but it was hard nonetheless,”   n a cloudless late afternoon last October, as
             ̺ࣦքဧႭj˜Ңٝ༸
                                         ʿࠀ㑔fܘҞήdᖏΚٙვᒾ
                                                                          ˂੮ᐫd੮ᐫɨᓖഹɓરરٙ
         Brownell says. “I saw dead trout and sucker fish wash   the Pacific Northwest sun flooded the land-
         up in front of where I took my dog for walks. It was  O scape with light, groups of people arrived
         வɓ˂ึՑԸdШᒔ݊ܘᗭ                    ʿ˄̻ݱɖᙟᛯɰක֐̈ତί                    ಉɿdᒔϞɓࡈༀϞ௥дࠬٙ
         not an easy thing to see, but it was nothing compared
                                                 at a clearing in Yreka, California, near the Shasta
         աfίҢӊ˂჋َٙή˙d޶                   ࡡ͉஗ɽᜠڜཞٙ˥ਹf                      ႀ̨fᎇഹࡡИ͏ࠪᆀٙઅ౮
         to what we were bracing ourselves for.”
                                                 River, one of the largest tributaries of the Klamath
           Salving those wounds was an extraordinary sight
                                                 River. Large open-air tents had been mounted on the
         Ցϥ̘ٙ㑔௡ʿіɹ௡஗әɪ                        ̋ψ㑔௡՘ึਜਹᐼ                   ૅܛdɛ໊஼နၳණdኹ׬e
         that appeared within weeks of the dams coming   lot, under which sat rows of chairs and a stage set
         ֦dவ၇౻൥˿ɛᗭ˸ऊաd                   ္dΝࣛɰ݊৛ᔳ௡ᗳΫݴ                     ฆ३eɽ३̈ᑊfவԬɛԸІ
         down: salmon and steelhead trout back in the upper
                                                 with microphones. Indigenous music serenaded the
         reaches of the river and its tributaries. “Nothing
                                                 growing crowd, with many people hugging, smiling,
         ШˢৎҢࡁࡡ͉ዄːٙ௰ᕸً                   ٙՉʕɓЗ߅ኪ࢕Ꮦႆh໤                     ຅ήٙࡡИ͏௅ໝd੽ᏃՅՑ
         compares to the feeling of the first time I saw fish up   laughing. They were members of the regional tribes,
         رdவʊ຾ၑ݊Ⴠฆٙəf™                   ᅃਟ (Damon Goodman) Ⴍj            ڗ٫ேϞdᒔϞᐑڭɛɻeڢ
         above the dam sites,” Brownell says.
                                                 from infants to elders, as well as activists, members
           After the Iron Gate Dam came down, the conserva-  of nonprofit organizations, and residents who lived
                                         ˜຅ҢՑෳਔ֥ψவԬװᜠή
             ್Ͼd༆ৰவԬෆ೨ٙ
                                                                          ᐄлଡ଼ᔌϓࡰd˸ʿИίдז
         tion group California Trout installed a sonar device at  along the Klamath or its tributaries. They had all
                                                 joined hands with the tribes to bring about this mo-
         the site. It allowed scientists to watch real-time im-
         ݊ɓࡈίɽᜠװৰܝ఻඄̈ତ                   ᓃࣛd޶Ցٙ౻൥ᔊٜ྅݊ڛ                    ৵౶ئʿՉ˕ݴض֦֢ٙ͏f                   PHOTOGRAPHS:  (RIVER) RESOURCE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS
                                                 ment when, for the first time in more than a century,
         ages of fish as they swam past. Researchers carefully
         ˿ɛᜓྖٙփᔴ ―― ᒾ௡ၾ                  ז౶̋ٙ௉͛ئݴfซซ޶d                    ˼ࡁேಀၾ௅ໝᙳ˓ΥЪdڮ
         tallied those images and the results were astonishing:
                                                 the Klamath River coursed unencumbered between
                                                 southern Oregon and the Pacific Ocean.
         more than 6,000 fish, mostly Chinook salmon and
         ࠀ㑔ࠠڏئݴٙɪದၾ˕ݴf                   Ыװદɓ༸வԬ௡ཀ̘ 100 ϋ                 ϓவࡈϵϋԸ࠯ϣྼତٙዝ̦
         steelhead trout, over two weeks in October. Soon,   Over the next several hours, the gathering wept,
         ̺ࣦքဧႭj˜ӚϞʡჿˢୋ                   Ըɓٜᅜ᎘ٙᐍኣึ೯͛ʡჿ                    ࣛՍ ―― дז৵౶ئ୞׵ঐ੄
         endangered coho salmon and Pacific lamprey were
                                                 sang, and cheered speeches celebrating a day many
                                                 were certain would never come. “This is kind of a
         also spotted migrating beyond the now-demolished
         ɓϣίᔚɽᜠɪದ޶Ց௡໊ದ                   ԫfତίҢࡁ୞׵Ҫவ༸ღᖟ                    ੽یෳਔ֥ψɓ༩࿫Бೌڜή
         dam site.                               dream come true to see the dams out and the salmon
         ਗһᜫɛዧਗٙԫəf™                     ୅කəd̴ࡁϘʊ๟௪λΣ                     ݴΣ˄̻ݱf
           “When I visited those sites up in Oregon, it looked
                                                 coming home,” Toz Soto, fisheries manager and lead
         like something out of Alaska,” says Damon Goodman,  biologist for the Karuk Tribe, told a videographer
             ί᚛ژ˥ᜠ஗װৰܝd
                                         ۃላf™
                                                                              ίટɨԸᅰࡈʃࣛ༁d
         regional director with California Trout and one of the   recording the moment. “I’ve been involved in dam
         scientists charged with tracking the return of the fish.
         ڭԃଡ଼ᔌ˜̋ψ㑔௡՘ึ™                            removal pretty much my whole career, more than
                                                                          ၾึ٫࡯ؠeဂਨeމစႭᛇ
         “It’s amazing what happens when you take down a   23 years. This is a miracle. I can’t describe it in any
         wall that fish have been banging their heads against  ϋ 10 ˜ɓࡈೌථٙʹ
         (California Trout) ίࡡѧτༀ        ̘       other way. ... It just goes to show that if people come
                                                                          խdᅅज़வࡈ஢εɛಀႩމ͑
                                                 together, work hard and never give up, and have faith
         for a hundred years. We pulled that out of the way,
         əɓࢁᑊॶண௪dᜫ߅ኪ࢕ঐ                        ܝd˄ජί˄̻ݱГ̏                  ჃʔึՑԸٙɓ˂f̔ኁдૄ
         and they were just ready to go.”        that something that we all know is right can happen,
         уࣛᝈ಻௡ᗳದཀٙਗ࿒f຅                   ήਜᛈɨ๝าٙΈሾdɛࡁ௔                    ٙဝุ˴၍ࡒ࠯ࢩ͛يኪ࢕ϖ
                     This is kind of a dream come true to see the dams out and the salmon                       coming home. This is a miracle. I can’t describe it in any other way.
         ޶Ց˥ᜠװৰd޶Ցᒾ௡Ϋ࢕dவఱ྅ྫྷซϓॆfவ݊ɓࡈփᔴdӚϞՉ˼൚̙˸Җ࢙f
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          ԸІˈᖯдૄ௉͛ਗي௅
          ژ (Yurok Tribe Wildlife
          Department) ٙ௱זhᔜлॶ
          ౶ (Kayla Salinas)d͍ίдז                                        ˥ࢫ஗ર৻ܝdߒ 100 ၇͉ɺಔي
          ৵౶ݴਹٙণࡡɪᅧᅥ၇ɿ                                                  ͍ίவ˪ɺήɪࠠอ˔࣬
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