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ϥɳᅰඎ˿ɛ೨ː ―― ̺ࣦ Ӻɛࡰකࠇၑᅂ྅ٙᅰ ᚃԸՑ̋ψͺཤ̔ (Yreka) ٙ
քဧೌքႭdᅰඎ༺Ցᅰϵຬ ࣛdഐ؈˿ɛ༇ମ ―― ɓஈ٤ήdቌڐдז৵ئ௰
―― ΪމɽඎӐጐيᙑ׳ܝd Շʫ10 ˜d൴ཀ 6,000 ɽ˕ݴʘɓٙӍ෫ئ(Shasta
PHOTOGRAPHS: (PLANTING) MATT MAIS; (GROUND) SWIFTWATER FILMS; (RIVER) RESOURCE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS
ئ˥ʕٙ๓ःඎܢᒓɨࠥf ૢದཀϤήd˴ࠅ݊ˮᒾ River)fତఙภܔəɽۨٙᚣ
“I knew it was coming, but it was hard nonetheless,” n a cloudless late afternoon last October, as
̺ࣦքဧႭjҢٝ༸
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˄̻ݱɖᙟᛯɰක̈ତί ಉɿdᒔϞɓࡈༀϞдࠬٙ
not an easy thing to see, but it was nothing compared
at a clearing in Yreka, California, near the Shasta
աfίҢӊ˂َٙή˙d ࡡ͉ɽᜠڜཞٙ˥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ʿіɹәɪ ̋ψ㑔ึਜਹᐼ ૅܛdɛ໊နၳණdኹe
that appeared within weeks of the dams coming lot, under which sat rows of chairs and a stage set
֦dவ၇౻˿ɛᗭ˸ऊաd ္dΝࣛɰ݊ᔳᗳΫݴ 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 ٙՉʕɓЗ߅ኪᏖႆh ήٙࡡИ͏ໝdᏃՅՑ
compares to the feeling of the first time I saw fish up laughing. They were members of the regional tribes,
رdவʊၑ݊Ⴠฆٙəf 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-
݊ɓࡈίɽᜠװৰܝ̈ତ ᓃࣛdՑٙ౻ᔊٜ྅݊ڛ ৵ئʿՉ˕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 ―― ᒾၾ ז̋ٙ͛ئݴfซซd ˼ࡁேಀၾໝᙳ˓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༸வԬཀ̘ 100 ϋ ϓவࡈϵϋԸϣྼତٙዝ̦
steelhead trout, over two weeks in October. Soon, Over the next several hours, the gathering wept,
̺ࣦքဧႭjӚϞʡჿˢୋ Ըɓٜᅜ᎘ٙᐍኣึ೯͛ʡჿ ࣛՍ ―― дז৵ئঐ
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
ɓϣίᔚɽᜠɪದՑ໊ದ ԫfତίҢࡁҪவ༸ღᖟ یෳਔ֥ψɓ༩Бೌڜή
dam site. dream come true to see the dams out and the salmon
ਗһᜫɛዧਗٙԫəf කəd̴ࡁϘʊ௪λΣ 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˥ᜠװৰܝd
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.
ڭԃଡ଼ᔌ̋ψ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
խdᅅज़வࡈεɛಀႩމ͑
together, work hard and never give up, and have faith
for a hundred years. We pulled that out of the way,
əɓࢁᑊॶண௪dᜫ߅ኪঐ ܝd˄ජί˄̻ݱГ̏ ჃʔึՑԸٙɓ˂f̔ኁдૄ
and they were just ready to go.” that something that we all know is right can happen,
уࣛᝈᗳದཀٙਗ࿒f ήਜᛈɨาٙΈሾdɛࡁ ٙဝุ˴၍ࡒࢩ͛يኪϖ
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˥ᜠװৰdՑᒾΫdவఱ྅ྫྷซϓॆfவ݊ɓࡈփᔴdӚϞՉ˼൚̙˸Җ࢙f
PHOTOGRAPHS: (PLANTING) MATT MAIS; (GROUND) SWIFTWATER FILMS
ԸІˈᖯдૄ͛ਗي
ژ (Yurok Tribe Wildlife
Department) ٙ௱זhᔜлॶ
(Kayla Salinas)d͍ίдז ˥ࢫર৻ܝdߒ 100 ၇͉ɺಔي
৵ݴਹٙণࡡɪᅧᅥ၇ɿ ͍ίவ˪ɺήɪࠠอ˔࣬
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