Given the last few years of wildfire smoke-filled skies, it was a relief for a large crowd of attendees to only smell smoke from the traditional salmon fire pit at the 57th annual Klamath Salmon Festival on Saturday, Aug. 17. This year’s theme was “Skue’n ‘Owook, Can’t Wait for Tomorrow,” which linked Yurok Tribe plans […]
Klamath Dams
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For Second Year in a Row, No Local Salmon at Klamath Salmon Festival
For 53 years, the Klamath Salmon Festival was a celebration of the river’s bounty and the traditions of the local Yurok Tribe, with Indian card games and stick game tournaments. The games and demonstrations will return this year, but the locally caught salmon that took center stage for over half a century will not, for the […]
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Three Questions for Jared Huffman
Congressman Jared Huffman was in town last week for a short visit, and he sat with Journal to share his thoughts on a few newsworthy North Coast topics. On marijuana: “We’re fast approaching the tipping point,” Huffman said. Climate in Congress is “changing rapidly,” he said, and he expects legislators to reconsider marijuana’s placement on […]
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Klamath in Congress
UPDATE: In a statement released today, May 22, Congressman Jared Huffman calls the senators’ new Klamath bill “a milestone toward an historic effort to revive California’s ailing salmon stocks, improve water quality and build economic resilience” and says it “provides a framework for ending decades of conflict through the biggest dam removal project in the […]