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 […]
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UPDATE: Inmate Fight Breaks Out at Klamath-area Fire Camp
UPDATE: The California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation reports that the one staff member and three inmates treated for injuries sustained in last night’s riot at the Alder Creek Conservation Camp have been released from the hospital. “The inmates who initiated the incident have been transported to Pelican Bay State Prison and placed in administrative […]
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Drowning Victim Identified
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the identity of a man found drowned in the Klamath River on Friday, June 30. Joshua Aldon Hammond, 45, was found by a fisherman near Young’s Bar at around 4:40 p.m. An autopsy conducted today confirmed no foul play. From the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: On Friday, 06/30/2017, […]
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Karuk Tribe Restricts Fishing
The Karuk Tribe announced today that it is restricting subsistence fishing on the Klamath River, a reaction to predictions that this year’s run of Klamath Chinook salmon will be the smallest in history. On March 25, the Yurok Tribe announced it would suspend commercial fishing for the second year in a row. The Yurok Tribe […]
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Federal Court Rules in Favor of Salmon
A U.S. District Court judge has sided with those trying to protect coho salmon in the Klamath River, ruling yesterday that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the National Marine Fisheries Service must release more water from the Klamath dams. The release of the water is intended to mitigate the death of coho from a […]
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UPDATE: Klamath Boating Accident Victim Identified
At 10:30 a.m. today, a Yurok Tribal Police Department officer assisted a sheriff’s deputy to recover the body of James Dennis Cook, also known as Major. Cook’s body was tangled up in branches and brush in the river. He had been missing since last Friday following a boating accident. The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office will […]
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Yurok Tribe Mourns the Death of Troy Fletcher
Troy Fletcher, the longtime executive director of the Yurok Tribe and one of the initial linchpins in the original Klamath Basin Restoration Agreements, died unexpectedly Friday after suffering a heart attack. He was 53. Fletcher was locally renowned for being a fierce advocate for the tribe and the Klamath River, but was also widely respected […]
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Death on Newton B. Drury Parkway Brings Humboldt 2015 Road Deaths to 25
The death of a Klamath man at noon yesterday brings the grim total of road deaths in the county up to 25 for 2015. The driver, an 89-year-old man who has yet to be identified, was traveling northbound along the Newton B. Drury Parkway when he left the road and collided with a tree. The […]
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Let it Flow: Judge Denies Bid to Halt Water Release
UPDATE: North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman released a statement decrying the “preposterous” and repeated attempts of Southern California water districts to prevent water releases into the Trinity River. He also had some choice words for the “drumbeats of distortions from the districts’ PR machine.” See the full press release and statement below. PREVIOUSLY: The Yurok […]
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Up River, Down River
As the morning fog burned off, revealing light smoke drifting overhead from inland fires, a diverse crowd gathered at the Yurok Tribe’s 53rd annual Klamath Salmon Festival on Saturday, Aug. 22. The morning started with a veterans’ breakfast and parade, followed by the announcement of the winners of the Noo-rey-o-won-ee (beautiful girl inside and out) […]
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Feds Launch Klamath Investigation
As if enough hard feelings didn’t exist over Klamath River water rights, the Office of Special Counsel, the federal agency in charge of researching claims put forth by whistleblowers, has directed the Interior Department to determine if millions of dollars meant for environmental restoration were instead used to benefit farming and ranching interests. A press […]
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“Let It Burn”: Enviros Push for Return to Traditional Klamath Forest Management
Controversy over a proposed salvage logging operation in Klamath National Forest seems poised to leverage the National Forest Service into restoring historic stewardship rights to the Karuk tribe. Environmental groups have accused the NFS of “fast-tracking” the Westside Fire Recovery Project, which was proposed in October 2014 as a response to massive summer wildfires across […]