On Feb. 14, a group of young people from local tribes will travel to the Amazon to meet with activists and indigenous groups — including people with the Arara, Juruna and Xikrin tribes — who are trying to stop construction of the Belo Monte Dam. A news release from the Klamazon Delegation (one of the […]
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Humboldt Outside
With December comes the freeze. Moisture settles as fluff on the high peaks and passes, slicks roads and parking lots, frosts rooftops and windshields and, on occasion, bounces pellet-like onto the coastal landscape. Night-dark comes early; headlights barely pick out that elk herd clustered on the highway shoulder, or the thick-furred bear racing across a […]
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Upper Klamath Tribes, Farmers Announce Tentative Agreement
Klamath Tribes and Oregon irrigators have reached an “agreement in principle” over the long-disputed waters of the Upper Klamath Basin, saying the groups will work toward a common goal of improving fisheries, water quality and agricultural sustainability in the region. Upper Klamath farmers were dismayed earlier this year when the Oregon Water Resources Department ordered […]
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Well, that’s offputting
White, slimy nodules of tapioca-like substance oozing from your lovely fresh-caught salmon. Yick. It’s a find only Walter Bishop would find delightful. Anyway — the Two Rivers Tribune reports that “Chinook salmon caught in the Klamath River were found infested with a white and egg-shaped parasite named Henneguya embedded in their muscle tissues.” The parasite is […]
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Crazy Klamath Mouth
When the Klamath River’s mouth goes south, like it did late this summer, it can make for a wild ride, says Sara Borok, a state fish and wildlife biologist. Instead of dashing straight into the ocean as it does when the mouth opens on the north end of the spit, the river cuts a channel […]
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Water’s for Fighting
When’s the last time you visited the Trinity River? Late spring, when the bathtub rings begin to appear on rocks near Kimtu, when crisp, warm air and cold, fast flows combine to beckon swimmers? Late August, when the canyon walls are bleached, baked and orange-hued from overhead wildfire smoke? Winter, when the water pours into […]
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EPA funds Klamath Restoration
The Yurok Tribe got $1.3 million from the Environmental Protection Agency this week to continue its work on wetland restoration and pollution control on a long stretch of the Klamath River. From the EPA: SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announces it has awarded a $1.3 million grant under its Performance Partnership […]
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Fish On!
The young fisherman stood, stunned, on the wet, soft sand cliff above the churning blue-and-green river channel. His fishing pole strained before him in a got-a-big-lunker bow. His friend hopped on the sand beside him, chattering excitedly: “I almost fell in! I almost fell in!” An older fisherman walking by, gear in hand, smiled. “You […]
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Update: Let the Trinity Flow, Judge Rules
Update: Both the Yurok Tribe and the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority — one of the agencies that sued to prevent the release — released statements following the judge’s decision. They can be read below. Trinity River water will flow. The Fresno judge who issued a restraining order on extra releases from the Trinity […]
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Fish Out of Water
What’s at greater risk — today’s fish or next year’s farms? That’s the crux of a fight between Central Valley irrigators and the federal government that goes before a federal judge in Fresno this week. Three days of hearings are anticipated to wrap on Friday, with fish friendlies arguing for water to flow downstream and […]
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Trinity Water Injunction Extended
Klamath and Trinity salmon got another potential setback today, as a federal judge extended a hold on releasing extra water down the Trinity River. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, the release was stopped after Central Valley irrigators sued the Bureau of Reclamation, which controls the flow of water from the Trinity Reservoir. The judge until Aug. 21, […]
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Klamath Salmon Fest
If there’s one thing we don’t have a shortage of in HumCo, it’s festivals dedicated to fish (I’m counting bivalves as fish in this instance). No complaints, of course; fish is delicious and festivals are fun! This weekend, Saturday, Aug. 17, is the 51st annual Yurok Tribe’s Klamath Salmon Festival, and deliciously cooked salmon is […]