The North Coast will get the chance tomorrow to take an up-close look at the Eel River, its history and its uncertain future. A River’s Last Chance, an award-winning documentary by Shane Anderson, will screen at the Eureka Theater at 7 p.m., to be followed by a panel discussion with Anderson, co-producer Jason Hartwick and […]
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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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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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In ‘Crisis,’ Yuroks Suspend Commercial Salmon Season
For the second year in a row, the Yurok Tribe will not have a commercial fishery — a devastating blow to the tribe’s culture and economy. “We are in crisis mode,” said Yurok Tribal Chair Thomas O’Rourke in a press release that lamented poor conditions on the Klamath River that have led to historically low […]
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Yurok Tribe Blames Feds for Salmon Die-Off
SAN FRANCISCO — The federal government was hit with a second lawsuit this week claiming its bungled management of waterways allowed a deadly parasite to infect 91 percent of endangered juvenile coho salmon on the California-Oregon border. The lawsuit from the 5,000-member Yurok Tribe comes four months after the 2,700-member Hoopa Valley Tribe in Humboldt […]
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Salmon(less) Festival
For the first time in the event’s history, the Yurok Tribe made a difficult decision to not have the traditional salmon lunch, cooked in the traditional way over an open fire, at this year’s 54th annual Klamath Salmon Festival on Saturday, Aug. 20. Instead, the large crowd that attended had to make do with food […]
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Tribes Threaten Lawsuit Over Klamath Flows
The Karuk and Yurok tribes have both put the federal government on notice that they intend to sue, alleging the feds have violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to ensure adequate water flows for Coho salmon on the Klamath River. Citing a disease infection rate of 90 percent for juvenile salmon last year, spurred […]
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TL;DR: Five Things You Need to Know About This Week’s Cover Story
Busy week? We get it, and we’re not judging. Here are some highlights from “Until the Sun Sets” to get you caught up. On April 6, federal, state and tribal officials descended on Yurok Tribal land to ink a new pact to remove four hydroelectric dams that have choked the Klamath River for decades. It […]
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Feds, States Ink Historic Klamath Agreements
Under a cloudless blue sky and with the water of the Klamath River glistening in the sun behind them, a host of federal, state and tribal officials gathered around a fish cleaning table this morning to sign a pair of agreements to remove four dams and chart a new path forward for communities from the […]
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UPDATED: California, Oregon Governors to Make ‘Major Announcement’ on Klamath
UPDATE: North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman sent out a press release this morning confirming that Wednesday’s “major announcement” on the Klamath River will include the signing of the reshaped agreement to remove four dams that have clogged the river for decades. “The signing of this new agreement to tear out the Klamath River’s aging hydropower […]
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Feds Announce New Klamath Accord to Remove Dams by 2020
A new deal has been reached to remove the four hydroelectric dams that clog the Klamath River and revive the largest dam removal project in U.S. history, the federal government announced today. According to a joint press release, the federal government, the states of Oregon and California and PacifiCorp — the energy company that owns […]
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GMO Salmon Spawns Huffman’s Ire
Congressman Jared Huffman is not having the fish. According to a press release, Huffman is “deeply concerned” about the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of genetically engineered salmon. He cites the engineered salmon’s potential to damage wild salmon populations, ecosystems and the fishing industry, as well as the lack of labeling requirements for producers. The […]