World's largest dam removal: Restoring Klamath River's native species and tribal traditions

[@cjyoung7372]

As a heavy equipment operator i would love to work on a project like this to pay back for the damage we do as a society would be a privilege

[@manfredstrappen7491]

I like you!

[@TheGeniuschrist]

Make sure you spend 5 minutes talking about the quack with his own newspaper

[@dcollay17]

Yeah seriously why is the pseudo journalism getting a voice?

[@marcussoininen2084]

@@dcollay17 Let them speak, if it's hogwash, let people see the hogwash and decide for themselves who to listen to.

[@AdventuresWithJaydawg]

Haha and he said he’s indigenous. 😂😂😂

[@isaacvarela667]

People underestimate life on Earth. If you leave habitats alone, they will repopulate. It’s been seen many times.

[@peggyjones3282]

The tribes by the Elwha did a 10 year moratorium on fishing to allow the salmon to rebound. Now that the ten years are up, they've decided to only allow pole fishing. I hope the tribes here will do something similar.

[@robktellwild9648]

Gill nets are "supposedly" traditional fishing rights for tribes. I call BS. Our local tribes kill anything or everything they want any way any time of the year. NOT ANIMAL/FISH WELFARE

[@luwigi4630]

Absolutely! It's too early for any meaningful harvest and everyone would be wise to wait.

[@curtiswilson137]

This is really good news for humanity and the environment. These obsolete dams were not profitable and they were harming the Klamath River, so I am hoping that the critics of that salmon's return to a receiving river will embrace change. I love how the first Americans are putting in sweat equity into the replacing of native grasses and trees. This is a win-win for everyone.

[@ottomatic3123]

If only this much debate was put into the decision to build the dams or not in the first place.

[@GeorgeWHaydukeiii6396]

❤

[@jtkrpm1]

We can all go back to hunting and gathering

[@lindahendry59]

So glad to see the salmon coming home at long last.

[@curtisgrindahl446]

Thank you for these reports. This really is about honoring our relationship with the world that sustains us... something the Indians have done for millenia. They are the only natives on this land... the rest of us are immigrants.

[@fumble_brewski5410]

They’re also immigrants. The “Native Americans” migrated across the connecting land/ice bridge from Asia to N. America circa 12,000 - 15,000 years ago. And after arriving in N. America, they spent the next 10,000 years fighting and killing one another before European settlers arrived. History.

[@jerometeyssier3171]

European settlers fled the wars and oppression that ravaged the European continent. And what did they bring with them to the American continent? War and destruction in the name of love for one another, in the name of Jesus. Did the Native Americans invade the entire planet and kill millions of humans? No, that is a European skill. The French, English and Spanish are the best at killing. We are the best at killing, dear Christians. Amen. Did the Native Americans start two world wars? No, because they did not receive and understand Jesus’ message of love as we do. I am sure Jesus would be proud of what we have accomplished. But we are only progressing on the path he has shown us. We still have so much to destroy to accomplish his will. I have so much hope that his new prophets, Trump and Putin, will help us overcome the last obstacles. We are on the right track to fulfill the Holy Scriptures. The apocalypse is near, let us rejoice. Alleluia.

[@GeorgeWHaydukeiii6396]

​@@fumble_brewski5410 I'd be curious about your opinion of immigration today?

[@daveadalian4116]

Don't forget the pre-Clovis culture the Indians wiped out. Very honorable.

[@robktellwild9648]

Bs

[@gerryl5593]

Thank you for reporting on this and very well done! On most of these large projects returning eco systems back to a more normal state, we are all for progress, but it is the change we can't stand. Give the Klamath some time to heal.......I can't wait to visit the river this summer on my vacation.

[@John-eq8cu]

excellent reporting

[@zacwlf]

Nice reporting and beautiful shots!

[@marcshelstead5355]

Awesome

[@WalkingBackwardsIntoTheFuture]

The sediment will be washed to the coast and create new life there too.. big floods coming this year.. the river will be back soon

[@JB-rr1or]

William Simpson-"we're indigenous". What a joke.

[@TheRangerBob]

Change is one of those constants in life. Some have a really hard time with change, other understand it, and accept the reality.

[@GeorgeWHaydukeiii6396]

Well put.👍

[@robktellwild9648]

If they want to save the salmon, they need to outlaw gill nets. Gill nets should not be TRADITIONAL fishing rights.

[@laynelins9564]

É preciso plantar árvores que dão frutos...as margens dos rios. As frutas alimentam os peixes.

[@dcollay17]

Wild to give voice to the unfounded claims about the sediment but at least you tried to put them to rest.

[@BallardBaller]

People can ague at the sky all day. Let's see in 10 years, My bet is the salmon will rebound, not to what they were, but halfway there.

[@curtis1003]

You are not indigenous to this land Rancher Simpson.

[@GeorgeWHaydukeiii6396]

William Simpson is a pseudoscience, anti-government, paranoid, conspiracy theorist! That is all he is, and will ever be!

[@daveadalian4116]

The people of North America who were here when Europeans arrived had already displaced the population that preceded it. Are you going to take them to task for not being native enough too? Who's going to stand up for the lost heritage of the pre-Clovis peoples? How far back are we going to take this? Who's going to speak up for the australopithecines? Life moves on. You should too.

[@drsin6856]

Nice 😮

[@cjyoung7372]

He may not be indigenous but he is native to the area

[@manfredstrappen7491]

@@cjyoung7372”Birthright indigenous” then?

[@emmettkennedy8388]

If we want to build hydroelectric dams, then we should look for really tall waterfalls like Snoqualmie Falls, it’s over 250 feet and the slapped a dam on it, it doesn’t hurt the native salmon and trout, and it provides power to a large costomer base.

[@stevenhunter3212]

Where is this?

[@916outdoors2]

So they say that chinook salmon don’t go far into the elwah because they weren’t reared there for years. Literally just start releasing hatchery fish further up river to replenish the population faster

[@stevengilman-u1u]

why would there be salmon in the river now when the run is in august?

[@GeorgeWHaydukeiii6396]

Because the fall Chinook run just barely starts in August and goes into November.

[@tomguarino2317]

Like North Caroina

[@kryan318]

why dont you do a story on the broken promises an short cut taken during the removal. why not a story on all the native species killed during the teardown include but not limited to endangered chub that is sacred the the native tribes

[@shedrickfranklin7707]

Where are thes rest original tribes.

[@tj7870]

i'm not so concerned about the native's as i am for the fish and river

[@chadjelliston5652]

So when I fish the river I have to use a barbless hook, no more than 1, only can keep hatchery fish, and a boat load of other rules. And these guys can net em and it’s cool because it’s their culture. I think it’s cool but I don’t understand why I’d go to jail netting fish and they don’t. Make em abide by the laws everyone else has to. Sorry. Not sorry.

[@brucepoole8552]

We are all indeginous to somewhere, can I go back to europe and gill net there?

[@Clacka89]

What were the numbers before the dam removal vs after? We just had the best wild coho return since they started keeping track in 1958 and they count those above the three damns on my home river. When you idiots are freezing in the dark down there in southern Oregon don’t ask for any of our power!

[@manfredstrappen7491]

Yeah, I’m sure they’re living in the Stone Age now because nobody but you and your genius mind had the expertise to understand how power transmission works. 😂 Please tell me you don’t have kids.

[@tombeno8746]

When you idiots say dumb things in the dark of your mind we'll laugh.

[@GeorgeWHaydukeiii6396]

Wow, that's one of the most ignorant comments yet😮

[@mikeprice4103]

Let the gill netting begin!!!

[@scottsheldon4788]

I dont want to hear about flooding in towns downstream when they yank that dam out...

[@GeorgeWHaydukeiii6396]

Don't worry, you won't. Those damS didn't provide any flood control.

[@88TRUNKBACK]

Now we need a law against selling freshwater caught fish so these natives don’t kill hundreds of thousands of fish like they do in Alaska, at least fish wheels are illegal

[@ChrisGarcia-f9m]

Natives only take what they need unlike. You funny guy 😂😂

[@88TRUNKBACK]

@ the indigenous Alaskans kill millions of fish each year to feed dozens of dogs they don’t need. You have no idea what you’re talking about.

[@ChrisGarcia-f9m]

@@88TRUNKBACK They didn't survive for thousands year's abusing fish resource by over feeding them selves and dogs. The dogs at least aren't eating mofied dry dog food like here in the main land. It's Alaska bud, and it's been a way of life for natives since the dawn of time

[@jtkrpm1]

Now they can stop wearing modern clothes and using modern things like electricity.

[@travis5481]

Clever.

[@sweynforkbeard8857]

"These poles have not changed" You had nylon netting and mill cut planks to use?

[@ottomatic3123]

Making assumptions...

[@youruiz]

It takes a special kind of racist to throw shade on a population that the US has celebrated the genocide of for over a century.

[@nikolatesla5553]

I don't mind that they are fishing for salmon as part of their need to eat. Just not a fan of the creator and superstitious bs.

[@BullofBeans01]

That doesnt really affect you... I don't care for Christianity, but im not going to complain if i simply see someone speaking of it

[@cernhutch]

There are none so blind as those who will not see… Prayers for you.

[@youruiz]

Oh? Not a fan? I hope everyone stops to take your preferences into account. Your opinion is truly important to the world. You should go and comment on more stuff to educate the world on the most important topic of the the day.

[@travis5481]

I'm not a fan of people thanking god for success in sporting events or bibles in schools or really any of the crazy things people do for religion. Thanking your god for the fish and river that feeds you seems pretty reasonable compared to all of that.

[@tomguarino2317]

Just hope it doesn't rain.

[@travis5481]

Yeah, how could nature handle rain without man-made dams?

[@stevengilman-u1u]

the probem is they take more than they need and they end up throwing a lot of them away. how do i know? some them have told me. the yuroks during the 70s were selling them to stores. i was there. fish and wildlike said they sold 1 million lbs of fish. one was silvas fish house in medford. it cost him his business. i know him and he was buying illegal fish to sell in his fish shop

[@GeorgeWHaydukeiii6396]

I don't believe you.

[@hobo456]

BSing

[@tombeno8746]

Whining