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The effects of a summer of environmental catastrophes were felt everywhere in Canada, from its vast boreal forests to a river on Vancouver Island once fished by Hollywood royalty.

Heated Cowichan River no longer can support massive numbers of cold-water fish

Fish are in danger and it's our fault. Between pollution, poaching and damming infrastructure, the depletion of freshwater fish nationwide is human-made and, in most...

Tribes suffer some of the most severe impacts of climate change in the U.S. but often have the fewest resources to respond, which makes the intensive camps on combatting the impact of climate change a vital training ground and community-building space.

Here is this weeks fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of Jan. 14-19, 2015.

Nis says what we eat >> on the river there arent enough salmon. the tribe said the fish suffered since the gold rush. near ruined by mining, rising water temperatures, huge hydro powered dams >> only about half the salmon returning. thats why its shutdown this fall. >> thats why no salmon to eat. but the mood is festival. celeb tour. theyve campaigned hard to have dams removed. one just after federal regulators approved the plan next year. three more will follow next year. then theres this. what...

Eventually be the flood plain. this will be the flood plain here. >> thats me and frankie, the tribel leader, theyre undoth damage by minors and more, recreating habitats for fish. >> i look out and see travel members running these excavators, fighting for their right to exist. our stories tell us without the salmon in the river, theres no need for us to be here. >> you dont seem to be bitter and pissed off. you seem more energized. >> we have every reason to be pissed off and angry. is that goi...

>> that quick. >> reporter: back at that celebration of salmon, we met oscar, a yurok f fisherman. this is where you should be cooking the fish. >> yeah. >> reporter: this year nothing? >> nothing. >> reporter: the pit is empty. well, save for some symbolic chunks of that first dam that came down. >> we are hopeful when the dams come down, that this pit will be full again. >> reporter: along with the river. >> nick watt there, thank you. coming up for us, messi mania at mls. after the break, w...

Hydropower dams. >> there is only about half of the salmon returning that we need to sustain the current population and that is why it was shut down completely this fall. >> that is why there is no salmon to eat. but the mood at the festival is, well, festive, celebratory. because others are doing something about that lack of salmon. theyve campaigned hard to have dams removed. one just was after federal regulator as proved the plan last year, three more to follow next year. and then there is th...

Recreating bug habitat and food for the fish. >> when i look out, and i see our tribal members running these excavators and fighting for their right to exist because our stories tell us that without the salmon in the river, there is no feed for us to be here. >> reporter: you dont seem to be bitter and pissed off, you seem more energized to what you could do to change that. >> we have every reason to be pissed off and angry. is that going to bring our salmon back? >> reporter: no. but fighting a...