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Peter Moyle is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology and Associate Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, at UC Davis. He is author or co-author of more than 240 publications, including the definitive Inland Fishes of California (2002). He is co-author of the 2017 book,
Floodplains: Processes and Management for Ecosystem Services. His research interests include conservation of aquatic species, habitats, and ecosystems, including salmon; ecology of fishes of the San Francisco Estuary; ecology of California stream fishes; impact of introduced aquatic organisms; and use of floodplains by fish.
Robert Lusardi is the California Trout/UC Davis Wild and Coldwater Fish Researcher focused on establishing the basis for long-term science specific to California Trout’s wild and coldwater fish initiatives. His work bridges the widening gap between academic science and applied conservation policy, ensuring t
Skeptical About Klamath River Dam Removal, Harbor District, Del Norte County Seek Protection Against Potential Damages
The Klamath River past the J.C. Boyle Dam, one of four Klamath hydroelectric dams owned by PacifiCorp, along with Iron Gate, Copco I and Copco II. | Wikimedia Commons.
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Though the nonprofit tasked with Klamath River dam removal is about to submit its definite plan to federal regulators, Del Norte County and the Crescent City Harbor District are still worried about potential negative impacts.
Harbor commissioners on Thursday agreed to sign onto a memorandum of understanding that includes the county and the Klamath River Renewal Corporation.
A floating blockade stretches across the Klamath River waiting to stop boats carrying Yurok and Karuk tribal officials and Berkshire Hathaway executives upriver on Aug. 28, 2020. It was a Friday in late August when four jet boats made their way up the Klamath River under a cloudless blue sky. The boats carried three tribal chairs. From the Karuk Tribe, there was Russell Buster Attebery, who d found pride as a boy catching salmon from the river and bringing them home to his family, and later come to believe some tribal youth s troubles from suicides to substance use could be traced back to their never having had that opportunity, growing up alongside a river now choked with algae and diminishing fish populations. There was Joseph James from the Yurok Tribe, who d come to see the river s declining health as a slow strangulation of his people river people who have lived along its banks and relied on its salmon as the bedrock of their diet since time im
Fight of the River People: The Generational Push That Brought Berkshire Hathaway to the Table and put Dam Removal Back on Track
A floating blockade stretches across the Klamath River waiting to stop boats carrying Yurok and Karuk tribal officials and Berkshire Hathaway executives upriver on Aug. 28, 2020. Photo: Mahlija Florendo
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It
was a Friday in late August when four jet boats made their way up the
Klamath River under a cloudless blue sky. The boats carried three
tribal chairs. From the Karuk Tribe, there was Russell “Buster”
Attebery, who’d found pride as a boy catching salmon from the river
Fight over Klamath River dam removal project goes to federal regulators
A proposal necessary for the Klamath River dam removal to proceed has gone to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, but some local lawmakers oppose the plan.
Posted: Feb 16, 2021 11:32 AM
Updated: Feb 16, 2021 5:32 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. A renewed push to remove a series of hydroelectric dams along the Klamath River is now in the hands of federal regulators, but some local lawmakers are lobbying in opposition to the project.
The proposal to remove four PacifiCorp dams on the Klamath River has been years in the making, with stakeholders represented by the nonprofit Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) arguing that it would help native fish populations to rebound.