#damremoval — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #damremoval, aggregated by home.social.
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Why Europe wants to tear down thousands of its dams
The rise of dam removals Resistance to dams grew throughout Europe in the 1980s, following the green revolution…
#Europe #EU #dam #damremoval #DamRemovalEurope #Ecosystems #European #EuropeanUnion #fish #fishmigration #hydropower #NatureRestorationRegulation #pollution #riverhealth #rivers #Sustainability
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https://www.bayjournal.com/news/wildlife_habitat/pennsylvania-again-led-nation-in-dam-removals-for-2025/article_5fe52ee1-9a3b-454c-b730-b68b3ca8326c.html “Dam removal increases community safety in the face of extreme weather and increasing flood risk, catalyzes the growth of river recreation economies, and benefits fish and wildlife” #DamRemoval #PA #SaveTheBay #conservation
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https://www.bayjournal.com/news/wildlife_habitat/pennsylvania-again-led-nation-in-dam-removals-for-2025/article_5fe52ee1-9a3b-454c-b730-b68b3ca8326c.html “Dam removal increases community safety in the face of extreme weather and increasing flood risk, catalyzes the growth of river recreation economies, and benefits fish and wildlife” #DamRemoval #PA #SaveTheBay #conservation
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https://www.bayjournal.com/news/wildlife_habitat/pennsylvania-again-led-nation-in-dam-removals-for-2025/article_5fe52ee1-9a3b-454c-b730-b68b3ca8326c.html “Dam removal increases community safety in the face of extreme weather and increasing flood risk, catalyzes the growth of river recreation economies, and benefits fish and wildlife” #DamRemoval #PA #SaveTheBay #conservation
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https://www.bayjournal.com/news/wildlife_habitat/pennsylvania-again-led-nation-in-dam-removals-for-2025/article_5fe52ee1-9a3b-454c-b730-b68b3ca8326c.html “Dam removal increases community safety in the face of extreme weather and increasing flood risk, catalyzes the growth of river recreation economies, and benefits fish and wildlife” #DamRemoval #PA #SaveTheBay #conservation
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https://www.bayjournal.com/news/wildlife_habitat/pennsylvania-again-led-nation-in-dam-removals-for-2025/article_5fe52ee1-9a3b-454c-b730-b68b3ca8326c.html “Dam removal increases community safety in the face of extreme weather and increasing flood risk, catalyzes the growth of river recreation economies, and benefits fish and wildlife” #DamRemoval #PA #SaveTheBay #conservation
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[Photos] #IndigenousYouths #Reclaiming #Waters and #Rivers: #Bioneers
"During Bioneers annual conference in Berkeley, Indigenous youths shared their struggles, from the Eastern Cherokee to the Klamath on the west coast, to Hawaii, as Native youths reclaim their waters and rivers, and rise to defend the natural world."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/04/indigenous-youths-reclaiming-waters-and.html
#SolarPunkSunday #WaterIsLife #DamRemoval #RiverKeepers #RestoringNature #ProtectNature #IndigenousNews
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[Photos] #IndigenousYouths #Reclaiming #Waters and #Rivers: #Bioneers
"During Bioneers annual conference in Berkeley, Indigenous youths shared their struggles, from the Eastern Cherokee to the Klamath on the west coast, to Hawaii, as Native youths reclaim their waters and rivers, and rise to defend the natural world."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/04/indigenous-youths-reclaiming-waters-and.html
#SolarPunkSunday #WaterIsLife #DamRemoval #RiverKeepers #RestoringNature #ProtectNature #IndigenousNews
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[Photos] #IndigenousYouths #Reclaiming #Waters and #Rivers: #Bioneers
"During Bioneers annual conference in Berkeley, Indigenous youths shared their struggles, from the Eastern Cherokee to the Klamath on the west coast, to Hawaii, as Native youths reclaim their waters and rivers, and rise to defend the natural world."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/04/indigenous-youths-reclaiming-waters-and.html
#SolarPunkSunday #WaterIsLife #DamRemoval #RiverKeepers #RestoringNature #ProtectNature #IndigenousNews
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[Photos] #IndigenousYouths #Reclaiming #Waters and #Rivers: #Bioneers
"During Bioneers annual conference in Berkeley, Indigenous youths shared their struggles, from the Eastern Cherokee to the Klamath on the west coast, to Hawaii, as Native youths reclaim their waters and rivers, and rise to defend the natural world."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/04/indigenous-youths-reclaiming-waters-and.html
#SolarPunkSunday #WaterIsLife #DamRemoval #RiverKeepers #RestoringNature #ProtectNature #IndigenousNews
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[Photos] #IndigenousYouths #Reclaiming #Waters and #Rivers: #Bioneers
"During Bioneers annual conference in Berkeley, Indigenous youths shared their struggles, from the Eastern Cherokee to the Klamath on the west coast, to Hawaii, as Native youths reclaim their waters and rivers, and rise to defend the natural world."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/04/indigenous-youths-reclaiming-waters-and.html
#SolarPunkSunday #WaterIsLife #DamRemoval #RiverKeepers #RestoringNature #ProtectNature #IndigenousNews
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#WetlandRestoration and Improvement Projects Receive $4.6 Million in Funding
February 09, 2026 | #Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine — "The Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program (#MNRCP) awarded over $4.6 million for 10 projects that will restore and enhance freshwater and coastal wetlands and streams, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (#MaineDEP) announced today.
The projects awarded funding include:
- Improving degraded #SaltMarsh around the #YorkRiver
- Restoring #eelgrass in the #GreatSaltBay
- Removing dams on the #RoyalRiver in #YarmouthME and the #NezinscotRiver in #BuckfieldME
- Reconnecting a side channel and reestablishing #wetlands along the Upper #MagallowayRiver
- Expanding and enhancing the #RiparianBuffer of a brook in #WaldoboroME
- Upgrading a culvert to a bridge on a tributary to the #AroostookRiver
- Restoring and reconnecting #wetlands in #AcadiaNationalPark"In total, $4,633,343 was awarded to restore wetlands that will improve water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, and mitigate flooding impacts.
"#MNRCP is one of the most important funding sources for wetland restoration and conservation projects in the state. Since it began in 2008, the program has awarded over $36 million for 183 wetland restoration and conservation projects. Public agencies, municipalities, Tribes and nonprofit conservation organizations are all eligible to apply for funding. MNRCP funding can cover the costs of wetland consultants and engineers who support project design and implementation.
"The program provides opportunities for restoration projects that help improve a broad range of critical habitats, both inland and along Maine’s coast."
Read more:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/mnrcp-awardees/#SolarPunkSunday #MaineRivers #MaineWetlands #WetlandRestoration #RestoringNature #DamRemoval
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#WetlandRestoration and Improvement Projects Receive $4.6 Million in Funding
February 09, 2026 | #Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine — "The Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program (#MNRCP) awarded over $4.6 million for 10 projects that will restore and enhance freshwater and coastal wetlands and streams, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (#MaineDEP) announced today.
The projects awarded funding include:
- Improving degraded #SaltMarsh around the #YorkRiver
- Restoring #eelgrass in the #GreatSaltBay
- Removing dams on the #RoyalRiver in #YarmouthME and the #NezinscotRiver in #BuckfieldME
- Reconnecting a side channel and reestablishing #wetlands along the Upper #MagallowayRiver
- Expanding and enhancing the #RiparianBuffer of a brook in #WaldoboroME
- Upgrading a culvert to a bridge on a tributary to the #AroostookRiver
- Restoring and reconnecting #wetlands in #AcadiaNationalPark"In total, $4,633,343 was awarded to restore wetlands that will improve water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, and mitigate flooding impacts.
"#MNRCP is one of the most important funding sources for wetland restoration and conservation projects in the state. Since it began in 2008, the program has awarded over $36 million for 183 wetland restoration and conservation projects. Public agencies, municipalities, Tribes and nonprofit conservation organizations are all eligible to apply for funding. MNRCP funding can cover the costs of wetland consultants and engineers who support project design and implementation.
"The program provides opportunities for restoration projects that help improve a broad range of critical habitats, both inland and along Maine’s coast."
Read more:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/mnrcp-awardees/#SolarPunkSunday #MaineRivers #MaineWetlands #WetlandRestoration #RestoringNature #DamRemoval
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#WetlandRestoration and Improvement Projects Receive $4.6 Million in Funding
February 09, 2026 | #Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine — "The Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program (#MNRCP) awarded over $4.6 million for 10 projects that will restore and enhance freshwater and coastal wetlands and streams, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (#MaineDEP) announced today.
The projects awarded funding include:
- Improving degraded #SaltMarsh around the #YorkRiver
- Restoring #eelgrass in the #GreatSaltBay
- Removing dams on the #RoyalRiver in #YarmouthME and the #NezinscotRiver in #BuckfieldME
- Reconnecting a side channel and reestablishing #wetlands along the Upper #MagallowayRiver
- Expanding and enhancing the #RiparianBuffer of a brook in #WaldoboroME
- Upgrading a culvert to a bridge on a tributary to the #AroostookRiver
- Restoring and reconnecting #wetlands in #AcadiaNationalPark"In total, $4,633,343 was awarded to restore wetlands that will improve water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, and mitigate flooding impacts.
"#MNRCP is one of the most important funding sources for wetland restoration and conservation projects in the state. Since it began in 2008, the program has awarded over $36 million for 183 wetland restoration and conservation projects. Public agencies, municipalities, Tribes and nonprofit conservation organizations are all eligible to apply for funding. MNRCP funding can cover the costs of wetland consultants and engineers who support project design and implementation.
"The program provides opportunities for restoration projects that help improve a broad range of critical habitats, both inland and along Maine’s coast."
Read more:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/mnrcp-awardees/#SolarPunkSunday #MaineRivers #MaineWetlands #WetlandRestoration #RestoringNature #DamRemoval
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#WetlandRestoration and Improvement Projects Receive $4.6 Million in Funding
February 09, 2026 | #Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine — "The Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program (#MNRCP) awarded over $4.6 million for 10 projects that will restore and enhance freshwater and coastal wetlands and streams, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (#MaineDEP) announced today.
The projects awarded funding include:
- Improving degraded #SaltMarsh around the #YorkRiver
- Restoring #eelgrass in the #GreatSaltBay
- Removing dams on the #RoyalRiver in #YarmouthME and the #NezinscotRiver in #BuckfieldME
- Reconnecting a side channel and reestablishing #wetlands along the Upper #MagallowayRiver
- Expanding and enhancing the #RiparianBuffer of a brook in #WaldoboroME
- Upgrading a culvert to a bridge on a tributary to the #AroostookRiver
- Restoring and reconnecting #wetlands in #AcadiaNationalPark"In total, $4,633,343 was awarded to restore wetlands that will improve water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, and mitigate flooding impacts.
"#MNRCP is one of the most important funding sources for wetland restoration and conservation projects in the state. Since it began in 2008, the program has awarded over $36 million for 183 wetland restoration and conservation projects. Public agencies, municipalities, Tribes and nonprofit conservation organizations are all eligible to apply for funding. MNRCP funding can cover the costs of wetland consultants and engineers who support project design and implementation.
"The program provides opportunities for restoration projects that help improve a broad range of critical habitats, both inland and along Maine’s coast."
Read more:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/mnrcp-awardees/#SolarPunkSunday #MaineRivers #MaineWetlands #WetlandRestoration #RestoringNature #DamRemoval
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#WetlandRestoration and Improvement Projects Receive $4.6 Million in Funding
February 09, 2026 | #Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine — "The Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program (#MNRCP) awarded over $4.6 million for 10 projects that will restore and enhance freshwater and coastal wetlands and streams, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (#MaineDEP) announced today.
The projects awarded funding include:
- Improving degraded #SaltMarsh around the #YorkRiver
- Restoring #eelgrass in the #GreatSaltBay
- Removing dams on the #RoyalRiver in #YarmouthME and the #NezinscotRiver in #BuckfieldME
- Reconnecting a side channel and reestablishing #wetlands along the Upper #MagallowayRiver
- Expanding and enhancing the #RiparianBuffer of a brook in #WaldoboroME
- Upgrading a culvert to a bridge on a tributary to the #AroostookRiver
- Restoring and reconnecting #wetlands in #AcadiaNationalPark"In total, $4,633,343 was awarded to restore wetlands that will improve water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, and mitigate flooding impacts.
"#MNRCP is one of the most important funding sources for wetland restoration and conservation projects in the state. Since it began in 2008, the program has awarded over $36 million for 183 wetland restoration and conservation projects. Public agencies, municipalities, Tribes and nonprofit conservation organizations are all eligible to apply for funding. MNRCP funding can cover the costs of wetland consultants and engineers who support project design and implementation.
"The program provides opportunities for restoration projects that help improve a broad range of critical habitats, both inland and along Maine’s coast."
Read more:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/mnrcp-awardees/#SolarPunkSunday #MaineRivers #MaineWetlands #WetlandRestoration #RestoringNature #DamRemoval
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It took over 22 years, but it is really worth it to see the degraded land and watersheds begin to recover. There's still a lot of work ahead, but this project shows that we can return these dammed and sick river systems back to a healthier state: https://youtu.be/NTTmrdheoYc?feature=shared
Similar success with dam removals has been had on the Elwha River in Washington State.
#KlamathBasin #DamRemoval #TreatyRights #ProtectWatersheds #Salmon #Oregon #California
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It took over 22 years, but it is really worth it to see the degraded land and watersheds begin to recover. There's still a lot of work ahead, but this project shows that we can return these dammed and sick river systems back to a healthier state: https://youtu.be/NTTmrdheoYc?feature=shared
Similar success with dam removals has been had on the Elwha River in Washington State.
#KlamathBasin #DamRemoval #TreatyRights #ProtectWatersheds #Salmon #Oregon #California
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It took over 22 years, but it is really worth it to see the degraded land and watersheds begin to recover. There's still a lot of work ahead, but this project shows that we can return these dammed and sick river systems back to a healthier state: https://youtu.be/NTTmrdheoYc?feature=shared
Similar success with dam removals has been had on the Elwha River in Washington State.
#KlamathBasin #DamRemoval #TreatyRights #ProtectWatersheds #Salmon #Oregon #California
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It took over 22 years, but it is really worth it to see the degraded land and watersheds begin to recover. There's still a lot of work ahead, but this project shows that we can return these dammed and sick river systems back to a healthier state: https://youtu.be/NTTmrdheoYc?feature=shared
Similar success with dam removals has been had on the Elwha River in Washington State.
#KlamathBasin #DamRemoval #TreatyRights #ProtectWatersheds #Salmon #Oregon #California
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It took over 22 years, but it is really worth it to see the degraded land and watersheds begin to recover. There's still a lot of work ahead, but this project shows that we can return these dammed and sick river systems back to a healthier state: https://youtu.be/NTTmrdheoYc?feature=shared
Similar success with dam removals has been had on the Elwha River in Washington State.
#KlamathBasin #DamRemoval #TreatyRights #ProtectWatersheds #Salmon #Oregon #California
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‘Salmon Everywhere’ One Year After Klamath Dam Removal
“There are salmon everywhere on the landscape right now”
by The Source Staff November 25, 2025
"A little more than a year after the historic removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) scientists are seeing salmon reoccupying just about every corner of their historic habitat.
" 'The speed at which salmon are repopulating every nook and cranny of suitable habitat upstream of the dams in the Klamath Basin is both remarkable and thrilling,' said Michael Harris, Environmental Program Manager of CDFW’s Klamath Watershed Program. 'There are salmon everywhere on the landscape right now, and it’s invigorating our work.'
"While adult returns of salmon are ongoing and final estimates won’t be available until January, initial reports indicate a stronger fall-run Chinook salmon return than last year with widespread dispersal of the fish. Recent signs of salmon recovery throughout the Klamath Basin include:
- The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Klamath Tribes report seeing widespread salmon spawning within the Oregon portion of the Klamath River, including within multiple tributaries upstream of Klamath Lake where salmon haven’t been seen in more than century.
- Fish-counting stations on newly accessible tributaries within the former reservoir footprints in California have recorded 208 adult Chinook salmon in Jenny Creek and 260 adult Chinook salmon in Shovel Creek to date. While multiple state and federal agencies,Tribes and non-governmental organizations are monitoring salmon throughout the Klamath Basin, CDFW is particularly focused on monitoring these newly accessible tributaries. CDFW field crews are surveying regularly for salmon nests and adult fish.
- CDFW snorkel crews this summer documented juvenile salmon and/or steelhead occupying nearly all of the newly accessible tributaries in the reservoir footprints. In Fall Creek, one of the newly accessible tributaries upstream of the former Iron Gate Dam location, approximately 65,000 wild juvenile Chinook salmon were counted.
- CDFW’s Fall Creek Fish Hatchery, a $35 million state-of-the-art facility in its second year of operation, began spawning returning fall-run Chinook salmon in mid-October. To date, the hatchery has spawned 416 female fish and collected roughly 1.27 million eggs – four times the number of salmon spawned this time last year. More than 1,200 Chinook salmon have entered the hatchery so far.
- Temperature monitoring in 2024 and 2025 along the mainstem Klamath River following the removal of the four dams reveals the return of natural, seasonal fluctuations of water temperatures benefiting salmon. Post-dam removal water temperatures are cooling sooner in the fall when adult fall-run Chinook salmon are returning and need that cool water most followed by warming temperatures in the spring when juvenile salmon are rearing and out-migrating to the ocean.
- Scientists are seeing a lower prevalence of Ceratonova shasta – or C. shasta – a parasite that plagued juvenile salmon prior to dam removal. Harmful algal blooms in the Klamath River are smaller now and less frequent since dam removal.
A primary goal of Klamath River dam removal was the reestablishment of viable, wild, self-sustaining populations of salmon and other anadromous fish species for conservation, for their ecological benefits, and to enhance Tribal, commercial and recreational fisheries."
#KlamathRiver #KarukNation #KlamathDamRemoval #KlamathRiverRestoration #Salmon #YurokNation #KlamathRiverTribes #DamRemoval #KlamathRiverBasin #Rewilding #Restoration #Nature #SolarPunkSunday
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‘Salmon Everywhere’ One Year After Klamath Dam Removal
“There are salmon everywhere on the landscape right now”
by The Source Staff November 25, 2025
"A little more than a year after the historic removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) scientists are seeing salmon reoccupying just about every corner of their historic habitat.
" 'The speed at which salmon are repopulating every nook and cranny of suitable habitat upstream of the dams in the Klamath Basin is both remarkable and thrilling,' said Michael Harris, Environmental Program Manager of CDFW’s Klamath Watershed Program. 'There are salmon everywhere on the landscape right now, and it’s invigorating our work.'
"While adult returns of salmon are ongoing and final estimates won’t be available until January, initial reports indicate a stronger fall-run Chinook salmon return than last year with widespread dispersal of the fish. Recent signs of salmon recovery throughout the Klamath Basin include:
- The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Klamath Tribes report seeing widespread salmon spawning within the Oregon portion of the Klamath River, including within multiple tributaries upstream of Klamath Lake where salmon haven’t been seen in more than century.
- Fish-counting stations on newly accessible tributaries within the former reservoir footprints in California have recorded 208 adult Chinook salmon in Jenny Creek and 260 adult Chinook salmon in Shovel Creek to date. While multiple state and federal agencies,Tribes and non-governmental organizations are monitoring salmon throughout the Klamath Basin, CDFW is particularly focused on monitoring these newly accessible tributaries. CDFW field crews are surveying regularly for salmon nests and adult fish.
- CDFW snorkel crews this summer documented juvenile salmon and/or steelhead occupying nearly all of the newly accessible tributaries in the reservoir footprints. In Fall Creek, one of the newly accessible tributaries upstream of the former Iron Gate Dam location, approximately 65,000 wild juvenile Chinook salmon were counted.
- CDFW’s Fall Creek Fish Hatchery, a $35 million state-of-the-art facility in its second year of operation, began spawning returning fall-run Chinook salmon in mid-October. To date, the hatchery has spawned 416 female fish and collected roughly 1.27 million eggs – four times the number of salmon spawned this time last year. More than 1,200 Chinook salmon have entered the hatchery so far.
- Temperature monitoring in 2024 and 2025 along the mainstem Klamath River following the removal of the four dams reveals the return of natural, seasonal fluctuations of water temperatures benefiting salmon. Post-dam removal water temperatures are cooling sooner in the fall when adult fall-run Chinook salmon are returning and need that cool water most followed by warming temperatures in the spring when juvenile salmon are rearing and out-migrating to the ocean.
- Scientists are seeing a lower prevalence of Ceratonova shasta – or C. shasta – a parasite that plagued juvenile salmon prior to dam removal. Harmful algal blooms in the Klamath River are smaller now and less frequent since dam removal.
A primary goal of Klamath River dam removal was the reestablishment of viable, wild, self-sustaining populations of salmon and other anadromous fish species for conservation, for their ecological benefits, and to enhance Tribal, commercial and recreational fisheries."
#KlamathRiver #KarukNation #KlamathDamRemoval #KlamathRiverRestoration #Salmon #YurokNation #KlamathRiverTribes #DamRemoval #KlamathRiverBasin #Rewilding #Restoration #Nature #SolarPunkSunday
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‘Salmon Everywhere’ One Year After Klamath Dam Removal
“There are salmon everywhere on the landscape right now”
by The Source Staff November 25, 2025
"A little more than a year after the historic removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) scientists are seeing salmon reoccupying just about every corner of their historic habitat.
" 'The speed at which salmon are repopulating every nook and cranny of suitable habitat upstream of the dams in the Klamath Basin is both remarkable and thrilling,' said Michael Harris, Environmental Program Manager of CDFW’s Klamath Watershed Program. 'There are salmon everywhere on the landscape right now, and it’s invigorating our work.'
"While adult returns of salmon are ongoing and final estimates won’t be available until January, initial reports indicate a stronger fall-run Chinook salmon return than last year with widespread dispersal of the fish. Recent signs of salmon recovery throughout the Klamath Basin include:
- The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Klamath Tribes report seeing widespread salmon spawning within the Oregon portion of the Klamath River, including within multiple tributaries upstream of Klamath Lake where salmon haven’t been seen in more than century.
- Fish-counting stations on newly accessible tributaries within the former reservoir footprints in California have recorded 208 adult Chinook salmon in Jenny Creek and 260 adult Chinook salmon in Shovel Creek to date. While multiple state and federal agencies,Tribes and non-governmental organizations are monitoring salmon throughout the Klamath Basin, CDFW is particularly focused on monitoring these newly accessible tributaries. CDFW field crews are surveying regularly for salmon nests and adult fish.
- CDFW snorkel crews this summer documented juvenile salmon and/or steelhead occupying nearly all of the newly accessible tributaries in the reservoir footprints. In Fall Creek, one of the newly accessible tributaries upstream of the former Iron Gate Dam location, approximately 65,000 wild juvenile Chinook salmon were counted.
- CDFW’s Fall Creek Fish Hatchery, a $35 million state-of-the-art facility in its second year of operation, began spawning returning fall-run Chinook salmon in mid-October. To date, the hatchery has spawned 416 female fish and collected roughly 1.27 million eggs – four times the number of salmon spawned this time last year. More than 1,200 Chinook salmon have entered the hatchery so far.
- Temperature monitoring in 2024 and 2025 along the mainstem Klamath River following the removal of the four dams reveals the return of natural, seasonal fluctuations of water temperatures benefiting salmon. Post-dam removal water temperatures are cooling sooner in the fall when adult fall-run Chinook salmon are returning and need that cool water most followed by warming temperatures in the spring when juvenile salmon are rearing and out-migrating to the ocean.
- Scientists are seeing a lower prevalence of Ceratonova shasta – or C. shasta – a parasite that plagued juvenile salmon prior to dam removal. Harmful algal blooms in the Klamath River are smaller now and less frequent since dam removal.
A primary goal of Klamath River dam removal was the reestablishment of viable, wild, self-sustaining populations of salmon and other anadromous fish species for conservation, for their ecological benefits, and to enhance Tribal, commercial and recreational fisheries."
#KlamathRiver #KarukNation #KlamathDamRemoval #KlamathRiverRestoration #Salmon #YurokNation #KlamathRiverTribes #DamRemoval #KlamathRiverBasin #Rewilding #Restoration #Nature #SolarPunkSunday
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‘Salmon Everywhere’ One Year After Klamath Dam Removal
“There are salmon everywhere on the landscape right now”
by The Source Staff November 25, 2025
"A little more than a year after the historic removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) scientists are seeing salmon reoccupying just about every corner of their historic habitat.
" 'The speed at which salmon are repopulating every nook and cranny of suitable habitat upstream of the dams in the Klamath Basin is both remarkable and thrilling,' said Michael Harris, Environmental Program Manager of CDFW’s Klamath Watershed Program. 'There are salmon everywhere on the landscape right now, and it’s invigorating our work.'
"While adult returns of salmon are ongoing and final estimates won’t be available until January, initial reports indicate a stronger fall-run Chinook salmon return than last year with widespread dispersal of the fish. Recent signs of salmon recovery throughout the Klamath Basin include:
- The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Klamath Tribes report seeing widespread salmon spawning within the Oregon portion of the Klamath River, including within multiple tributaries upstream of Klamath Lake where salmon haven’t been seen in more than century.
- Fish-counting stations on newly accessible tributaries within the former reservoir footprints in California have recorded 208 adult Chinook salmon in Jenny Creek and 260 adult Chinook salmon in Shovel Creek to date. While multiple state and federal agencies,Tribes and non-governmental organizations are monitoring salmon throughout the Klamath Basin, CDFW is particularly focused on monitoring these newly accessible tributaries. CDFW field crews are surveying regularly for salmon nests and adult fish.
- CDFW snorkel crews this summer documented juvenile salmon and/or steelhead occupying nearly all of the newly accessible tributaries in the reservoir footprints. In Fall Creek, one of the newly accessible tributaries upstream of the former Iron Gate Dam location, approximately 65,000 wild juvenile Chinook salmon were counted.
- CDFW’s Fall Creek Fish Hatchery, a $35 million state-of-the-art facility in its second year of operation, began spawning returning fall-run Chinook salmon in mid-October. To date, the hatchery has spawned 416 female fish and collected roughly 1.27 million eggs – four times the number of salmon spawned this time last year. More than 1,200 Chinook salmon have entered the hatchery so far.
- Temperature monitoring in 2024 and 2025 along the mainstem Klamath River following the removal of the four dams reveals the return of natural, seasonal fluctuations of water temperatures benefiting salmon. Post-dam removal water temperatures are cooling sooner in the fall when adult fall-run Chinook salmon are returning and need that cool water most followed by warming temperatures in the spring when juvenile salmon are rearing and out-migrating to the ocean.
- Scientists are seeing a lower prevalence of Ceratonova shasta – or C. shasta – a parasite that plagued juvenile salmon prior to dam removal. Harmful algal blooms in the Klamath River are smaller now and less frequent since dam removal.
A primary goal of Klamath River dam removal was the reestablishment of viable, wild, self-sustaining populations of salmon and other anadromous fish species for conservation, for their ecological benefits, and to enhance Tribal, commercial and recreational fisheries."
#KlamathRiver #KarukNation #KlamathDamRemoval #KlamathRiverRestoration #Salmon #YurokNation #KlamathRiverTribes #DamRemoval #KlamathRiverBasin #Rewilding #Restoration #Nature #SolarPunkSunday
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‘Salmon Everywhere’ One Year After Klamath Dam Removal
“There are salmon everywhere on the landscape right now”
by The Source Staff November 25, 2025
"A little more than a year after the historic removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) scientists are seeing salmon reoccupying just about every corner of their historic habitat.
" 'The speed at which salmon are repopulating every nook and cranny of suitable habitat upstream of the dams in the Klamath Basin is both remarkable and thrilling,' said Michael Harris, Environmental Program Manager of CDFW’s Klamath Watershed Program. 'There are salmon everywhere on the landscape right now, and it’s invigorating our work.'
"While adult returns of salmon are ongoing and final estimates won’t be available until January, initial reports indicate a stronger fall-run Chinook salmon return than last year with widespread dispersal of the fish. Recent signs of salmon recovery throughout the Klamath Basin include:
- The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Klamath Tribes report seeing widespread salmon spawning within the Oregon portion of the Klamath River, including within multiple tributaries upstream of Klamath Lake where salmon haven’t been seen in more than century.
- Fish-counting stations on newly accessible tributaries within the former reservoir footprints in California have recorded 208 adult Chinook salmon in Jenny Creek and 260 adult Chinook salmon in Shovel Creek to date. While multiple state and federal agencies,Tribes and non-governmental organizations are monitoring salmon throughout the Klamath Basin, CDFW is particularly focused on monitoring these newly accessible tributaries. CDFW field crews are surveying regularly for salmon nests and adult fish.
- CDFW snorkel crews this summer documented juvenile salmon and/or steelhead occupying nearly all of the newly accessible tributaries in the reservoir footprints. In Fall Creek, one of the newly accessible tributaries upstream of the former Iron Gate Dam location, approximately 65,000 wild juvenile Chinook salmon were counted.
- CDFW’s Fall Creek Fish Hatchery, a $35 million state-of-the-art facility in its second year of operation, began spawning returning fall-run Chinook salmon in mid-October. To date, the hatchery has spawned 416 female fish and collected roughly 1.27 million eggs – four times the number of salmon spawned this time last year. More than 1,200 Chinook salmon have entered the hatchery so far.
- Temperature monitoring in 2024 and 2025 along the mainstem Klamath River following the removal of the four dams reveals the return of natural, seasonal fluctuations of water temperatures benefiting salmon. Post-dam removal water temperatures are cooling sooner in the fall when adult fall-run Chinook salmon are returning and need that cool water most followed by warming temperatures in the spring when juvenile salmon are rearing and out-migrating to the ocean.
- Scientists are seeing a lower prevalence of Ceratonova shasta – or C. shasta – a parasite that plagued juvenile salmon prior to dam removal. Harmful algal blooms in the Klamath River are smaller now and less frequent since dam removal.
A primary goal of Klamath River dam removal was the reestablishment of viable, wild, self-sustaining populations of salmon and other anadromous fish species for conservation, for their ecological benefits, and to enhance Tribal, commercial and recreational fisheries."
#KlamathRiver #KarukNation #KlamathDamRemoval #KlamathRiverRestoration #Salmon #YurokNation #KlamathRiverTribes #DamRemoval #KlamathRiverBasin #Rewilding #Restoration #Nature #SolarPunkSunday
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We are delighted to announce our support for a groundbreaking #DamRemoval project in #Finland: dismantling of the #Palokki #hydropower #dam in Heinävesi Finland. openrivers.eu/news/palokki...
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@andrewabernathy OPB film "First Descent" has the authentic voices of young people. They learned to paddle whitewater! #DamRemoval #KlamathRiver
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@andrewabernathy OPB film "First Descent" has the authentic voices of young people. They learned to paddle whitewater! #DamRemoval #KlamathRiver
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@andrewabernathy OPB film "First Descent" has the authentic voices of young people. They learned to paddle whitewater! #DamRemoval #KlamathRiver
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@andrewabernathy OPB film "First Descent" has the authentic voices of young people. They learned to paddle whitewater! #DamRemoval #KlamathRiver
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@andrewabernathy OPB film "First Descent" has the authentic voices of young people. They learned to paddle whitewater! #DamRemoval #KlamathRiver
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#klamath #damremoval Some Klamath-local youths in a program kayaked down the recently mostly-reopened Klamath River.
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#klamath #damremoval Some Klamath-local youths in a program kayaked down the recently mostly-reopened Klamath River.
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CPH Daily Bulletin 11/12/2025
Salmon are back in the #KlamathRiver. Now #farmers want to keep them off their land
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"Salmon back in the Klamath River but finding their way into irrigation canals, something farmers and officials want to prevent" by Oregon Public Broadcasting OPB (PBS Portland) - Unexpectedly fast return of salmon up the Klamath River into Southern Oregon after removal of four dams has led to some fish finding their way into agricultural canals where planned fish screens had not yet been built. https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/10/klamath-river-salmon-return-farmers-but-dont-want-them/ #Oregon #DamRemoval #environment #science #PNW
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"Salmon back in the Klamath River but finding their way into irrigation canals, something farmers and officials want to prevent" by Oregon Public Broadcasting OPB (PBS Portland) - Unexpectedly fast return of salmon up the Klamath River into Southern Oregon after removal of four dams has led to some fish finding their way into agricultural canals where planned fish screens had not yet been built. https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/10/klamath-river-salmon-return-farmers-but-dont-want-them/ #Oregon #DamRemoval #environment #science #PNW
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"Salmon back in the Klamath River but finding their way into irrigation canals, something farmers and officials want to prevent" by Oregon Public Broadcasting OPB (PBS Portland) - Unexpectedly fast return of salmon up the Klamath River into Southern Oregon after removal of four dams has led to some fish finding their way into agricultural canals where planned fish screens had not yet been built. https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/10/klamath-river-salmon-return-farmers-but-dont-want-them/ #Oregon #DamRemoval #environment #science #PNW
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"Salmon back in the Klamath River but finding their way into irrigation canals, something farmers and officials want to prevent" by Oregon Public Broadcasting OPB (PBS Portland) - Unexpectedly fast return of salmon up the Klamath River into Southern Oregon after removal of four dams has led to some fish finding their way into agricultural canals where planned fish screens had not yet been built. https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/10/klamath-river-salmon-return-farmers-but-dont-want-them/ #Oregon #DamRemoval #environment #science #PNW
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"Salmon back in the Klamath River but finding their way into irrigation canals, something farmers and officials want to prevent" by Oregon Public Broadcasting OPB (PBS Portland) - Unexpectedly fast return of salmon up the Klamath River into Southern Oregon after removal of four dams has led to some fish finding their way into agricultural canals where planned fish screens had not yet been built. https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/10/klamath-river-salmon-return-farmers-but-dont-want-them/ #Oregon #DamRemoval #environment #science #PNW
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Becker Pond in Mount Washington will be history after the dam holding back its waters comes down | South Berkshires
MOUNT WASHINGTON — A week and a half ago, the water of Becker Pond was held back to overflowing.…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #beckerpond #damremoval #dams #divisionofecologicalresources #mountplantain #mountwashington #olddams #Science #thenatureconservancy
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Becker Pond in Mount Washington will be history after the dam holding back its waters comes down | South Berkshires
MOUNT WASHINGTON — A week and a half ago, the water of Becker Pond was held back to overflowing.…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #beckerpond #damremoval #dams #divisionofecologicalresources #mountplantain #mountwashington #olddams #Science #thenatureconservancy
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One of the folks I had the opportunity to talk to at a #MaineRivers conference some years ago was #PenobscotNation member #JohnBanks. So glad to see him being honored... He has been a tireless advocate for the #PenobscotRiver!
"Banks was the Penobscot Nation’s representative on the Maine-Indian State Tribal Commission from 1987 to 2021, making him its longest-serving member. He also served on many local, regional and national organization boards, including the National Tribal Environmental Council, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, National Indian Policy Center, and the Tribal Operations Committee with the federal EPA.
"But arguably Banks’ most noteworthy accomplishment involves bringing a Wabanaki voice and leadership to the historic #PenobscotRiverRestorationProject (1999-2016) in which two dams nearest to the sea were removed and a stream-like bypass channel was completed around a third dam at Howland.
"Completed in 2016, the $63 million restoration project opened almost 2,000 miles of habitat for 11 species of sea-run fish that had been choked off from their spawning grounds for almost two centuries by dams across the river.
"Since then, the river has come back alive with millions of river herring joined by Atlantic salmon, shad, sturgeon and other species in numbers that hadn’t been seen on the Penobscot River for nearly two centuries. Laura Rose Day credits Banks with a key intervention in 2002, when it looked like negotiations that had been going on for three years between #EnvironmentalGroups and the #hydro company owner were about to collapse.
" '[John] asked for a few minutes,' she wrote in a 2014 Christian Science Monitor commentary recalling the moment. 'Removing an eagle feather from a cloth wrap, he circled the table, laying the feather on each shoulder. He reminded us that, no matter whom we served, we were also responsible for being the voice for all the creatures of the river – the birds, the fish, and all of the people as well. The common goal had to be the health of the river.' "
Read more:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-johnbanks/#WaterIsLife #WabanakiAlliance #Wabanaki #Nihkaniyane #MaineRivers #DamRemoval #RiverRestoration #SolarPunkSunday
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One of the folks I had the opportunity to talk to at a #MaineRivers conference some years ago was #PenobscotNation member #JohnBanks. So glad to see him being honored... He has been a tireless advocate for the #PenobscotRiver!
"Banks was the Penobscot Nation’s representative on the Maine-Indian State Tribal Commission from 1987 to 2021, making him its longest-serving member. He also served on many local, regional and national organization boards, including the National Tribal Environmental Council, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, National Indian Policy Center, and the Tribal Operations Committee with the federal EPA.
"But arguably Banks’ most noteworthy accomplishment involves bringing a Wabanaki voice and leadership to the historic #PenobscotRiverRestorationProject (1999-2016) in which two dams nearest to the sea were removed and a stream-like bypass channel was completed around a third dam at Howland.
"Completed in 2016, the $63 million restoration project opened almost 2,000 miles of habitat for 11 species of sea-run fish that had been choked off from their spawning grounds for almost two centuries by dams across the river.
"Since then, the river has come back alive with millions of river herring joined by Atlantic salmon, shad, sturgeon and other species in numbers that hadn’t been seen on the Penobscot River for nearly two centuries. Laura Rose Day credits Banks with a key intervention in 2002, when it looked like negotiations that had been going on for three years between #EnvironmentalGroups and the #hydro company owner were about to collapse.
" '[John] asked for a few minutes,' she wrote in a 2014 Christian Science Monitor commentary recalling the moment. 'Removing an eagle feather from a cloth wrap, he circled the table, laying the feather on each shoulder. He reminded us that, no matter whom we served, we were also responsible for being the voice for all the creatures of the river – the birds, the fish, and all of the people as well. The common goal had to be the health of the river.' "
Read more:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-johnbanks/#WaterIsLife #WabanakiAlliance #Wabanaki #Nihkaniyane #MaineRivers #DamRemoval #RiverRestoration #SolarPunkSunday
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One of the folks I had the opportunity to talk to at a #MaineRivers conference some years ago was #PenobscotNation member #JohnBanks. So glad to see him being honored... He has been a tireless advocate for the #PenobscotRiver!
"Banks was the Penobscot Nation’s representative on the Maine-Indian State Tribal Commission from 1987 to 2021, making him its longest-serving member. He also served on many local, regional and national organization boards, including the National Tribal Environmental Council, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, National Indian Policy Center, and the Tribal Operations Committee with the federal EPA.
"But arguably Banks’ most noteworthy accomplishment involves bringing a Wabanaki voice and leadership to the historic #PenobscotRiverRestorationProject (1999-2016) in which two dams nearest to the sea were removed and a stream-like bypass channel was completed around a third dam at Howland.
"Completed in 2016, the $63 million restoration project opened almost 2,000 miles of habitat for 11 species of sea-run fish that had been choked off from their spawning grounds for almost two centuries by dams across the river.
"Since then, the river has come back alive with millions of river herring joined by Atlantic salmon, shad, sturgeon and other species in numbers that hadn’t been seen on the Penobscot River for nearly two centuries. Laura Rose Day credits Banks with a key intervention in 2002, when it looked like negotiations that had been going on for three years between #EnvironmentalGroups and the #hydro company owner were about to collapse.
" '[John] asked for a few minutes,' she wrote in a 2014 Christian Science Monitor commentary recalling the moment. 'Removing an eagle feather from a cloth wrap, he circled the table, laying the feather on each shoulder. He reminded us that, no matter whom we served, we were also responsible for being the voice for all the creatures of the river – the birds, the fish, and all of the people as well. The common goal had to be the health of the river.' "
Read more:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-johnbanks/#WaterIsLife #WabanakiAlliance #Wabanaki #Nihkaniyane #MaineRivers #DamRemoval #RiverRestoration #SolarPunkSunday
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One of the folks I had the opportunity to talk to at a #MaineRivers conference some years ago was #PenobscotNation member #JohnBanks. So glad to see him being honored... He has been a tireless advocate for the #PenobscotRiver!
"Banks was the Penobscot Nation’s representative on the Maine-Indian State Tribal Commission from 1987 to 2021, making him its longest-serving member. He also served on many local, regional and national organization boards, including the National Tribal Environmental Council, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, National Indian Policy Center, and the Tribal Operations Committee with the federal EPA.
"But arguably Banks’ most noteworthy accomplishment involves bringing a Wabanaki voice and leadership to the historic #PenobscotRiverRestorationProject (1999-2016) in which two dams nearest to the sea were removed and a stream-like bypass channel was completed around a third dam at Howland.
"Completed in 2016, the $63 million restoration project opened almost 2,000 miles of habitat for 11 species of sea-run fish that had been choked off from their spawning grounds for almost two centuries by dams across the river.
"Since then, the river has come back alive with millions of river herring joined by Atlantic salmon, shad, sturgeon and other species in numbers that hadn’t been seen on the Penobscot River for nearly two centuries. Laura Rose Day credits Banks with a key intervention in 2002, when it looked like negotiations that had been going on for three years between #EnvironmentalGroups and the #hydro company owner were about to collapse.
" '[John] asked for a few minutes,' she wrote in a 2014 Christian Science Monitor commentary recalling the moment. 'Removing an eagle feather from a cloth wrap, he circled the table, laying the feather on each shoulder. He reminded us that, no matter whom we served, we were also responsible for being the voice for all the creatures of the river – the birds, the fish, and all of the people as well. The common goal had to be the health of the river.' "
Read more:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-johnbanks/#WaterIsLife #WabanakiAlliance #Wabanaki #Nihkaniyane #MaineRivers #DamRemoval #RiverRestoration #SolarPunkSunday
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One of the folks I had the opportunity to talk to at a #MaineRivers conference some years ago was #PenobscotNation member #JohnBanks. So glad to see him being honored... He has been a tireless advocate for the #PenobscotRiver!
"Banks was the Penobscot Nation’s representative on the Maine-Indian State Tribal Commission from 1987 to 2021, making him its longest-serving member. He also served on many local, regional and national organization boards, including the National Tribal Environmental Council, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, National Indian Policy Center, and the Tribal Operations Committee with the federal EPA.
"But arguably Banks’ most noteworthy accomplishment involves bringing a Wabanaki voice and leadership to the historic #PenobscotRiverRestorationProject (1999-2016) in which two dams nearest to the sea were removed and a stream-like bypass channel was completed around a third dam at Howland.
"Completed in 2016, the $63 million restoration project opened almost 2,000 miles of habitat for 11 species of sea-run fish that had been choked off from their spawning grounds for almost two centuries by dams across the river.
"Since then, the river has come back alive with millions of river herring joined by Atlantic salmon, shad, sturgeon and other species in numbers that hadn’t been seen on the Penobscot River for nearly two centuries. Laura Rose Day credits Banks with a key intervention in 2002, when it looked like negotiations that had been going on for three years between #EnvironmentalGroups and the #hydro company owner were about to collapse.
" '[John] asked for a few minutes,' she wrote in a 2014 Christian Science Monitor commentary recalling the moment. 'Removing an eagle feather from a cloth wrap, he circled the table, laying the feather on each shoulder. He reminded us that, no matter whom we served, we were also responsible for being the voice for all the creatures of the river – the birds, the fish, and all of the people as well. The common goal had to be the health of the river.' "
Read more:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-johnbanks/#WaterIsLife #WabanakiAlliance #Wabanaki #Nihkaniyane #MaineRivers #DamRemoval #RiverRestoration #SolarPunkSunday
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Montpelier plans to remove Pioneer Street Dam and restore nearby floodplain
The Pioneer Street Dam on the Winooski River in Montpelier on Monday, Aug. 18. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #damremoval #JonCopans #Montpelier #MontpelierCommissionforRecoveryandResilience #Science #VermontRiverConservancy
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Montpelier plans to remove Pioneer Street Dam and restore nearby floodplain
The Pioneer Street Dam on the Winooski River in Montpelier on Monday, Aug. 18. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #damremoval #JonCopans #Montpelier #MontpelierCommissionforRecoveryandResilience #Science #VermontRiverConservancy
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Dear Friends,
Last summer we had a torrential downpour that dumped 10+ inches of rain and collapsed a centuries old dam. The debate: restore it for recreation or let the river run free again: https://www.newsday.com/long-island/environment/river-pond-debate-y53qn3d4#LongIsland #NewYork #DamRemoval #Press #Newspaper
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