This Saturday, September 17th, 2011, marks a truly historic event for wild salmon and river communities: the largest river restoration project to date with the removal of the two Elwha River dams on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. Join us in celebrating this momentous occassion by watching the ceremony online: http://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/1949
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Spoil – Documentary on Spirit Bear water & forests
Spoil – Documentary on the Great Bear Rainforests under threat by DIRTY TARSANDS / OILSANDS 44 Minute Movie
Yuba River Named a Most Endangered River
American Rivers announced the 10 Most Endangered Rivers in the U.S., and this includes California’s Yuba River. Please support the efforts to help revive this great watershed and wild salmon that are severed from their ancestral homes by two outdated dams. The video will describe the problem. Signing the petition will help to move toward [...]
Salmon Water Now Videos
as posted by Salmon Water Now by Bruce Tokars If Salmon Could Speak to Governor Brown: Part five of Salmon Water Now six-part series What if salmon could speak? We imagine that they would have a lot to say about how difficult their lives have been because of the way humans have treated their environment. [...]
Special interests threaten salmon fisheries
Jackie Speier Thursday, December 2, 2010 Wake up, Californians! We are on the verge of losing Pacific salmon runs. This loss would be devastating to both our health – salmon are high in nutritional value – and our welfare – salmon support a multibillion-dollar fishing industry. Three years ago, this industry boasted 1,200 commercial boats, [...]
Court to Hear Challenge to Water Diversion Permits on Scott and Shasta Rivers
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2010/11/30/ Scott River photo courtesy of the Klamath Riverkeeper (http://www.klamathriver.org). Court to Hear Challenge to Water Diversion Permits on Scott and Shasta Rivers by Dan Bacher The Superior Court in San Francisco on Wednesday, December 1 will hear a court challenge to salmon-killing water diversion permits approved by the California Department of Fish and Game [...]
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