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Klamath Curriculum Makes a Splash with High Schoolers

by Reconnect Klamath | Apr 19, 2021 | Basin Life, Tribes, Water

Teaching high school students the value of healthy rivers and how to help keep them that way just got easier! Save California Salmon, Humboldt State Native Studies and Klamath area schools are now offering curriculum resources to teachers. The Water Protection and...

Springers: The Determined Delicacy of the Klamath River

by Reconnect Klamath | Apr 19, 2021 | Tribes, Wildlife

Salmon connoisseurs the world over know that wild spring Chinook salmon (Springers) are among the most delicious things that the ocean has to offer. Karuk, Yurok, and Hoopa fishermen prize spring Chinook as their high oil content makes them especially flavorful when...

Freshwater Mussels: The Klamath Basin’s Shelled Little Heroes

by Reconnect Klamath | Apr 19, 2021 | Tribes, Water, Wildlife

The Klamath River is home to many aquatic and amphibious animals that make up an intricate, interdependent ecological community. Various salmon and trout species, green sturgeon, and river otters are some of the more recognizable critters that inhabit the Klamath. But...

The Mysterious Denizens of the Deep – Green Sturgeon

by Reconnect Klamath | Apr 19, 2021 | Basin Life, Tribes, Wildlife

TRADITIONAL NATIVE WORDS FOR GREEN STURGEON:KARUK – ISHXIKIHARAYUROK – KAHKAHHOOPA – L’YOKAH Your first encounter with a full-grown green sturgeon can be a little scary. These behemoths can grow to over 7 feet long, weighing as much as 350 pounds. Their whiskered face...

Preparing the Klamath Basin for Dam Removal

by Reconnect Klamath | Apr 19, 2021 | Agriculture, Tribes, Water, Wildlife

Categories Agriculture (9) Basin Life (28) Featured (1) Tribes (21) Water (25) Wildlife (26) TagsBirds (8) Dams (17) Drought (4) Economy (13) Education (4) Environmental Restoration (23) Fish (20) History (12) Science (16) Recent Posts Redband Trout: Historically...

Nature in the Basin: Condors Are Coming Back to Klamath

by Reconnect Klamath | Apr 18, 2021 | Tribes, Wildlife

Just as the pending Klamath dam removal will allow salmon to return home to their historic spawning grounds, a bold plan is also being put into action by the Yurok Tribe, National Park Service, and US Fish and Wildlife Service that aims to bring California condors...