Undammed: The Klamath River Story Podcast
1) It's Really Just the Beginning
In this episode we look to another river to see if there is anything it can tell us about what the future may hold for the Klamath. The Elwha River, located in the Olympic Peninsula, in Washington sta...Show More
2) Passing on the Paddle
What if I told you the first people to paddle the length of the undammed Klamath River will be a group of high schoolers who had no whitewater experience a few years ago. In this episode I visit the P...Show More
3) A Lakefront Community No Longer
In this episode we hear from residents of the Copco Lake community who are missing one thing....a lake. The lake was created when the Copco One dam was built and it was drained in January prior to dam...Show More
4) The Formidable and Marvelous Life of a Salmon
In this episode we get nerdy about salmon. I speak to Tommy Williams, Research Fish Biologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Rob Lusardi, Assistant Professor at the...Show More
5) From Suppression to Stewardship: Bringing Cultural and Prescribed Burning Back to the Land
In honor of Indigenous Peoples' day we're sharing this episode about how Indigenous communities are bringing good fire back to the land and heralding in a new era of landscape and wildfire management....Show More
6) Snorkeling, Science, and Salmon
Spring Chinook are treasured by Indigenous communities in the Klamath basin, who have long recognized the distinction between spring and fall Chinook runs. However, the view of Western science has bee...Show More
7) Of Farmers and Fish
When it comes to conversations about water, farmers are usually pitted against tribes and conservationists. The tensions between farmers and tribes in the Klamath basin have developed over decades and...Show More
8) But Why Should I Give a Dam?
In the last two episodes we heard about the incredible effort it took to remove four dams on the Klamath. But American Rivers hopes to support the removal of 30,000 dams by 2050. In this episode I cha...Show More
9) How to Free a River
This is the story of a historic grassroots effort to free a river. The removal of four dams on the lower Klamath River is the largest dam removal project in history and has reopened 400 miles of salmo...Show More
10) A Watershed Moment
As of a few weeks ago the Klamath River is officially free of four large hydroelectric dams, marking a watershed moment for the tribes living along the Klamath as well as for river restoration efforts...Show More