"I felt really compelled to write this at a time when it could end on such a high note, so that we could show the world how Indigenous resistance, Indigenous resilience, Indigenous knowledge, can lead to these massive victories,"
"It's a story of hope."
"Researching the book was extremely emotional. It just gave me even deeper respect for the work of my ancestors and previous generations because they fought so hard and put themselves in harm's way just so that they could continue to be Yurok people. All the successes that we have had on the Klamath River really were because of"
One year after the largest dam removal in history, salmon reached the Klamath River headwaters for the first time in about 115 years. An intergenerational struggle to protect the Klamath and Yurok way of life mobilized legal action, stewardship and Indigenous knowledge to restore river ecosystems. Collective restoration efforts include tagging salmon for habitat work, replanting 19 billion native seeds in the former reservoir, and projects to restore 20,000 acres of spawning grounds, with work continuing through 2028 and beyond. The recovery exemplifies Indigenous resistance and resilience yielding tangible ecological and cultural victories.
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