This is so wonderful to see! Kudos to everyone involved in this project and who pushed to make it happen. This is a gift to all Californians for decades if not centuries to come!
I cried while watching this. It makes my heart whole. Thank to EVERYONE associated with this huge project. Thank you for restoring my faith in what humans can accomplish when they work together.
This is absolutely incredible! Was ecstatic to you talking about about restoring native vegetation using native plants local to their area as they are incredibly unique and adept to thrive their and support the native animal and insect populations! Love seeing land back and native stewardship in action!
My favorite place in California. Remote. Ancient. You will never know what you see. The river bank holds secrets. This river will still be here after mankind is gone.
The benefits of Klamath Dam removal are real but they have been exaggerated. What Klamasth Salmon most need is flows that are adequate to support all in-river life histories. But we don't even know what those flows are. That's why the priority should be securing federal funding for a USGS flow assessment using existing data. Flows should be defined by water year type so that all water users share the pain when water supply is inadequate. That could be done in a year; no need to collect more data. So why is it commercial salmon fishers and Klamath River Tribes are not seeking federal funding for that flow assessment?
With the dams degrading the salmon stocks so much, why would you harvest the degraded remaining brood stock for the salmon? I support sustenance fishing and hunting, I do not understand the logic of harvesting a depleted stock until the dams are removed. If you remove the dams, which I am for, but there is little, if any, brood stock left, you still won't have the runs.
I agree with the removal of the dams, but why put in all this effort to restore? Nature heals on its own in the most efficient way. I guess the answer is in the video's description. "Hundreds of experts" are being used for this project. Seems like large portion of the $450M budget is to employ consultants, engineers, and laborers at the expense of taxpayers. Local grass and trees grow on their own, no need do nature's work! Oh wait, RES is owned by private equity companies, so this all makes sense now.
This is an interesting comment. The purpose is to speed up the recovery. If left on its own to recover, process would probably take longer. A balance needs to be found. Klamath is a very unique river. Can't be directly compared to the Elwha as an example. I could write a book on both rivers. I could write a book on small stream restorations gone bad. Example. The stream that runs through Saltwater Park near Federal Way Washington. As a kid, I fished that creek in the camp ground in the fall. Giant cutthroat would run with the Coho salmon during rain storms. Sometimes the camp ground would flood the parking lot in a few places. So what was done in the name of fish enhancement was really flood control. Halfway up the camp ground there was a large old pipe. Below was a deep hole cut out. During low water fish had a place to rest and swim. What happened ? They took it out. Now there's no place to rest and hide. I watched the fish population go down to near nothing because all the areas for fish to rest and sit in deep pools were gone. I've seen many small creeks ruined in the name of flood control. Dams were built in the name of flood control too. Look how the upper Kings were killed off on the Columbia River. I bought some vacation property in Mason county. A stream ran the border. I cleaned out the stream. Branches and things. Sifted the gravel in places. It took about 10 years. Now there's two runs of Coho. One comes in like a clock on October 31st. The other December 1 there about. On the upper Klamath last week. A small tributary runs into the river. At the mouth of the creek, fall Chinook were stacking up. Just up the creek is a make shift picnic area with a damned up swimming hole. Low creek water at this time of year and the salmon couldn't get up the creek. We busted a hole in the swimming hole rock dam, now the salmon are moving up. I'd estimate 80 to 90 fish. Maybe more. A the mouth of the Scott river in September I counted about 300 Kings ready to go up that small tributary. I don't know how they are going to do. That area is now burned out. Rains will dump stilt and mud on the redds.
@@jesse75I found this video through articles. I want to get involved with this type of work. I am going to get certified in heavy equipment operation and then start applying for companies (maybe this one?) Who I feel are aligned with my vision of the future Any thoughts???
@@rotcaka go to college. Study everything you can get your hands on about ecology, conservation, water hydrology, etc. Getting a CDL and heavy equipment operator license is the easy part. You can also get a permit to run heavy equipment in burn areas. I visit the tribes and people working on construction sites. I study and explore rivers. Get involved. Be creative.
Soooooooo were the dams no longer providing electricity to the grid? What replaced the energy into the grid? Don't get me wrong, human intervention was definitely needed in restoration after the dam removal because that much difference in water flow over the course of a couple years, the beavers could never have built structures fast enough to slow the water down to allow it to soak into the ground, clean it, and still maintain/exceed fish populations. This video just seemed very anti-dam and I'm just curious how they became confident that the grid could handle the removal of this energy source.
all cools stuff..but.. what will you drink/eat when the water dries up in town! when your farms cant bare fruit due to drought as the rivers run dry... restore sounds cool, but i get the feeling everybody has their own vision what restores mean ! Money!
Restoration creates sustainability for the future. The way farms currently uses a disgusting amount of water to grow plants that should not be here. Climate change further exacerbates the problems of a broken system. If we work with nature and restore the land with the plants, animals, and insects that have always belonged to this land and steward it we will be able to change the fate of we are currently facing as balance is restored and abundance is restored. We can not continue to exist as we currently do focused on sustaining current individualized systems.
This prodject sounds like it’s being done for the Tribes & the Fish. My concern is what about flood control? Should the Hoover Dam be removed? If they start removing dams how are we going to charge our EV’s? I don’t know the answers but it’s going to be ugly for awhile until vegetations grows back. I wish there was a way to keep the dams & help the fish at the same time.
@smileysun9212 in regards to flood control, that's the reason we are in this mess in our country in the first place. Had man let our rivers be left alone and not tried to build where they shouldn't we would not have the issues we have today. In Florida the ocklawaha river is dying because of locks and dams that were created to create a canal that would go from the gulf to the Atlantic. It was never finished and used. They need to free the ocklawaha so that the fish and manatees can migrate up and down the rivers
This is so wonderful to see! Kudos to everyone involved in this project and who pushed to make it happen. This is a gift to all Californians for decades if not centuries to come!
Long overdue. Good to see the many facets of restoration.
Amazing! Proud to be a part of RES here in Florida and seeing such amazing work happening around the country.
I cried while watching this. It makes my heart whole. Thank to EVERYONE associated with this huge project. Thank you for restoring my faith in what humans can accomplish when they work together.
So proud to be apart of this amazing project ❤
This is a call for a labor of love to return
to the living world.
This is absolutely incredible! Was ecstatic to you talking about about restoring native vegetation using native plants local to their area as they are incredibly unique and adept to thrive their and support the native animal and insect populations! Love seeing land back and native stewardship in action!
What a great project and great film!
Good work rivers are important
excited to see a free flowing klamath
Thank you for posting this
My favorite place in California. Remote. Ancient. You will never know what you see. The river bank holds secrets.
This river will still be here after mankind is gone.
Super excited for this! Been following the project for a long time.
So amazing I’m looking forward to observing the expansion of growth godbless you all for your struggle and fight for the salmon..🙏🙏🙏🌈🌲✌️💐🌸
very nice Shane!
All this area will be closed to recreational fishing.
The benefits of Klamath Dam removal are real but they have been exaggerated. What Klamasth Salmon most need is flows that are adequate to support all in-river life histories. But we don't even know what those flows are. That's why the priority should be securing federal funding for a USGS flow assessment using existing data. Flows should be defined by water year type so that all water users share the pain when water supply is inadequate. That could be done in a year; no need to collect more data. So why is it commercial salmon fishers and Klamath River Tribes are not seeking federal funding for that flow assessment?
Thank you for bringing this question to the COMMENTS‼️💜💜💜
Nothing terrifies me more than engineers working on environmental projects.
With the dams degrading the salmon stocks so much, why would you harvest the degraded remaining brood stock for the salmon? I support sustenance fishing and hunting, I do not understand the logic of harvesting a depleted stock until the dams are removed. If you remove the dams, which I am for, but there is little, if any, brood stock left, you still won't have the runs.
Most of the fish are hatchery. Some, not all, release adipose fish.
I agree with the removal of the dams, but why put in all this effort to restore? Nature heals on its own in the most efficient way. I guess the answer is in the video's description. "Hundreds of experts" are being used for this project. Seems like large portion of the $450M budget is to employ consultants, engineers, and laborers at the expense of taxpayers. Local grass and trees grow on their own, no need do nature's work! Oh wait, RES is owned by private equity companies, so this all makes sense now.
This is an interesting comment.
The purpose is to speed up the recovery. If left on its own to recover, process would probably take longer.
A balance needs to be found.
Klamath is a very unique river. Can't be directly compared to the Elwha as an example.
I could write a book on both rivers. I could write a book on small stream restorations gone bad.
Example. The stream that runs through Saltwater Park near Federal Way Washington.
As a kid, I fished that creek in the camp ground in the fall. Giant cutthroat would run with the Coho salmon during rain storms.
Sometimes the camp ground would flood the parking lot in a few places.
So what was done in the name of fish enhancement was really flood control.
Halfway up the camp ground there was a large old pipe. Below was a deep hole cut out. During low water fish had a place to rest and swim.
What happened ? They took it out. Now there's no place to rest and hide.
I watched the fish population go down to near nothing because all the areas for fish to rest and sit in deep pools were gone.
I've seen many small creeks ruined in the name of flood control.
Dams were built in the name of flood control too. Look how the upper Kings were killed off on the Columbia River.
I bought some vacation property in Mason county. A stream ran the border.
I cleaned out the stream. Branches and things. Sifted the gravel in places.
It took about 10 years. Now there's two runs of Coho. One comes in like a clock on October 31st.
The other December 1 there about.
On the upper Klamath last week. A small tributary runs into the river.
At the mouth of the creek, fall Chinook were stacking up.
Just up the creek is a make shift picnic area with a damned up swimming hole.
Low creek water at this time of year and the salmon couldn't get up the creek. We busted a hole in the swimming hole rock dam, now the salmon are moving up.
I'd estimate 80 to 90 fish. Maybe more.
A the mouth of the Scott river in September I counted about 300 Kings ready to go up that small tributary.
I don't know how they are going to do. That area is now burned out.
Rains will dump stilt and mud on the redds.
Of all of the auditing of money that our government is consuming -- this cause (restoration, healing) is the one you choose??
@@jesse75I found this video through articles. I want to get involved with this type of work. I am going to get certified in heavy equipment operation and then start applying for companies (maybe this one?)
Who I feel are aligned with my vision of the future
Any thoughts???
@@rotcaka go to college. Study everything you can get your hands on about ecology, conservation, water hydrology, etc.
Getting a CDL and heavy equipment operator license is the easy part.
You can also get a permit to run heavy equipment in burn areas.
I visit the tribes and people working on construction sites.
I study and explore rivers.
Get involved. Be creative.
That's the definition of lobbying gov.
Soooooooo were the dams no longer providing electricity to the grid?
What replaced the energy into the grid?
Don't get me wrong, human intervention was definitely needed in restoration after the dam removal because that much difference in water flow over the course of a couple years, the beavers could never have built structures fast enough to slow the water down to allow it to soak into the ground, clean it, and still maintain/exceed fish populations.
This video just seemed very anti-dam and I'm just curious how they became confident that the grid could handle the removal of this energy source.
Stop Netting those Fish.
i cant wait to see how much your going to cry about brown outs in the near future hahahaha you did it to yourselves
They destroyed the river by removing those dams. This so a few people can over fish what little salmon are in the river
Barf
all cools stuff..but.. what will you drink/eat when the water dries up in town! when your farms cant bare fruit due to drought as the rivers run dry... restore sounds cool, but i get the feeling everybody has their own vision what restores mean ! Money!
Restoration creates sustainability for the future. The way farms currently uses a disgusting amount of water to grow plants that should not be here. Climate change further exacerbates the problems of a broken system. If we work with nature and restore the land with the plants, animals, and insects that have always belonged to this land and steward it we will be able to change the fate of we are currently facing as balance is restored and abundance is restored. We can not continue to exist as we currently do focused on sustaining current individualized systems.
We might just have more fish to eat and cleaner water to drink.
This prodject sounds like it’s being done for the Tribes & the Fish. My concern is what about flood control? Should the Hoover Dam be removed? If they start removing dams how are we going to charge our EV’s? I don’t know the answers but it’s going to be ugly for awhile until vegetations grows back.
I wish there was a way to keep the dams & help the fish at the same time.
@smileysun9212 in regards to flood control, that's the reason we are in this mess in our country in the first place. Had man let our rivers be left alone and not tried to build where they shouldn't we would not have the issues we have today. In Florida the ocklawaha river is dying because of locks and dams that were created to create a canal that would go from the gulf to the Atlantic. It was never finished and used. They need to free the ocklawaha so that the fish and manatees can migrate up and down the rivers
9:50 Hey dummies, just get some beavers instead of using human labor
Beavers. The world's best ecosystem engineers.