Save California Salmon Press Release
Iron Gate Reservoir, CA – Yesterday Klamath River Tribes, Save California Salmon, and the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) wrapped up two months of youth and family focused field trips and events with an Indigenous Science Camp at the former Iron Gate Reservoir. The camp featured tours of the dam removal work and a removed dam, a camp out at a restoration site, and science and culture based activities such as bark skirt and plant-based medicine making, acorn processing, and traditional art creation. The camp came after the coalition hosted seven field trips for Klamath and Trinity River elementary and high school students.
“It’s an astonishing accomplishment to have achieved dam removal on our precious Klamath River,” explained Taralyn Ipina, COO of the Yurok Tribe, who attended with her family. “It’s heartwarming to engage our youth with the monumental process. Seeing their eyes widen and their hearts strengthen is wonderful.”
