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Freeman
House
Totem
Salmon author at
home by the Mattole
River.
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Canyon Creek
(above
left)
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Weaverville
Lumber Mill
(left) A
lot of trees end up here – hardly
any were harvested with much
regard for the environment. Most
come from second and third
generation trees from a clear
cut. Immeasurable harm has been
done to the Klamath bioregion
watersheds by irresponsible
logging.
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Yurok
Tribal Council Chair Howard
McConnell in the giant, ancient
white cedars at the headwaters of
Blue Creek
Rogue
River gorge,
Oregon
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This
is what marsh within Upper
Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
looks like when the Bureau of
Reclamation drains Upper Klamath
Lake below 4139 feet in
elevation. Before the Klamath
Project the lake never naturally
dropped below 4141 feet in
elevation – this giant lake
averages only 8 feet
in
depth.
Oregon
Natural Resources
Council
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1903
Map of Upper Klamath Basin – click the
image to see a bigger
version
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The
peaceful appearance of this last
resting place on the Trinity
doesn’t give a clue to the havoc
these ‘pioneers’ wreaked on the
Klamath bioregion.
(above)
The
fall run at Lewiston
(right)
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“The
Yurok Highway below Pecwan
Creek”
(above)
Photo by Leo
Canez
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Gentlemen
fishers on the Link River
(right)
Photo courtesy Oregon Natural
Resources
Council
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Salmon
fishing opening day at the Mouth of the
Klamath 1945
No credit
for the photograph. It’s from an old post
card promoting
sportfishing.
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(above)
Traditional Karuk fishing nets
are made with wild iris
–
Photo
courtesy Northern California
Indian Development Council
http://www.ncidc.org/photos/85index.htm
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(above
right)
Old photo of Karuk man in hand
hewn river boat
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Photo
courtesy Northern California
Indian Development
http://www.ncidc.org/photos/gallery1/85s12.htm
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(right)
Ron
Reed, Karuk Tribal Cultural
Biologist dip nets at Ishi Pishi
Falls
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Hupa
village replica in Hoopa Valley
(above)
A
Salmon North Fork tributary
(left)
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Wild
Mariposa Lilies in Six Rivers
National Forest
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Georgina
Myers and grandson Frankie in the
ancient Yurok village Pecwan on
the Lower Klamath
Photo
by Jodi
Frediani
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Two
clear cuts along the Lower
Klamath
Most
of the Yurok reservation land is
owned by a timber company
Both
photos by Jodi
Frediani
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Sunset
on the Wood River, an important
tributary of Upper
Klamath
Photo
by Ken
Morrish
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Mother
duck on dry marshland in Lower
Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
summer of 2001. Unfortunately,
marsh within refuges goes dry
nearly every year due to lack of
water.
Photo
credit
USFWS
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Birds
taking flight off of Lower
Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
(left)
Photo
credit
USFWS
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Protest
Demonstration 2002 – Dickie Myers
and daughter
Virginia
Photo
by Yurok Tribe
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Dry
Tule Lake “Marsh”
Photo
by Ellen
Bishop
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Sign at
the Mouth of the Mattole River – created
by local
schoolchildren
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Yurok
house at Sumeg Village
(above)
Elk
grazing by the Redwoods
(right)
A
bear in Hoopa Valley
(left)
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Mid
Klamath
(left)
Photo
by Dan
McCorquodale
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Butter
Creek,
Trinity
South Fork tributary
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Mouth of
the Klamath from
Requa
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Trinity
River in the
Spring
David
O’Neill cooks salmon the
traditional Yurok method with a
hot madrone fire.
(left)
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In the
town of Sawyers Bar along the
main road by North Fork Salmon
River
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Salmon
River headwaters are in the Marble and
Salmon Mountains
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Trinity
Power Plant near Lewiston
– 150
miles of above the plant are no
longer accessible for salmon to
spawn. From here more than half
of the River’s water is diverted
on its way to grow cotton in the
desert.
Rogue
River
(left)
Photo
by Margie
Whitnah
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The New River rushes to
the Trinity
(above).
A winter waterfall to
the Trinity
(left).
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Photos by Jack
Ellwanger except where credited
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