Against All Odds, the Dams Fell.

Against All Odds, the Dams Fell.

Source: thestoryexchange

9/30/2024

Credit: Courtesy of Brook Thompson

Brook Thompson of the Yurok Tribe helped win the fight to remove dams along the Klamath River. Now, she's collecting DNA samples for better understanding of salmon.

The day before we spoke, Brook Thompson had driven 350 miles to pick up a new fishing boat – hers had broken from years of disuse. Thompson, a PhD student at University of California Santa Cruz, is a member of the Yurok Tribe, whose reservation borders the tail end of the mighty 250-mile Klamath River in Northern California.

Klamath River

Salmon, Chinook

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