On Salmon & Tribes:
The Deterioration of the Salmon Fishery and Health of a Northern Californian Tribe in the Klamath River Watershed
Thursday, June 2nd, 2005, 12:00-2:30 pm
3001 PES (Plant and Environmental Sciences Building)
University of California, Davis
Webcast: Real Player, Windows Media, 1:49 hours, 6.02.05
UCTV Production of On Salmon & Tribes, including the video documentary "Salmon on the Backs of Buffalo" (also shown during the live event, but not part of the original webcast). Webcast: Real Player, 118 minutes, 9.19.05. Purchase from UCTV.
Flyer For This Event (PDF)
Panel Topics and Members:
Fishery of the Lower Klamath Basin: Crisis, Controversy, & Conservation
Dr. Peter Moyle, Fish Biologist, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, UC Davis; Associate Director, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences.
Dr. Peter B. Moyle works on the ecology and conservation of native fishes of California, as well as on river restoration. He was a member of the National Research Council team on endangered fishes in the Klamath Basin. He will discuss the conservation of fish and fisheries in the lower river. Topics will include how climate change is increasingly making the main stem of the lower river a difficult place for salmon and other anadromous fish, the need to restore tributary systems, such as the Shasta River, and the effects of hatcheries and dams on the fishes.
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Salmon is Our Culture
Ron Reed, Cultural Biologist, Karuk Tribe of California
Ron Reed is a traditional Karuk dipnet fisherman and cultural biologist in the Fisheries Program of the Karuk Department of Natural Resources. Ron has been an active leader in restoring the Klamath River fishery on local and regional levels and has particpated extensivly in the Federal Energy Regulatory Comission re-license process.
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The Effects of Altered Diet on the Health of the Karuk People
Dr. Kari Norgaard, Environmental Sociologist, Center for Population Biology, UC Davis
Dr. Norgaard's research documents how the elimination of traditional foods, such as salmon, from the diet of the Karuk peoples has had adverse health consequences such as increased rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, kidney trouble and hypertension. View the full text of her report here.
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State Water Resources Control Board Role in the Relicensing of the Klamath Hydroelectric Project
Russ Kanz, Environmental Scientist, State Water Resources Control Board Division of Water Rights
Russ Kanz is a Staff Environmental Scientist in the Division of Water Rights at the State Water Resources Control Board. Russ is the senior specialist on a team that prepares water quality certifications for hydroelectric facilities undergoing relicensing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He is the project manager for the relicensing of the Klamath Hydroelectric Project.
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Avenues for Change
Kelly Catlett, J.D., Hydropower Reform Policy Advocate, Friends of the River
Kelly Catlett participates in the relicensing of hydropower projects throughout California, including the Klamath relicensing and serves on the steering committees of the California Hydropower Reform Coalition and the national Hydropower Reform Coalition. Kelly holds a law degree and has completed substantial coursework in both water law and policy. Before joining Friends of the River, Kelly worked for the Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County and was a legal intern for the Marine Corps’ Western Area Council’s Office working on California water law, federal Endangered Species Act, and NEPA issues.
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Moderator:
Dr. Edward Valandra, Sicangu Lakota Nation; Assistant Professor, Department of Native American Studies, UC Davis
Press Releases and Media Reports on this topic:
American Fisheries' Society Report confirms Tribal Oral Histories: Salmon once thrived in Upper Klamath Basin, 04.01.2005 (Karuk Tribe of California Press Release, reprinted by Friends of the River)
California Tribe Fights Back, 03.17.2005 (All Things Considered at npr.org)
Salmon Declines Threaten Tribe’s Health and Culture, 01.30.2005 (Karuk Tribe of California Press Release, reprinted by Friends of the River)
Tribe Fights Dams to Get Diet Back, 01.30.2005 (washingtonpost.com)
Sponsored by the John Muir Institute of the Environment, Putah-Cache Bioregion Project, and Department of Native American Studies at the University of California, Davis.