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"ELWHA RIVER — With the plonk of fishing tackle in clear, green water, the
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s first fishery on a free-flowing river in more than
a century got underway.
“I am so proud of my tribe today,” said Russell Hepfer, vice chairman of the
tribe, to a gathering of more than 100 people from the community and beyond to
share in ceremony before starting the fishery on Monday. There was a welcome
song, a prayer song and, of course, a salmon song.
“It’s been a long time coming,” Hepfer said. “The laughs, the joy we all feel
in our hearts, is just tremendous, it’s historic.”
Two dams blocked nearly 90 miles of river and tributary habitat on the Elwha,
or more than 90% of the river, since 1911. But both the Elwha and Glines Canyon
dams were gone by August 2014 after a couple of years of demolition in what was
the largest dam removal project ever undertaken.
And on Monday, the wait for a run of salmon healthy enough to be fished was
over. A broad fishing moratorium on the river remains in place, but the Lower
Elwha Klallam Tribe, in agreement with Olympic National Park and the Washington
State Department of Fish and Wildlife, was able to fish for coho salmon for
tribal and subsistence use.
It is a small fishery — just 400 coho out of a total run of 7,000 — but to
Loretta Charles, 91, the tribe’s oldest living member, it has immense meaning —
big as the fish the Elwha once was famous for. “My dad used to catch fish on
this river big as me,” she said."
Via
The Fixer October 11, 2023:
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https://reasonstobecheerful.world/holistic-approach-criminal-defense-reducing-incarceration/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 04:57:08 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/tribe-catches-coho-salmon-on-free-flowing-elwha-river-a-first-since-dam-removal/>
"ELWHA RIVER — With the plonk of fishing tackle in clear, green water, the
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s first fishery on a free-flowing river in more than
a century got underway.
“I am so proud of my tribe today,” said Russell Hepfer, vice chairman of the
tribe, to a gathering of more than 100 people from the community and beyond to
share in ceremony before starting the fishery on Monday. There was a welcome
song, a prayer song and, of course, a salmon song.
“It’s been a long time coming,” Hepfer said. “The laughs, the joy we all feel
in our hearts, is just tremendous, it’s historic.”
Two dams blocked nearly 90 miles of river and tributary habitat on the Elwha,
or more than 90% of the river, since 1911. But both the Elwha and Glines Canyon
dams were gone by August 2014 after a couple of years of demolition in what was
the largest dam removal project ever undertaken.
And on Monday, the wait for a run of salmon healthy enough to be fished was
over. A broad fishing moratorium on the river remains in place, but the Lower
Elwha Klallam Tribe, in agreement with Olympic National Park and the Washington
State Department of Fish and Wildlife, was able to fish for coho salmon for
tribal and subsistence use."
Via
Future Crunch:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-democracy-europe-trans-japan-conservation-israel/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
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