Environment

In this clip Mike McHenry, fish habitat manager and biologist with the Elwha Klallam Tribe, shares about his experience seeing ecosystems restore and estuaries form post dam removal. Estuaries are essential for the Salmon lifecycle.

In this episode we talk with Alexander Harris of RE Sources. Alexander is a conservationist who has worked on various policy issues ranging from public forest management and wildfire mitigation to ecological forest management and climate mitigation.

Darrell Gray and James van der Voort from the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) share the challenges and successes that the organization has had in their conservation efforts against Climate Change.

Amy Cordalis shares about the 2002 water divergence plan that resulted in nearly 100,000 adult Chinook Salmon dying. Dam removal continues to be an important topic for Tribal sovereignty and the Environment.

Molli Myers shares about her family's history with fishing, sharing the catch, and the relationship between the health of Salmon and the river and the health of her Tribes.

Kadie Bizyayeva describes the connection between Salmon loss and chemical dependency. This clip comes from a larger project about Tribal wellness.

Molli Myers describes how the Gold Rush of 1848 devastated not only her land, but her culture as well. This brief overview discusses her feelings towards what happened, as well as its impact on the mountains and rivers.