Blog: ‘No fish means no food’: How Yurok women are fighting for their tribe’s health
The Yurok reservation where [Georgiana] Gensaw lives sits on a remote strip of land that snakes shoulder to shoulder with the final 44 miles of the Klamath River alongside the misty Northern California coast. In 2001, drought descended on the Klamath Basin, the watershed that feeds the river. Due to a history of water mismanagement in the basin, combined with an historic drought, the river is sick—and the Yurok are too. The salmon they’ve long depended on as both dietary staple and cultural cornerstone have become scarce.
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- The Sacramento Bee: Drought, low water cancels Tahoe Kokanee salmon festival
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