Groundwater Abuse in the Scott Valley (2015) [video]

Summary: 
As fish dependent communities are working to remove dams on the main stem, a new focus is being placed on key tributaries where the overwhelming majority of salmon spawn. The Scott River is one of the most important.
Description: 

As fish dependent communities are working to remove dams on the main stem, a new focus is being placed on key tributaries where the overwhelming majority of salmon spawn and rear before their journey to the sea, of these tributaries one of the most important is the Scott River. The Klamath Basin is one of America’s most treasured natural landscapes. Covering over 15,000 square miles in Southern Oregon and Northern California, the Klamath Basin is one of the West’s greatest salmon producers, powering a commercially valuable ocean fishery as well as a culturally important Tribal subsistence fishery. However, the Klamath River is in decline. A century of dams, diversions, and poor land management have led to fishing closures and massive fish kills in recent years.

People: 
Craig Tucker; Toz Soto; Josh Saxon; Bill Chesney; Fred Ruff; Craig Tucker; Debra Hathaway
Protocol: 
Public (Karuk)
Community: 
Karuk Tribe
Category: 
Economics, Land and Water Management Practices, Agriculture
Keywords: 
Scott River; coho; tributaries; stewardship; fishing; fish, fish passage; agriculture; water management; watershed management; habitat conservation; dams
Collections: 
AFRI Food Security, Video Collection
Original Date Description: 
2012
Original Date: 
2012
Creator: 
Klamath Media
Contributor: 
Bari Talley; Elaine Garcia
Language: 
English
Rights: 
Karuk Tribe, Klamath Media
Source: 
Karuk Tribe, AFRI Food Security Collection
Publisher: 
Karuk Tribe, Klamath Media
Identifier: 
AFRIFoodSecurity_KarukTribe_Library_005_002
Subject: 
The management of the salmon and the Klamath river, the Scott River and the decline of water and the effect it's having on the salmon and the rivers themselves.
Format: 
Video