Conservation Conversation

Conservation onversation

With Julie Ruth Haselden SHORELINE CLEANUP – VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

Help make a difference in our wetlands and Bay! Fish and wildlife deserve a healthier habitat!

This is a great opportunity for GPFF members and their families to contribute to the wellbeing of our environment. Kids are welcome! Children benefit by learning the satisfaction of volunteering their efforts.

Sunday, June 13, 2021 10am – noon Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline, Oakland – Meet at Garretson Point Staging Area (off the north end of Edgewater Drive)

I will provide snacks, litter sticks and hand sanitizer. Please bring your own water and gloves. (You may want to bring a plastic 5-gallon bucket with handle. They are great for picking up trash and then filling trash bags.)

RSVP to Julie Haselden – jhaselden17@ comcast.net Conservation News from: Dr. Mark Rockwell, D.C. President & VP Conservation, Northern Calif. Council, Fly Fishers International

“Here’s a good report from a partner of ours on water issues in California. NRDC helped finance the report. Of note, 57 million salmon return to Bristol Bay each year. That is a big number. Let’s not forget that millions used to return to the Sacramento/San Joaquin system each year. We’ve proven these natural returns can be lost, and protecting against that in Bristol Bay is the best priority.” For more information click here.

White Salmon River news: The White Salmon River is a 44-mile tributary of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. Originating on the slopes of Mount Adams, it flows into the Columbia Gorge near the community of Underwood. Parts of the river have been designated Wild and Scenic. “Condit dam removal on the White Salmon River in Washington state. It’s an analog to Copco on the Klamath River relative to size and storage, as well as structure. Watching this live is pretty amazing.

Note: Copco will be drawn down before removal of the plug now in place, so much less outflow of water and sediment. Here’s a map of the White Salmon River.

Amazing video of the Condit Dam removal! (Pardon the ad.) Link to Condit removal.

“Klamath River Dam Removal: This is the best article to understand what it took to get to an agreement in late 2020 for the Klamath dams to be removed. Shows the importance of our Tribal partners, as well as others who helped along the way. It truly has been an ‘allhands-on-deck’ effort.”