September 19, 2005
Support Klamath River Natives and Residents
Support the Klamath River Native Americans and other area residents in their call to remove Klamath River dams!
September 25 and 26th: Ride the bus to Portland!
Oxygen Collective invites you to join us on our bio-diesel bus for a quick trip from Southern Oregon to Portland with members of the Karuk Tribe from the Klamath River to support them in their efforts to restore the once-great salmon runs of the Upper Klamath. We will be traveling north on Sept 25th and back south on the 26th, attending a night of speakers and film screenings sunday evening, and participating in a colorful demonstration for the return of the salmon monday morning.
Please RSVP to laurel@o2collective.org so we know how much space we need to reserve!
More info:
The Klamath-Salmon Media Collaborative invites you on Sept. 25, 6 p.m. to
a film night we are hosting in Portland at the Hollywood Theatre. We will
show Salmon on the Backs of Buffalo and other short films made by Klamath
River community members about the fight to remove the Klamath Dams (owned by Portland based Pacific Power), the 2002 fish kill, traditional management and culture of Klamath River tribes, and about the incredibleendangered fish of the River. There are also going to be speakers from the tribes on the Klamath River. These four tribes used to all have
subsistence fisheries in the Klamath Basin before the Dams went in and
blocked hundreds of miles of salmon spawning and rearing habitat. The
Chinook and Coho salmon are now at under 8 percent of their pre-dam population,
this sustenance is no longer available for many tribal members and the
once booming fishing industry has collapsed. At risk is not only a
fishery, but also the physical health, the spiritual well-being and
cultural survival of the Klamath Basins original inhabitance
We are coming to Portland since Pacific Power's headquarters are located
there. And we hope to drum up support to stop Pacific Power from killing
more fish. We want to bring the salmon home to the upper Klamath Basin.