West Coast Water Justice
Natalie Kilmer
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Native Youth Rising
West Coast Water Justice
11/16/22 • 54 min
In this episode, we interview Danielle Frank, a Hoopa Valley Tribal Member, activist, and youth coordinator with Save California Salmon. Danielle shares her story of growing up in Hoopa Valley along the banks of the Trinity River near its confluence with the Klamath River. We hear how speaking up for her beliefs, community, and way of life helped her find her voice and become an empowered youth leader and public speaker. At nineteen years of age, some of her accomplishments include leading Native Youth programs, creating informed Native American curriculum for schools, assisting with California State legislation, being a featured Vogue climate activist, and a speaker at the United Nations Climate Change Summit COP 27.
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The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Save California Salmon or any entities mentioned.
All music is the property of the artist/s and may not be reproduced or shared without their consent.
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- School Curriculum: Advocacy and Water Protection in Native California
- Save California Salmon
- DONATE- It is Native American Heritage Month and these funds go directly towards education events and travel funds for Northern California Native youth and Water Protectors, and Klamath Dam removal celebrations for our communities who have worked for 20 years to remove Klamath Dams.
- Protect ICWA
- Stop the Delta Tunnel Petition
- Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival
- Vogue Article
Episode credits
- Producer: Natalie Kilmer
- Production Support: Carrie Tully, Kasil Willie, Kendall Crakow, Regina Chichizola
- Podcast Music by Tony Bald, Adam Inguiez, and Danny Snyder
- Musical break Clip: Maymi Preston-Donahue
- Photograph of Danielle Frank by Carlos Jaramillo; Styled by Marcus Correa. Reprinted from Vogue
From the Bay to the Winnemem Waywayket (McCloud River)
West Coast Water Justice
02/01/22 • 32 min
We follow up with hereditary Chief Caleen Sisk about the expansive watershed of the Sacramento River from the headwaters of the Winnemem Waywayket all the way to the Bay-Delta and the Pacific Ocean. We learn about the history of this once epic fishery and what it will take to bring the Salmon back home over the Shasta rim dam, and how New Zealand can help.
The management of California's Bay Delta and its tributaries is complicated. The Sacramento and San Joaquin River watersheds and Delta have a complicated series of dams and diversions that feed the state and federal Central Valley Irrigation projects. The Shasta and Trinity dams are federal dams, while many of the other dams in the watersheds such as the Feather, Pit, and American Rivers are either primarily part of the state water project or private PGE dams. The state of California and the Federal Bureau of Reclamation manage flows, irrigation water deliveries, and operations from their dams and diversions, through water operations plans and a complicated water rights system. These operations are subject to Endangered Species Act Biological Opinions for endangered species such as winter and spring-run salmon and Delta smelt.
Recent Biological Opinions have not only estimated how much water can be diverted, without species in rivers below the diversions going extinct, but they also have called for the return of winter-run salmon to their traditional habitats upstream of these dams, such as the McCloud River. This is because spring run and winter-run salmon traditionally used the upper reaches of the cold tributaries of the Delta watersheds. Almost all of their spawning habitat has been blocked by dams. Unfortunately, these Biological Opinions have been subject to political interference by several presidents and many of the runs of endangered salmon have been killed over the last ten years and fish passage efforts have not moved forward.
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Going Beyond Land Acknowledgments
West Coast Water Justice
11/23/21 • 24 min
A call to action from Morning Star Gali, a member of the Ajumawi band of Pit River Tribe. This episode is dedicated to Native American Heritage Month and focuses on Native resistance, justice, and action in California. Join Save California Salmon (SCS) with Native Communities in the fight for our environment and engage in public comments on important salmon, water, and land issues. There are opportunities to speak up about the proposed Sites Reservoir, the Delta Tunnel, numerous California dam removals, destructive water flow diversions, and climate issues over the next few months. Stay involved and connected by visiting the SCS website: CaliforniaSalmon.org
Giving Tuesday
We encourage you to make a donation or buy some gear from Save California Salmon this holiday season. On Tuesday, November 30th, half of SCS donations will be going to the Grant Gilkison and Jordan Allan Endowment Fund for Native Youth. Both Klamath Basin community members recently passed away and were dedicated to supporting Mid Klamath Karuk and Yurok youth water protectors. Thank you for your generosity!
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Save California Salmon
West Coast Water Justice
09/25/21 • 23 min
The Klamath River is slated to be the largest dam removal project in the history of the United States. Removing these dams will open up over 400 miles of salmon, trout, and eel habitat. Find out what's at stake and what it takes to protect a watershed. In this episode, we interview Regina Chichizola (she/her), Co-director of Save California Salmon. She shares some of their 20-year history of advocating for dam removal with communities on the Klamath River in Northern California and Southeast Oregon. This is the first episode in a series about the Klamath Dam Removal process.
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- Save California Salmon
- California Water Justice
- Petition to stop salmon fish kills
Episode credits
- Episode Artwork by Tori McConnell
- Music by Tony Bald, Adam Inguiez, and Danny Snyder
Big Oil and Fracking Part 2: Fox in The Hen House
West Coast Water Justice
06/27/23 • 46 min
This is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Food and Water Watch (FWW) and the second in our Fossil Fuels Series. In this episode, we interview (FWW) National Policy Director, Jim Walsh, and Tomás Morales Rebecchi, California's Central Coast Organizing Manager. They continue to discuss current issues with the oil and gas industry and its impacts on our clean water and environment. We learn more about the fossil fuel industry's practices that pollute our water, food, and communities and the industry's efforts to roll back environmental regulations throughout California.
Food and Water Watch fights for safe food, clean water, and a livable climate for all of us, protecting people from corporations and other destructive economic interests that put profit ahead of everything else.
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The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Save California Salmon or any entities mentioned.
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Episode credits
- producer: Natalie Kilmer
- production support: Kasil Willie, and Kendall Crakow
- episode music: The Pleasure Kills
- theme music by Tony Bald, Adam Inguiez, and Danny Snyder
Protecting California's Water Before It Runs Out
West Coast Water Justice
10/11/22 • 58 min
In this episode, we follow up with Clifford Lee, retired Deputy Attorney General with the California Department of Justice. We dive deeper into water policy and hear about critical changes needed to protect our most valuable resource: water! We are faced with a 27-year delay in the adoption of new scientific recommendations and species protections for the SF Bay Delta, the lifeblood of our state. While at the same time critical aquifers across the state are being over-pumped and going dry.
We learn that California needs to catch up with other Western states on the regulation of groundwater extraction and quantifying river diversions. Clifford, a public servant of 40 years is sounding the alarm and urging us to educate ourselves about our water resources before they are gone. This episode is packed with the information we need now, so we can reform water policy in California for a sustainable future.
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The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Save California Salmon or any entities mentioned.
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- Updating California Water Laws to Address Drought and Climate
Change, PCL Recommendations - "Federalism and Water" by Clifford Lee
- Save California Salmon
- California Water Justice
- California State Water Resources Control Board
Episode credits
- Producer: Natalie Kilmer
- Production Support: Kasil Willie and Kendall Crakow
- Music by Tony Bald, Adam Inguiez, and Danny Snyder
Updating California Water Policy for Climate Change
West Coast Water Justice
06/21/22 • 43 min
Currently, California is on track to lose most if not all native fish species within this century if we don't adapt to climate change. We talk with Clifford Lee; retired deputy attorney general with the California Department of Justice who served the state for 40 years. Clifford shares his expertise and recommendations for updating California's water policy to mitigate the effects of climate change. He explains some of the policies that got us here and the nuts and bolts of the agencies that regulate and move water throughout the state.
Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Save California Salmon or any entities mentioned.
Get involved
- Updating California Water Laws to Address Drought and Climate
Change, PCL Recommendations - "Federalism and Water" by Clifford Lee
- Save California Salmon
- California Water Justice
- California State Water Resources Control Board
Episode credits
Klamath Dam Removal, a Confluence of Indigenous and Western Sciences
West Coast Water Justice
04/09/22 • 53 min
Keith Parker, Senior Fisheries Biologist for the Yurok Tribe explains some of the basics that make up a healthy fishery and river ecosystem. We learn about the different salmon runs and basic salmon genetics. He shares his background in Indigenous ecological knowledge and Western science and how together they inform the Klamath Dam Removal process. Keith makes it clear that the loss of these fish and traditional foods are as much a social justice issue as a biological issue. To lose species like salmon is more than just a loss of biodiversity, it is a loss of cultural heritage.
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California’s Inequitable Water Rights System and Water Projects
West Coast Water Justice
03/08/22 • 53 min
In this episode, we interview Doug Obegi, Senior Attorney at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Doug shares his expertise about the history of our archaic and inequitable water rights system and how protections for fish and wildlife, and the tribes, fishing jobs, and communities that depend on these environmental protections, are constantly under threat from industrial agriculture and large corporations. He explains how California's water rights and diversions are over-allocated and under-reported, and discusses how the mismanagement of our most precious resource has made some people billionaires while over 1 million Californians lack access to clean drinking water. We discuss how to protect California's rivers and fisheries from excessive water diversions, and Doug makes it clear that we all need to participate in public comment periods, reach out to our representatives and the State Water Board because it really does make a difference.
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Following the Water: How Dams and Water Shape Tribal Recognition in California
West Coast Water Justice
01/18/22 • 38 min
In this episode, we hear from hereditary Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe. Their tribal homelands encompass the Winnemem Waywaket (McCloud River) and much of the land now flooded by the Shasta Reservoir, California's largest. The Winnemum Wintu's resistance story exemplifies many of the inequities in California's land and water rights.
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FAQ
How many episodes does West Coast Water Justice have?
West Coast Water Justice currently has 17 episodes available.
What topics does West Coast Water Justice cover?
The podcast is about Native American, Nature, Podcasts, Water, Education, Science and California.
What is the most popular episode on West Coast Water Justice?
The episode title 'Native Youth Rising' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on West Coast Water Justice?
The average episode length on West Coast Water Justice is 43 minutes.
How often are episodes of West Coast Water Justice released?
Episodes of West Coast Water Justice are typically released every 35 days.
When was the first episode of West Coast Water Justice?
The first episode of West Coast Water Justice was released on Sep 25, 2021.
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