Annika Fain interviews Amy Bowers Cordalis in Episode 29 of the NW Fish Passage podcast. Amy is a mother, fisherwoman, attorney, and a member of the Yurok Tribe. She published an amazing memoir last year titled “The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family’s Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life.” She is the co-founder and executive director of Ridges to Riflles Indigenous Conservation Group. In this podcast, she talks about what salmon means to her, her family’s multigenerational fight for Klamath River restoration and the removal of the four dams in 2023-2024. She speaks about “world renewal” and the ecological recovery that is occurring on the Klamath. She also talks about her great grandmother and how she was pivotal in the fight for dam removal. Amy shares her hope for the future, including a future for restoring salmon habitat that is possible and profitable.
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