So these pages are for the alchemy of change. They are for salmon, for water, for the bravery of fish whose journey home occurs in lesser and lesser numbers, against overwhelming odds. Yet still they travel, as do we.
3. 70 Years of Silence – Blueline Creek
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1920s Highway 1 constructed
Consequence = Wild Salmon Passage Barriers, Land Erosion…
Blue line creek in Marin County: Mid 90’s: No wild Coho Salmon
4. 70 Years of Silence
4Working a Vision of Salmon Returning
Blue line creek above Highway 1: Mid 90’s
5. We’re Baaack
5In the realm of all possibility
After hours of dedicated volunteer, one year after creating human made granite passage
pools below Hwy 1, fencing to keep cattle out of creek, and prayer, native plant
reintroduction, the first lady and mate return home. (look closely for her under him)
7. Communities that Salmon are Rebuilding
7Working a Vision of Salmon Returning
No more eroding of hillside
Creek has changed course
8. Calling Back Salmon to Yuba
8Gathering for Ceremony
Englebright Dam 1930s
NO FISH LADDER
No Wild Salmon
access to 120+ miles of
original spawning
habitat in the North,
Middle and South
forks of the Yuba
River
9. Action – Calling back Salmon to Yuba
9Gathering for Ceremony
South Yuba River – January 2006
10. Action – Calling back the Salmon
10Restoring ways of past
South Yuba River – October 2007
11. Action – Calling back the Salmon
11Community bridge building
South Yuba River – October 2007
12. Calling Back Yuba Salmon Continues
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Englebright dam was created as a debris dam for this:
The Water Brokerage Business Continues in California
13. Calling Back Yuba Salmon Continues
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Englebright dam was created as a debris dam for this:… and this…
The Water Brokerage Business Continues in California
14. Calling Back Yuba Salmon Continues
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And the work to remove or create fish passage continues…
Indigenous Prayer
15. Calling Back Auburn Ravine Salmon
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The City of Lincoln will be the first known incorporated City to have
Wild Salmon return and spawn in the center of their community.
Through Prayer and Every Day Volunteer Actions
16. Calling Back Auburn Ravine Salmon
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In 2013 salmon were sighted in Lincoln,
the first known sightings since their
disappearance in the 1980’s.
Work and Prayer continue on building
passage ways at the Hemphill Dam above
the City of Lincoln.
Through Prayer and Creativity
18. Next Steps
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ACTION is LONG Overdue
Water is Life!
• Respect Water
• Help where we can! “our gift”
• Organizing the power of community to achieve success
Vision | Plan | Community Bridge Building
