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Juliet Grable

@julietgrable.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist, author, essayist, & songwriter. I live in a rural mountain community in southern Oregon. www.julietgrable.com

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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The latest chess move in the mass firing of federal employees. (Guess who the pawns are?) A separate order requiring that many of the 16,000 fired probationary workers be rehired remains in place--for now. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
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Supreme Court Pauses Ruling Requiring Rehiring of 16,000 Probationary Workers
A federal judge in California had ordered the Trump administration to rehire government employees fired as part of its efforts to slash the federal work force.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I wrote about the ripple effects of the federal freeze and the firing of federal employees. My story focuses on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. The scenario is playing out everywhere. #recreation #nationalforests #federalemployees #DOGE #Trump #fundingfreeze www.ijpr.org/environment-...
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Funding cuts and firings strain Southern Oregon's national forests
Staffing uncertainties and delayed reimbursements threaten to gut the U.S. Forest Service’s capacity to care for the 1.8 million-acre Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I always love writing about beavers. Rep. Pam Marsh said it best: "Beavers are cute and interesting, but they are also really effective operators on the landscape." #beavers #restoration #VesperMeadow #ProjectBeaver #watershedrestoration #wetmeadow #CascadeSiskiyou www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Beavers reintroduced to southwest Oregon to restore wetlands
Project Beaver worked with the Bureau of Land Management to restore the large rodents to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
My latest for Sierra is about how the freeze in federal ag grants is affecting farmers all over the country. #agriculture #farmers #conservation #fundingfreeze #NRCS #climatechange #InflationReductionAct #DEI www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trump...
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Farmers Feeling the Pain After Conservation Funding Frozen
The Trump administration, with DOGE, is pulling the rug from under growers and producers across the country
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Good news: Merit Systems Protection Board chair ordered 5,700 USDA employees be (temporarily) rehired. Bad news: Trump is trying to fire that board chair. Good news: U.S. District judge says he can't. To be continued, no doubt. www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...
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Board Chair, Special Counsel Who Ordered USDA Rehires Also Fired
The Merit Systems Protection Board issued an order Wednesday requiring USDA to bring back nearly 5,700 fired probationary workers. Yet, the board chair who made the ruling and the special counsel who ...
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 05/03/2025
AGU has joined a lawsuit challenging the firing of probationary employees at federal agencies. These actions weaken science, harm public health & the environment, and threaten national security. 🧵 #StandWithScience
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The MERIT Act, introduced by House Democrats, would mandate that the probationary federal workers fired by DOGE be rehired--with back pay. nffe.org/press-releas...
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NFFE Endorses Legislation to Reinstate Illegally Terminated Civil Servants | National Federation of Federal Employees
The MERIT Act would reinstate with back pay federal employees who were terminated as part of DOGE’s ongoing mass firings.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
It's easy to feel disempowered right now. But one person can make a difference. Read about these Western monarch conservationists for inspiration! #WesternMonarch #conservation #climatechange #threatenedspecies #XercesSociety #monarchadvocates #pollinators therevelator.org/save-monarch...
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Meet the Passionate Advocates Trying to Save Western Monarch Butterflies • The Revelator
A network of advocates is doing everything they can to mitigate the dangers and unravel mysteries about monarch movements and behavior.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Western monarchs are fascinating. So are the people who love them.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
My latest for JPR &OPB is about how local producers here in Southern Oregon are being affected by the funding freeze on federal conservation grants. #agriculture #fundingfreeze #InflationReductionAct #NRCS www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Southern Oregon farmers and ranchers hit by federal funding freeze
In his drive to slash government spending, President Donald Trump has frozen or terminated millions of dollars in federal agriculture grant contracts. This is leaving farmers, ranchers, and landowners...
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Greg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Was happy to talk to @julietgrable.bsky.social, alongside Alex Hall of @uclaioes.bsky.social and others. Highlighting the ongoing complexity of getting accurate, compelling and actionable information to folks on the condition of their individual drinking water safety.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The second story in my LA fires series focuses on water supply and how urban wildfires affect water quality. www.sierraclub.org/sierra/la-fi...
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LA Fires Spark Confusion and Concern Over Water Quality and Supply
A wave of online disinformation, propagated across social media, compounded the crisis
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Working on a story about how the federal grants freeze is affecting local producers who have grants through NRCS. Seems like a good time to repost my Sierra story about how the Farm Bill could help further incentivize best practice. Seems very distant now. www.sierraclub.org/sierra/5-way...
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5 Ways the Farm Bill Can Help Fix America’s Ag System
Here is what land and climate advocates say can be done to make farming more sustainable and equitable
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
If it quacks like a duck....I'd only add, if it goose-steps, it's a Nazi. "Trump and Musk are ignoring the checks and balances that are the foundation of our republic. And for all practical purposes, I’d call that a coup." Proud and grateful for my Oregon senators. www.theverge.com/decoder-podc...
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Sen. Ron Wyden on Elon Musk: ‘I’d call that a coup’
The Oregon senator thinks Democrats need to go to war with Elon Musk.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Um, who's out of their lane here? Speaker Mike J agrees with Vance that “judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power.” Seems they've both forgotten it's not the Executive Branch's job to legislate. Oh, right...Congressional Republicans have forgotten that, too.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/02/2025
President Trump ended a first-of-its-kind assessment of land, water and wildlife across the U.S. that its leader called "too important to die," weeks before the study was set to be completed.
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Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Instead of a chicken in every pot, it's a fox in every henhouse.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Been dealing with #Snowmageddon and power outages for two days...anything happen while I was gone?
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Me trying to keep up with the horrors flowing out of the White House...
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Actual convo w/husband last night: Me: Whatcha looking at? B: Sailboat plans Me: Should I be worried? B: Probably
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
This is already getting dangerously stupid... www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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Trump says he opened California’s water. Local officials say he nearly flooded them.
The Army Corps of Engineers moved to release massive quantities of water in Central California, panicking local officials.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Important and helpful thread about the EO freezing IRA and BIL funds. Thank you, @zealan.bsky.social; this has been incredibly confusing for those of us trying to report on the fall-out.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Among other things, this interview with Derek Thompson helped me feel less shame about my own phone addition. "One way to summarize what I think is happening here is that we are donating our dopamine to our phones rather than reserving our dopamine for our friends." www.kpbs.org/news/2025/01...
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The trouble with 'donating our dopamine' to our phones, not our friends
"Smartphones make our alone time feel more crowded than it used to be," says journalist Derek Thompson. His article in The Atlantic is called "The Anti-Social Century."
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Guess I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. #GenXReferences
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Some good news. McArthur Foundation is supporting #climatejournalism in a big way. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/maca...
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MacArthur announces more than $6 million in support of climate journalism - Editor and Publisher
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today announced more than $6 million in grants to support the growing field of climate journalism in the United States.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
This story is the first in a series I'm writing for Sierra related to the devastating #LAfires. Click through to learn how to protect yourself from health hazards associated with wildland and suburban/urban fires. #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #climatechange www.sierraclub.org/sierra/la-fi...
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Along With Devastation, LA Fires Bring Health Hazards in Smoke and Ash
Here's what you need to know about toxic fallout from a major wildfire
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Interesting read...in an ever more fragmented media landscape, how important are platforms like Substack becoming? I follow several and have considered launching my own. www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
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Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times
The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
My latest for JPR highlights a massive wetlands restoration project taking place in the Upper Klamath Basin. It's being funded largely through the #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw. Trump just froze disbursement of funds from the BIL and #InflationReductionAct. www.ijpr.org/environment-...
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Water flows as part of a massive habitat restoration in the Upper Klamath Basin
Earlier this month, a levee separating Agency Lake and the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge was breached, re-connecting 14,000 acres of wetland habitat to Upper Klamath Lake.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Of all the retrograde exec actions released over the past few days, this one especially caught my eye. I wonder if I can get any federal employees to talk on the record? www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California – The White House
January 20, 2025 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR  SUBJECT:       Putting People
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
My latest story for JPR & OPB highlights the good work of Pollinator Project Rogue Valley, which is providing pollinator gardens to people and properties that experienced the #AlmedaFire, one of 2020's #LaborDayFires. www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Pollinator gardens rise in the Rogue Valley from the ashes of the Almeda Fire
From Fires to Flowers, a program run by the non-profit Pollinator Project Rogue Valley, creates vibrant gardens in the scorched footprint of the 2020 Almeda Fire, helping create a landscape that heals...
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
My latest for Sierra is about why all the plastic in our buildings is so bad for climate and the health of occupants, workers, those who live near manufacturing facilities, and first responders--all too relevant with the thousands of structures burning in LA. www.sierraclub.org/sierra/envir...
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Not Fantastic: Our Plastic Buildings
Here's what you need to know about polyvinyl chloride, or PVC
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
More good news for the #KlamathBasin! A couple of days ago I got to witness the breaching of the levee at the Agency Barnes--a 14,000-acre wetlands restoration project. I'm working on a feature and will publish the link once it's available.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Resources for those affected by the #LAfires www.ca.gov/LAfires/
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2025 Los Angeles Fires | CA.gov
Resources for Californians Impacted by 2025 Early January Los Angeles County Fires.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Thinking of all my LA friends and connections...to everyone, Watch Duty is an excellent app for up to the minute info on fires. www.watchduty.org
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Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Watch Duty, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Good news! The Southern Oregon #wildlifecrossing has funding, thanks to the #InflationReductionAct! Here's the story I wrote about the project a couple of years ago. www.ijpr.org/environment-...
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Rejoining a landscape: Southern Oregon coalition moves forward with I-5 wildlife crossings
The Southern Oregon Wildlife Crossing Coalition is attempting to create new structures and enhance existing ones so that animals can safely cross I-5 in the Siskiyou Summit region. The interstate bise...
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Yes! And while we're at it, can we mandate pedestrian walkways in parking lot design so that you're not risking your life simply walking from the car to the front entrance of the store?
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
...the feeling of relief when your dog has run off in deep snow in an unfamiliar place and after an hour and a half of searching you find her waiting in the parking lot next to your car...
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I had the pleasure of working with photographer and filmmaker Katie Falkenberg on this story for @sierramagazine.bsky.social. Hard to believe drawdown of the Klamath River dam reservoirs began less than a year ago. www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2024-...
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Jason Dove Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The Winter edition of @sierramagazine.bsky.social arrives at members’ homes soon! Includes reporting by @julietgrable.bsky.social @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social @typeinvestigations.org and Adam Federman @isobel-whitcomb.bsky.social @delaneynolan.bsky.social @danad1012.bsky.social among others
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Few things more reliably fill me with well-being than a forecast full of snowy days.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Yes, Gary is my friend. He also happens to be a compelling writer and thinker. Please follow him and read his excellent Substack. You don't have to be #therapist to glean the benefits.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Great story from OPB. I want to visit the #ElwhaRiver myself someday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZWm...
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The rewilding of the Elwha River: 12 years after dam removal | Oregon Field Guide
YouTube video by Oregon Public Broadcasting
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
If you're feeling charitable, please consider giving to IJNR this year. This org supports journalists to attend virtual and in-the-field workshops on all sorts of vital issues, from #wildfire and #criticalminterals to the #landback movement. www.ijnr.org
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Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
#Architects, #designers, and #specifiers: If you're looking for some weekend reading, here's a free download with 40 strategies on how to support and select #regenerativematerials. It's a movement, y'all. store.living-future.org/products/reg...
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Regenerative Materials NOW: A Playbook for Designers and Specifiers (F
Regenerative Materials NOW: A Playbook for Designers and Specifiers is a new industry report from Living Future for design practitioners and materials specifiers, wherever they are in their regenerati...
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
My short but sweet story for @highcountrynews.bsky.social also appears in the Winter print issue. It's accompanied by evocative images by photographer Paul Wilson. #Chinook #KlamathRiver #damremoval #restoration #salmon www.hcn.org/issues/56-12...
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After the Klamath River dams came down, salmon came back - High Country News
What it's like to witness the first run of fish above the removed dams in over a century.
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Join Our SOCIAL MEDIA STORM! MAKE SURE WOMEN KNOW! No matter where you live in the US, you can receive safe, effective & affordable medication abortion services via telehealth. #ASafeChoice Use this social media toolkit to help spread word!
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#ASafeChoice Social Media Toolkit
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
#Designers, #architects, & #specifiers: wanna learn more about how you can make better materials choices, and spur #manufacturers while you're at it? Register for this free forum, happening tomorrow, Dec. 4.
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Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
My latest for JPR highlights the Klamath River Monitoring Program...and a pretty burly sampling technique. www.ijpr.org/environment-...
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Fishing for science: Researchers cast nets in the newly-freed Klamath River
There's some very sophisticated technology being used to try to understand how migrating salmon and steelhead are re-inhabiting the river, now that four hydroelectric dams have been removed. Then ther...
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