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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 9:00am
Over the past decade, Tribal Nations have led a global movement for dam removal as a vital part of responding to the climate crisis. Jan Haaken talks with Cynthia Coleman, professor of communication at Portland State University, about her case study of the campaign to remove four dams from the Klamath River in 2023 and 2024. Coleman is author of Environmental Clashes on Native Lands, published in 2020. She provides background on tribal relationships to the Klamath River Basin and explains how tribal leaders, farmers, ranchers and other community members were able to come together in calling for the removal of the dams.