Indigenous stewardship Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How Karuk ceremonial leader Ron Reed used Western science to take down the Klamath dams

August 26, 2025

by Robin Meadows The Karuk people have lived in the thickly forested mountains along the Klamath River in Northern California...

ILRP: Second Irrigated Lands Expert Panel meeting features Indigenous perspectives and a lot of data

Jane Sooby

Water quality

August 20, 2025

By Jane Sooby Day 2 of the Second Statewide Agricultural Expert Panel’s “Kick Off Meeting” convened August 14, 2025, at...

MONGABAY: Yurok Tribe restores sacred lands and salmon in historic conservation deal

Mongabay

Ecosystems

June 10, 2025

By Justin Catanosa, Mongabay The Pacific Ocean fog hung densely over the narrow mouth of the Klamath River in this...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Fire and water: How cultural burns boost streamflows

Robin Meadows

Delta science Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

January 16, 2025

By Robin Meadows On a mild November day in California’s Sacramento Valley, Diana Almendariz ignites a clump of dry grass...

NOAA Fisheries: The Original Salmon Stewards

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife

October 29, 2024

How the Winnemem Wintu tribe helped return endangered Chinook salmon to the homeland they share By NOAA Fisheries The original...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: We are still here: Partnering with Tribes on the Delta

Robin Meadows

Best of the Notebook Delta science Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

August 28, 2024

By Robin Meadows The first time Malissa Tayaba visited one of her ancestral village sites on the banks of the...

OREGON STATE: Research showcases Indigenous stewardship’s role in forest ecosystem resilience

Guest Contributor

Wildfires and watersheds

April 25, 2024

By Steve Lundeberg, Oregon State University Oregon State University researchers have teamed with the Karuk Tribe to create a novel...

UCLA: Why are California’s wildfires getting worse? Experts explain what we know

UCLA

Wildfires and watersheds

August 15, 2023

Paper adds clarity to contentious debate with implications for lives and property David Colgan, UCLA Key takeaways Experts authored a...

THE CONVERSATION: Removing dams from the Klamath River is a step toward justice for Native Americans in Northern California

The Conversation

Ecosystems

July 12, 2023

By Beth Rose Middleton Manning, University of California, Davis and Robert Lusardi, University of California, Davis The Klamath River runs...

CHICO STATE: New Channel Teeming With Fish Thanks to Impressive Teamwork

Chico State Today

Fish and wildlife

June 26, 2023

By Luke Reid, Chico State Today Arthur Garcia, Cultural Resource Manager and Tribal Elder of the Wintu Tribe of Northern...

US FWS: Tribes on the Klamath River struggle to save their salmon and way of life in the face of a changing climate

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish and wildlife

May 24, 2023

By Susan Sawyer, US Fish and Wildlife Service Stretching from the volcanic Cascades of Southern Oregon to the Pacific Ocean...

NOAA FISHERIES: Tribe, State, and Federal Partners Join To Return Endangered Salmon to Historic Habitat

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife

May 3, 2023

Three-way collaboration to restore Chinook salmon to the mountains north of Redding, California. By NOAA Fisheries The California Department of...

CAL MATTERS: Saving salmon: Chinook return to California’s far north — with a lot of human help

Cal Matters

Fish and wildlife

December 19, 2022

Urgently trying to help an endangered species devastated by drought, biologists hauled 40,000 eggs to the McCloud River this year,...

ANECITA AGUSTINEZ, DWR TRIBAL POLICY ADVISOR: The Language of Water

Maven

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

January 14, 2020

This commentary is based on speakers notes from an ACWA Talk given by Anecita Agustinez at the ACWA Fall Conference...