FALL 2013 – The Damn Dam Tour

November 29, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Before last week, the Klamath and Trinity Rivers, and the hydroelectric dams that divert water, decimate native salmon populations, and threaten tribal culture, were blue lines on a map. Now, thanks to Dania Rose Colegrove, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, and Klamath Riverkeepers, I’m joining the effort to bring the dams down. Stand with us. (And […]

San José State University – Student Work

August 31, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

In our Nature and World Cultures class at SJSU, students work on group projects tracing the dynamic relationships between Native Californian tribes and tribal communities and specific aspects of nature. Student work results in micro-documentaries featured on YouTube, published articles in the newsmagazine Indian Country Today, and projects used by tribal staff and councils. Highlights […]

Salmon Film Festival 2013

March 7, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

All Good Acts begin with heightening our awareness and then making a commitment. As part of a promise I made to the salmon, our third Salmon Film Festival will be held in Ft. Bragg (Mendocino County, CA) on November 8-10th, 2013. It’s gonna be bigger. More diverse. More activities. More fun. Check it out.

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March 7, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

FALL 2012 Building capacity: Together with leaders from our three coastal counties, I led the way for incorporating “best practices” into the approach taken by state agencies overseeing the monitoring and evaluation of newly established marine reserves in our region. Eight months later, (after addressing the California Secretary of Natural Resources at a September 13th […]