Brook Featured in The Story Exchange

Against All Odds, the Dams Fell. Now It’s Time to Study the Salmon

Brook Thompson of the Yurok Tribe helped win the fight to remove dams along the Klamath River. Now, she's collecting DNA samples for better understanding of salmon.

Date: September 30, 2024

By: Lucy Sherriff

Link: https://thestoryexchange.org/against-all-odds-the-dams-fell-now-its-time-to-study-the-salmon/

BMT featured on ABC10 Video

California salmon fishing banned for second year in row

The California Fish and Game Commission will also decide next month whether to cancel inland salmon fishing in California rivers this summer and fall.

Date: April 10, 2024

By: Rachel Becker (CalMatters)

Link: https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/salmon-fishing-banned-california/103-dfc674a5-6ca3-4c83-ad02-2144038ecdda?fbclid=IwAR1oVkOzizTbtGifk8oc0gehU-cS3yFJ6zd0aZhfN3iiXSUnncIwL93uVF4

Thompson Quoted in UC DAVIS Article

Title: Removing Dams from the Klamath River is a Step Toward Justice for Native Americans

Date: July 13, 2023

By: Beth Rose Middleton Manning and Robert Lusardi

Link: https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/removing-dams-klamath-river-step-toward-justice-native-americans-northern-california

As Yurok tribal member Brook Thompson, a restoration engineer, stated in a recent article:

“My people have lived on the Klamath for thousands of years, and I know that the salmon today are the descendants of those my ancestors managed. These salmon are a direct tie to my ancestors – the physical representation of their love for me. The salmon are my relatives.”