[BCFSN] salmon policy and strategic voting

[Jennie Barron]

Hello,

It seems to me that this issue needs to receive funding from the Fraser Basin Council for the Indigenous Food Sovereignty Group and the BCFSN to help mitigate the same problem on the Fraser and its network.

Cheers
John
On Jul 28, 2015, at 5:28 PM, Dawn Morrison <dmo6842 at gmail.com> wrote:

> HI Amelia, 
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> Thank you for passing this critically important information along. I am forwarding to our Indigenous food sovereignty email listserve and encourage everyone to share the information widely. We really need to step up our campaigns and try to save wild salmon from extinction in these times of rapid change. 
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> Thank you for doing your part. 
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> Dawn Morrison, 
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> BC Food Systems Network
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> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Amelia Marchand <Amelia.Marchand at colvilletribes.com> wrote:
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> I am subscribed to the BC Food Systems Network listserv even though I am down in Washington State.  Please share the two stories below with the group. 
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> ·         The first (from www.oregonlive.com) discusses tribal activities undertaken in Oregon State for protection of their cultural foods as climate adaptation. 
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> ·         The second is a quick blurb about salmon dying the Columbia due to warm waters. 
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> ·         On the 17th there was also a video posted on YouTube that discussed the “mysterious deaths” of sturgeon in the Columbia.  https://youtu.be/4ZOZKtkRjOI
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> Skʷumqnálqs                                                  
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> Amelia Marchand
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> Studies report that approximately 33% of the Earth’s soils are facing moderate to severe degredation.  Soil is a non-renewable resource; its preservation is essential for food security and our sustainable future.
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> From: Kathy Moses 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 4:02 PM
> To: Shelly Clark; Amelia Marchand; Bruce Wakefield; Cindy Marchand; Don Hurst; Douglas Marconi; Bessie; Gary Passmore; Kris Ray; Lindsey Hamilton; Lois Trevino; Mark Ives; Pamela Abeyta; Patti Bailey; Shonita Ratcliff; Terri Covington; Todd Thorn
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> From: Shelly Clark 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 3:59 PM
> To: Amelia Marchand; Bruce Wakefield; Cindy Marchand; Don Hurst; Douglas Marconi; Bessie; Gary Passmore; Kathy Moses; Kris Ray; Lindsey Hamilton; Lois Trevino; Mark Ives; Pamela Abeyta; Patti Bailey; Shelly Clark; Shonita Ratcliff; Terri Covington; Todd Thorn
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> Half of Columbia River sockeye salmon dying due to hot water
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> Posted: Jul 27, 2015 9:00 PM <em class="wnDate">Tuesday, July 28, 2015 12:00 AM EDT</em>Updated: Jul 27, 2015 10:18 PM <em class="wnDate">Tuesday, July 28, 2015 1:18 AM EDT</em>
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> BOISE, Idaho (AP) - More than a quarter million sockeye salmon returning from the ocean to spawn are either dead or dying in the Columbia River and its tributaries due to warming water temperatures.
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> Federal and state fisheries biologists say water that is 5 to 6 degrees warmer is wiping out at least half of this year's returning population of the cold-water species.  Ritchie Graves of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says up to 80 percent of the population could ultimately perish.
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> Officials are trying to cool flows by releasing cold water from selected reservoirs.  Experts say drought and record heat this summer are behind the high water temperatures.  Thirteen species of salmon and steelhead are listed as endangered or threatened in the Columbia River basin.
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