With a new administration in Sacramento, there is a chance that the collapse of California’s wild salmon runs can be reversed, according to Bruce Tokars of Salmon Water Now.
"New eyes looking at the problem and potential solutions bring a prospect of hope," said Tokars. "Salmon Water Now is presenting a six-week, six-part video series beginning today. We will be presenting one new video each week as individual short pieces. After all have been made available we will, on the seventh week, tie them all together as one."
Tokars is now pleased to present: Salmon Speak to Governor Brown: Part One
Here is more detail about the series along with links to the video on Vimeo and YouTube. As always, sharing and embedding is encouraged!
If Salmon Could Speak to Governor Brown: A six-part series
"What if salmon could speak?" said Tokars. "We imagine that they would have a lot to say about how difficult their lives have been because of the way humans have treated their environment. The past decade has not been kind to salmon but it is not too late to fix the problems that have pushed wild California salmon to the edge of extinction."
"The person who can have the greatest impact on reversing salmon’s march to oblivion is California’s past and current governor, Jerry Brown. The people he hires or appoints to manage and repair California’s water system can make a difference. But they need to follow sound science and reject the hysterical political grandstanding of those who only care about their own greedy ambitions," noted Tokars.
This six-part series of short videos explains what needs to be done to help salmon recover. The five parts are:
Fix the Delta
Habitat Restoration
Building Things
Water Conservation
The Best Science
The Human Costs
Part One: Fix the Delta
This is the starting point. Getting the Delta back to health will require stronger flows and much less water diversions. But if sound, peer-reviewed science is followed, then we believe that salmon can come back to health, too.
Watch it here:
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/...
Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/...
Bruce Tokars
www.salmonwaternow.org