DAMS EPISODES

After incredible collaboration and momentum at the Snake River amongst several tribes and two states to create a legitimate pathway for the 4 Lower Snake River Dams to be breached and therefore allow the anadromous Salmon, Steelhead and Lamprey of the basin to avoid extinction, the collaboration has been cancelled by the current presidential administration. Why? What comes next? Our guests are full of passion and wisdom for this story: Kayeloni Scott from the Columbia Snake River Campaign and Li...

Live from the River Management Society’s Annual Symposium in Ashland, Oregon, we bring you a live conversation with Paddle Tribal Waters. This powerful project is paddling the entire length of the Klamath River from its headwaters to the Pacific Ocean during the summer of 2025. We dive into the vision and logistics behind this month-long river journey. Hear how Paddle Tribal Waters is weaving together stories of ecology, culture and river life. SPONSORS Northwest River Supplies @nrsweb Faceboo...

Do rivers have rights? Should they have a set of rights that guide how they are used? In September of this year, 2024, the Biobio River in Chile was assigned a Declaration of Rights. This non binding document allows for work to be done towards making the Declaration influential and even binding at a later date. We speak with International Rivers and Malen Lebu in Chile to understand this more. SPONSORS Denver Area Nissan Dealers @nissanusa Over It Raft Covers @overitraftcovers promo code, free ...

Dams have been blocking rivers for decades. Is there a growing crack in the dam? This episode explores dam removal as an increasing trend. We talk with guests at the Chattooga River and Tugalo Dam, the Snake River and the Lower Snake River Dams, and the Klamath River and the active removal project there. And we look at the trends globally for dam construction and removal. SPONSORS Paddle Ways Download the Paddle Ways app on your phone, then go to the Paddle Ways website with discount link here ...

The Klamath River 2nd episode. In the Spring of 2025, a group of teenagers from several Tribal Nations of the Klamath River Basin and greater region will descend the newly undammed Klamath River from source to sea. These teens began learning how to kayak in 2022 and 2023, began learning about river policy and fish science, and are bringing their family stories to the river with them. In the summer of 2023 The River Radius spent a week with these young paddlers on the water and on the microphone ...

After 100 years of dams stagnating the flows of the Klamath River and killing the Salmon runs, a group of teenagers from the tribal nations of the Klamath Basin will paddle the Klamath from source to sea to usher in the post-dam Klamath. In this 1st of 2 episodes on the topic, the founders of Rios to Rivers & Paddle Tribal Waters explain how their own paddle experiences and time travel, brought the inception of this powerful passage. SPONSORS NRS @nrsweb Mighty Arrow Foundation Virga Foundat...

Ben Knight builds powerful films with his partner at Felt Soul Media. DAMNATION, RED GOLD, IN CURRENT, and now LEARNING TO DROWN. In the past few years, Ben also became a father. In this episode Contributing Host Greg Cairns talks with Ben about the inside of his life, some of the process of creating his films, and his path of becoming a powerful filmmaker. And, his daughter. TODAY'S ADVERTISING SPONSORS Down River Equipment Company Nissan and the Denver Area Nissan Dealers GUEST BEN KNIGHT ...

The Grand Salmon Source to Sea crew is paddling just shy of 1000 miles following the Snake River Basin Spring Summer Chinook Salmon from the mountains of Idaho to the Pacific Ocean. These 4 women launched in April of this spring and are now nearing the west coast. Youth Salmon Protectors is a dedicated group of 2000 young people of the Pacific Northwest. Both of these groups are working to bring attention and action to the Chinook Salmon as they near extinction. This episode is interviews with 6...

The River Radius went to Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River to learn about that dam. How do Salmon get around the Lower 4 Snake River Dams? How are the dams impacting the salmon returns? What does breach mean? What are the proposals on the table right working to avoid Salmon extinction? How do tribal treaty rights impact the salmon outcome? GUESTS Jay Hesse, Director of Biological Services, Fisheries Resource Management, Nez Perce Tribe US Congressman Mike Simpson, 2nd District of Idaho Eric...

Chinook Salmon of the Snake River begin their lives in mountains of Idaho’s rivers, live their lives in the Pacific Ocean, and return to their natal spawning stream in Idaho. This fish is on the brink of extinction. This is the summer when all pressure is focused on maintaining this fish that is millions of years old. This is the first of 2 episodes about this Chinook Salmon. GUESTS Dr Helen Neville, Trout Unlimited Vice Chairman Shannon Wheeler, Nez Perce Tribe Russ Thurow, Fish Biologist, US...

Is it a reservoir in crisis or a river recovering? In October of 2021 a crew of river scientist and river runners and this podcast traveled down Cataract Canyon to examine a retreating reservoir and a recovering river. As Lake Powell dips below 30% of full, the Colorado River is cutting through the decades of reservoir sediment. What is in the sediment? On top of it? What is next? SPONSORED ORGANIZATION RiversEdge West GUESTS Pete Lefebvre Dr Brenda Bowen Dr Scott Hynek Dr Cari Johnson Dr Sash...

This episode is a follow up to the Returning Rapids episode and hosts a conversation with the Bureau of Reclamation about the receding Lake Powell and all the sediment byproduct left behind as the nation's second largest reservoir sits at 1/3 of full.

Cataract Canyon is welcoming some of its rapids back to the flow of the river as the Colorado River is recovering from a reservoir. A crew of river runners has been there witnessing and documenting the Returning Rapids.

The Blue Nile River of Ethiopia is the largest volume river feeding into the Nile River. In 1987 and 2019, Steve Stahl boated the Blue Nile. This river passes by many small groups of people, through intense whitewater and is populated with Nile Crocodiles and Hippopotamus. His trip in 2019 is the last descent of this river before it is impounded behind a new dam and he tells us the story of the river and the people he encounters.