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The largest dam removal in US history just restored the Klamath River in Northern California, reviving one of the continent's greatest salmon runs after a century of decline. Indigenous advocate Amy Bowers Cordalis of the Yurok Tribe helped lead the fight to protect her people's ancestral waters.
Just two years after removing four dams from California's Klamath River, over 20,000 chinook salmon have returned to their ancestral spawning grounds. Scientists say the recovery happened much faster than anyone expected.
Aboriginal communities in remote Australia are paying double for fuel and essentials, but advocates are fighting to update a 25-year-old support payment that hasn't kept pace. The Central Land Council is pushing the government to increase aid for families struggling with the rising cost of living.
