8 OregonStater.org DAVID HERASIMTSCHUK/FRESHWATERS ILLUSTRATED L E T T E R S Thank you so much for the article [“Rewilding the Klamath”] about restoring the Klamath drainage. I graduated from the OSU College of Forestry a little over four decades ago and have spent most of my career deeply engaged in environmental, economic and social issues. The article literally brought tears to my eyes. I fully understand the monumental undertaking of the project. It was and is a truly historic (in human terms) undertaking that required the cooperation of many powerful interests. It’s not just about science and engineering; it’s about the emotional connection people have to the land, the challenges of navigating conflicting interests and the importance of recognizing the efforts of those working toward solutions. My deepest heartfelt thanks to those who made the Klamath project possible (on both sides of the fence, literally). It leaves me wondering … how many more decades will pass before we take a hard look at the Columbia? —JIM HURST, ’83 So happy to see the university involved in the removal of the dams on the Klamath River! Since I live 12 miles from the Oxbow Dam on the Snake River, on a ranch near Halfway, Oregon, I would hope that the same would be done on this river. Three dams were built in the 1950s and 1960s, and each made no allowance for the passage of fish. Hells Canyon Dam — the newest and an impenetrable wall — stopped the Snake dead in its tracks. Alas, these dams are too young to take down, but one can wish. Maybe in another 50 years. —TOM NASH, ’ 72 We just received your winter 2025 edition of the Oregon Stater and read it front-to-back. I think it must be the best one you have ever published — easy reading, informational and otherwise great. Thanks for your work to keep the Oregon Stater going. We pass it to two other grad families living in our retirement vilMAKING A SPLASH Our cover story on the rewilding of the Klamath River inspired many readers to write in and share their pride in OSU research. The story was also picked up in some unexpected places.A journalist writing about the project for a British magazine — 2024 was a record year for dam removal in Europe, too — saw the Stater on an alumni couple’s coffee table and reached out to one of the featured Oregon State scientists. We were also very excited to receive so many of your memories of Gill Coliseum. Keep them coming! KLAMATH RIVER • GILL COLISEUM ANNIVERSARY WINTER 2025 WINTER 2025 CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF GILL COLISEUM OSU’S HIDDEN GEM, THE MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING REWILDING THE KLAMATH OSU and the world’s largest dam removal and salmon recovery project. p. 30 202412_STATER_Winter2025.indd 1 11/11/24 1:21 PM
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