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The Salt
Paul Mattz Van Mechelen, who runs Paul's Famous Smoked Salmon, has had to buy salmon from fishermen hundreds of miles away instead of fishing for Chinook in the Klamath River, just 50 feet from his California shop.

'It Takes Our Purpose': With No Salmon, Yurok Tribe Struggles With Identity

Nov 29, 2017
The tribe has fished in the Pacific Northwest's Klamath River for centuries, but the Chinook have been devastated by drought, disease, dams, and a long history of habitat destruction.
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