[marsh2]

Norgaard’s involvement in the Klamath issues speaks volumes about the quality of “science” being used here.

A PhD friend of mine drew my attention to a link to a Washington Post article on her 2005 work for the Karuk tribe. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47525-2005Jan29.html

Here is a quote from that article, about dams killing Indians on the Klamath River:

“The dams are quite literally killing Indians, according to a tribe- commissioned report that was written by Kari Marie Norgaard, a sociologist from the University of California at Davis. The report links the disappearance of salmon to increases in poverty, unemployment, suicide and social dissolution.”

[Baynative]

“The dams are quite literally killing Indians, according to a tribe- commissioned report that was written by Kari Marie Norgaard, a sociologist from the University of California at Davis. The report links the disappearance of salmon to increases in poverty, unemployment, suicide and social dissolution.”

The people who repeat this rhetoric are considered experts. Their quotes are entered in the public record as scientific fact. They are taking away our right to own property little by little and so many people aren't concerned because they don't think they have a dog in the fight based on the fact that they don't farm or live by a river, lake, or shoreline.