How are native people fighting to protect their land and way of life?

On the next Your Call, we'll speak with members of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe from Northern California about their efforts to restore salmon to their spawning grounds on the McCloud River. "Our fight to return the salmon," they say, "is no less than a fight to save our Tribe." How does the health of an ecosystem affect the health of a people? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are other indigenous people fighting back against the destruction of their home and culture? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Caleen Sisk-Franco, chief and spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe

Toby McLeod, director of In the Light of Reverence for the Sacred Land Film Project

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What will It Take to Save California's Salmon?

Why should you care about saving California's salmon? For the past two years, there's been no salmon-fishing season at all -- and a third year hangs in the balance. On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the plight of salmon. The dramatic decline in salmon population has cost thousands of jobs. And it indicates bigger problems with how California manages its water. But what would it take to restore a sustainable salmon fishery on the California coast?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's your role, whether you eat salmon or not? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Christina Swanson--Executive Director and Chief Scientist for The Bay Institute

Caleen Sisk-Franco--Chief of the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Northern California

Larry Collins--Commercial fisherman, president of the Crab Boat Owners Association of San Francisco, and a founding member of Salmon Water Now

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Your Call 040308 The Commons Series; Animal Migrations

What impact has human activity had on migration patterns? On the next Your Call, we continue our series on the commons with David Wilcove, author of "No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations." The Redfish Lake in Idaho is named for the thousands of Sockeye Salmon that once retuned to the lake after a 900-mile long journey from the Pacific Ocean. This year, only four sockeye reached the lake. What is destroying migratory routes? What's being done to preserve them? And what's our role? It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guest:
David S. Wilcove, author of No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations, is professor of ecology, evolutionary biology, and public affairs at Princeton University.

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