Category Archives: Nature

Removing “Road Dams” in Europe – Webinar

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Seppo

Culvert - a river runs trhough it - fish don'tThe World Fish Migration Foundation, The United States Forest Service, and The Nature Conservancy invite you to join us for a 3 hour, international webinar highlighting the need and opportunities to improve road and stream crossings to enhance the biodiversity of rivers across Europe! 
January 19th, 2022 from 15:00-18:00 Central European Time (CET) 
River fragmentation from constructed […]

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Help Migratory Fish Break Free

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Seppo

Dam removal - Rainbow troutPlease help migratory fish Break Free for World Fishmigration Day 2022 on Saturday May 21, 2022.
The official WFMD 2022 Participants Guideline is now available!
Download the guide for free on our resources page.

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Libertad para el río salmonero

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Seppo

¡Libertad para el río salmonero Kemijoki!Un activista finés, el profesor Vesa Puuronen tiene que pagar compensaciones a una corporación hidroeléctrica “Kemijoki Oy” por “dañar una presa” con pinturas de salmones. Las presas sin escalas para peces han eliminado la población local de salmones.
Gracias a Mario Quevedo por traducir la viñeta!

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Umweltaktivist wurde wegen Lachs-Graffiti an Staudamm-Mauer zum Schadenersatz von 20 000 € verurteilt!

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Seppo

Mach den Kemijoki Fluss für den Lachs wieder frei!

Der Fluss Kemijoki im Norden Finnlands war einst einer der lachs-reichsten Flüsse Europas.
Nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges wurden die Vorkommnisse an Lachs- und anderen Wanderfischen durch den Bau von Staudämmen schlagartig und vollständig zerstört.
Bis heute fehlen bei den seither 16 gebauten Wasserkraftwerken die natürlichen Wanderwege für Fische. Dafür verantwortlich zeichnet sich das staatliche (Betreiber)- […]

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Activist to Pay Compensations to Power Company for “Damaging the Dam” with Art!

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Seppo

Hydro power company makes activist payThe Kemijoki River in Northern Finland was once maybe the best salmon river in Europe.
The river was dammed after the World War II, and no fish passages were built, so the local salmon population was lost.
Kemijoki Ltd has now 16 hydro power plants in the Kemijoki River. The company wants to build one more with […]

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