# Why I blew up a dam on my birthday, with Amy Bowers Cordalis

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Podcast: [Climate Curious](https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-curious-3335844)
Published: 2026-05-21T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

“The river heals, the river's free, the salmon are free, and so are the people,” says Yurok Tribe attorney and devoted advocate for Indigenous rights and environmental restoration Amy Bowers Cordalis on the Climate Curious podcast. In conversation with Maryam Pasha, Amy breaks down how exactly she won the right to release the Klamath River and restore salmon populations from the brink of extinction, the importance of her grandmother’s guidance, and how the river remembered its path. Recorded live at TED 2026.  Learn more about Amy’s work and read her book, ‘The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family's Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life’: https://amybowerscordalis.com/ Listen to the full episode: https://tedxlondon.com/podcasts/how-historys-biggest-wild-salmon-restoration-project-in-the-klamath-river-happened-with-amy-bowers-cordalis/ Join the Climate Curious conversation on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climatecuriouspod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@climatecuriouspod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtF6xzNkVIczlDmVcH8FCMA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10996041/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxLondon Website: https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/ All other links: https://linktr.ee/climatecuriouspod   Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha Chandra Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst Communications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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