Klamath River Restoration Corporation (KRRC)

World Renewal Executive Director Wendy Ferris-George is the vice president of the Klamath River Renewal Corporation appointed by the Karuk Tribe. She was appointed in 2016 to conduct the world's largest dam removal project. Removal of the four hydroelectric dams is the first crucial step to restore the health of the Klamath River and the communities that depend upon it. Work now continues to restore the 2,200 acres of formerly submerged lands.  

Wendy "Poppy" Ferris-George is the Vice President of Klamath Indigenous Land Trust. She has worked since 2002 on the campaign to remove Klamath River dams. Wendy descends from the Karuk and Hupa Tribes. She has spent her life fishing on the Klamath and Trinity Rivers and is engaged with the people that depend on them for subsistence and economic purposes. She has been a cultural arts instructor along the Trinity and Klamath Rivers for over 30 years, specializing in the return of the traditional Jump Dance Basket. Wendy served 7 years on the California Indian Basket Weavers Association working on environmental justice issues.