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People — and salmon — return to restored Klamath to celebrate removal of 4 dams
After years of protests, court battles and even picketing, Klamath tribes are able to return to a restored river.
Salmon swim freely in the Klamath River for first time in a century after dams removed
For the first time in more than a century, salmon are swimming freely along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a major watershed near the California-Oregon border — just days after the largest dam removal project in U.
Klamath River dam removal brings hope for threatened salmon
The recently completed removal of dams on the Klamath River is raising hopes of rebuilding the population of threatened spring-run chinook salmon.
Salmon return to the dam free Klamath River
On Oct. 3, researchers saw something nobody had seen for a century. Chinook salmon were swimming freely along the Klamath River in California and Oregon. The arrival of the salmon signaled that the last and largest dam standing of the four hydroelectric dams on the river,
With dams gone, Klamath salmon start long road to recovery
Rivers don’t fix themselves and heal overnight from 100 years of degradation and damage," one expert said. "This is a process, and the healing process is
Tribes celebrate end of nation’s largest dam removal on Klamath River
Advocates see their work as far from finished, with some already focusing efforts on revegetation and restoration on the Klamath River and surrounding land.
Yurok Tribe Receives $18M for Restoration, Resumes Revegetation Work on Undammed Klamath River
Building on the success of the winter planting, the Yurok Tribe’s Fisheries Department has launched the second phase of a ...
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After dam removal project, Yurok Tribe awaits the return of salmon in parts of the Klamath River
Salmon are once again swimming freely in the Klamath River after the world's largest dam removal project was completed in August. Indigenous tribal nations along the California-Oregon border ...
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Workers breach key Klamath dams, allowing salmon to swim freely for the first time in a century
Workers breached the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River on Wednesday, clearing the way for salmon to swim freely through a major watershed near the California-Oregon border for the ...
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Klamath River flows free after the last dams come down, leaving land to tribes and salmon
PHOENIX – The last of the four dams that nearly destroyed salmon populations on the Klamath River at the California-Oregon border was demolished last week, marking a significant victory for ...
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Reclaiming the Klamath: A $450 million effort to save native plant species and salmon habitat
The Klamath once boasted the third-largest salmon population in the West. But the dams—built a century ago to provide power to a growing US Northwest—destroyed 90 percent of them by turning a cool ...
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Salmon swim freely in Klamath River for 1st time in a century after dams removed
For the first time in more than a century, salmon are swimming freely along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a major watershed near the California-Oregon border — just days after the ...
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Before and After Photos of World’s Largest Dam Removal in Calif. Will Have You Cheering for Team Salmon (LOOK)
The last two dams, Ion Gate and Copco 1, that were built to divert water for the construction of larger dams, were just ...