Celebration Marks Completion of Tributary Restoration at Key Klamath River Sites

Celebration marks completion of tributary restoration at key Klamath River sites

/PRNewswire/ -- The end of construction activity on four priority tributaries to the Klamath River was marked with a "restoration celebration" hosted by...

Salmon Reclaim the Klamath: First Chinook Seen Above Dams in 100 Years

This week, river watchers and tribal elders are quietly celebrating what was once thought improbable: Chinook salmon are making their way upstream in the Klamath River Basin for the first time in over a century. After four dams were removed, the fish have reached tributaries in the upper Klamath Basin, marking a major ecological milestone. The Return of Salmon In late September, biologists observed a Chinook ascending a fish ladder at Keno Dam i…

When the Salmon Died: A Family’s Fight to Restore the Klamath River

For more than a century, the Klamath River has been at the heart of one of North America’s most significant environmental justice movements. Beginning in the early 1900s, a series of hydroelectric dams cut off salmon migration routes, destroyed fisheries, and devastated the livelihoods and cultural practices of the Yurok, Karuk, Klamath, and Shasta Nations. In 2002, a massive fish kill on the Lower Klamath caused by low flows, high temperatures,…