After more than a century of obstruction, the Klamath River is experiencing a rebirth. After the recent removal of four massive hydroelectric dams, the largest such project ever in the U.S., more ...

By the end of the 20th century, the Klamath basin contained only about 5 percent⁠ of the salmon numbers ... of the lower river in September 2002, in the biggest fish die-off⁠ in the history ...

“I went through your draft application, and I can’t tell if a goddamn salmon even lives in the Klamath River,” she once told company executives. Then there was Troy Fletcher, executive ...

PHOENIX – The last of the four dams that nearly destroyed salmon populations on the Klamath River ... flow of the river and ...

Last year, tribal nations in Oregon and California won a decades-long fight for the largest dam removal in U.S. history. This ...

Last year, tribal nations in Oregon and California won a decades-long fight for the largest dam removal in U.S. history. This ...

The Klamath was once known as the third-largest salmon-producing river on the West Coast. But after power company PacifiCorp built the dams to generate electricity between 1918 and 1962, the ...

However, habitat conditions are forecasted to improve for Sacramento River salmon, and the removal of the Klamath river dams is anticipated to result in increased salmon survival in the future." ...

Four dams were removed from the Klamath River in the largest dam removal project in U.S. history. Additionally, in 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a “Salmon Strategy” involving a slew of ...

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Chinook salmon were once abundant in the ... including four on the Klamath River in California and Oregon as part of the largest dam removal project ...

For thousands of years, the Klamath River nourished Indigenous peoples with its abundant salmon runs. But in the early 20th century, four hydroelectric dams blocked the river, endangering fish ...