NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How Karuk ceremonial leader Ron Reed used Western science to take down the Klamath dams Robin Meadows EcosystemsNotebook News and Features August 26, 2025by Robin Meadows The Karuk people have lived in the thickly forested mountains along the Klamath River in Northern California...
MONGABAY: Yurok Tribe restores sacred lands and salmon in historic conservation deal Mongabay Ecosystems June 10, 2025By Justin Catanosa, Mongabay The Pacific Ocean fog hung densely over the narrow mouth of the Klamath River in this...
CDFW: Klamath River Chinook salmon reoccupying historic habitat, spawning above former dam locations Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish and wildlife October 19, 2024From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is excited to announce that...
PRESS RELEASE: Yurok crew resumes revegetation work behind former Klamath Dams Yurok Tribe Ecosystems October 11, 2024Tribe Receives $18 Million to Restore Newly Accessible Salmon Spawning Tributaries Press release from the Yurok Tribe Building on the...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California completes largest dam removal in US history Courthouse News Service Ecosystems October 3, 2024The Klamath River dam removal unblocked nearly 400 miles of waterways in a big win for local Native American tribes....
PRESS RELEASE: Klamath Dam removal comes to a close (with before and after photos) Klamath River Renewal Corporation Ecosystems October 3, 2024From the Klamath River Renewal Corporation: Today marks the complete removal of the four lower Klamath hydroelectric dams. Kiewit, the...
NOAA FISHERIES: Final step in Klamath River dam removal opens path for returning salmon NOAA Fisheries Ecosystems October 3, 2024NOAA Fisheries led coordination efforts to protect water quality. By NOAA Fisheries “Heavy equipment removed the final obstacle separating the...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California details path to reintroducing fish into Klamath River Courthouse News Service Ecosystems August 30, 2024The plan was released the same week as the final two dams on the river were breached. By Alan Riquelmy,...
CDFW: Klamath River fishery plan calls for wild, self-sustaining salmon, steelhead populations in newly undammed river Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish and wildlife August 30, 2024The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has released the “Klamath River Anadromous Fishery Reintroduction and Restoration Monitoring Plan,”...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Klamath River and its salmon free-flowing after final two dams breached in California Courthouse News Service Ecosystems August 29, 2024The Klamath River was once a major habitat for salmon, but hydroelectric dams along the Oregon-California border region caused their...
NOAA FISHERIES: Teams and technology trace Klamath River Recovery by tracking new salmon returns NOAA Fisheries Ecosystems August 6, 2024Tribes and agencies join CalTrout to launch combined monitoring program. The removal of four dams on the Klamath River will reopen...
PRESS RELEASE: Klamath River flows returned to historic path at JC Boyle Dam Site Klamath River Renewal Corporation Ecosystems August 1, 2024While dam removal work is ongoing, fish passage has been restored at the former Oregon dam site Press release from...
NOAA FISHERIES: World’s biggest dam removal project to open 420 miles of salmon habitat this fall NOAA Fisheries Ecosystems July 23, 2024With the dams on the lower Klamath scheduled for complete removal by September, salmon will reenter 420 miles of habitat...
UC DAVIS: The salmon diaries: Life before and after Klamath Dam removal UC Davis Ecosystems July 16, 2024Salmon ‘Tell’ Scientists Their Life Story as Decades-Old Dams Come Down By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis When salmon return from...
IN RESPONSE … Klamath River Renewal Corporation responds to story regarding Kiewit pulling out of dam removal project Maven Ecosystems April 11, 2024This morning’s Daily Digest included this story from the California Globe, stating that Kiewit had pulled out of the Klamath...