NOAA FISHERIES: Start-up beaver dams transform parched California creeks into salmon havens, new research finds NOAA Fisheries Ecosystems September 10, 2026Juvenile survival rose and adult returns surged in the Klamath Basin. By NOAA Fisheries Battered by early gold mining and...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: 20,000 Salmon Return to the Klamath—but Challenging Conditions for Recovery Remain Inside Climate News Fish and wildlife August 28, 2026In the two years since dam removal on the Klamath River in California and Oregon, fall-run chinook salmon have come...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Yurok Tribe challenges feds’ revised priorities for Klamath Project Courthouse News Service Water project operations August 15, 2026The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation pointed to historically low snowpack this winter, which it argued necessitated lower-than-normal flows to avoid...
USGS: The Science of Suckers: What’s driving population declines in the Klamath River basin? USGS Fish and wildlife January 8, 2026USGS and its partners are working tirelessly to monitor suckers and understand why they are disappearing from lakes and streams...
CDFW: ‘Salmon Everywhere’ One Year After Klamath Dam Removal Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish and wildlife November 19, 2025Press release from the Department of Fish and Wildlife: A little more than a year after the historic removal of...
PRESS RELEASE: Celebration marks completion of tributary restoration at key Klamath River sites Yurok Tribe Ecosystems October 29, 2025RES Project Manager: “Surgery is over, healing can begin” The end of construction activity on four priority tributaries to the...
USGS: Integrating water availability in the Klamath Basin: from drought to dam removal USGS Planning and management July 31, 2025By the USGS The USGS Water Resources Mission Area is assessing how much water is available for human and ecological...
CDFW: Cutting the Green Tape Update: A new and improved Restoration Management Permit; Little Butano Creek Fish Passage and Habitat Enhancement; Regulatory strategies to advance restoration; and more … Department of Fish and Wildlife Ecosystems April 15, 2025From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: Staff from CDFW’s Cutting the Green Tape program have been working hard to...
PRESS RELEASE: Yurok Tribe restores prairie and salmon-spawning stream Yurok Tribe Ecosystems January 24, 2025Tribe Begins Restoring 60 Acres of Prairie, Two Miles of Lower Blue Creek for Fish and Wildlife Press release from...
CDFW: Threatened coho salmon return to upper Klamath River basin for first time in more than 60 years Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish and wildlife November 23, 2024CDFW releases 270,000 fall-run Chinook salmon into Fall Creek, the first yearling hatchery salmon release following historic dam removal The...
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...
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...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Here today, forgotten tomorrow: How shifting baselines transform nature and challenge restoration Alastair Bland Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation September 30, 2024Current water policies in the Delta encourage “shifting baselines” that gradually degrade ecosystems. But ongoing work on the Klamath River...
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT: Draft Environmental Assessment for implementation of Klamath Project operating procedures 2024-2029 Bureau of Reclamation News ANNOUNCEMENTS September 13, 2024From the Bureau of Reclamation The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) manages the Klamath Project (Project),...
