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),...
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...
AG ALERT: Klamath Basin leaders call for full water allocation Ag Alert Agriculture June 12, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Due to significant economic impacts to farmers and others in the Klamath Basin, county leaders...