Heavy machinery removing the first scoop of dirt from Iron Gate dam on May 1, 2024. Juliet Grable / JPR Once FERC determines there’s no risk of high water that could compromise the earthen ...

Work has now begun on removing the third of four dams that nearly destroyed salmon populations on the Klamath River in Oregon and California and caused some of the nation's largest-ever fish kills.

On Thursday, the gate on a 16-foot-wide bypass tunnel at the base of Iron Gate dam, the lowest of those slated to be removed, was opened from a crack to 36 inches. Amy Cordalis stood in the dawn ...

Last year, the final of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River were removed in the largest project of its kind in US ...

The removal of the four hydroelectric dams — Iron Gate Dam, Copco Dams 1 and 2, and JC Boyle Dam — allows the region’s iconic salmon population to swim freely along the Klamath River and its ...

HORNBROOK, Calif. — Excavators clawed at the remnants of Iron Gate Dam, clattering loudly as they unloaded tons of earth and rock into dump trucks. Nine miles upriver, machinery tore into the ...

Researchers determined that Chinook salmon began migrating Oct. 3 into previously inaccessible habitat above the site of the former Iron Gate dam, one of four towering dams demolished as part of a ...

Michael Belchik, senior water policy analyst for the Yurok Tribe, said he is hopeful they’ll get past the Iron Gate dam soon. “I think we’re going to have some early successes,” he said.

The largest dam removal project in US history is finally complete, after crews last week demolished the last of the four dams on the Klamath River. It’s a significant win for tribal nations on ...