Some experts suggested that if the Klamath River Coho go extinct, they could be replaced with salmon from other parts of the West. But Coho from other parts of the West would not be appropriate, ...

By the end of the week, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will have released 90,000 yearling coho as well as 400,000 Chinook salmon fry into the Klamath River.

The Klamath River is prime habitat for coho salmon, like these juveniles. Coho in the Klamath River region are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. (Jimmy Peterson & Will Harling/Mid ...

The Klamath’s salmon and steelhead returns should be even better in the years to come, as the river continues to heal itself. In its announcement over the weekend, CDFW said that last week the agency ...

Karuk Tribe fisheries program manager Toz Soto, right, and three fisheries technicians net threatened coho salmon and other fish in the Klamath River in December 2023 to relocate them.

The Salmon River, left, flows into the Klamath River in Northern California. “Dam removal is probably the No. 1 most important thing that could happen to help spring Chinook,” she said.

Klamath River Coho have continued to decline even though they were listed as “threatened” pursuant to the federal ESA in 1997 and the California ESA in 2004.

Juvenile coho salmon collected for tagging in Horse Creek along the Klamath River. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters Mike Polmateer is helping the Karuk tribe track them — if and when they do ...

The Klamath River has begun to flow though a tunnel that’s been blasted into the bottom of the dam known as Copco No. 1. Work to fully remove the dam is expected to continue well into August.

The Klamath River was once the third-largest salmon producer on the West Coast, but in the time since the dams were constructed, the Klamath's coho and Chinook runs have dwindled to a fraction of ...

Some experts suggested that if the Klamath River Coho go extinct, they could be replaced with salmon from other parts of the West. But Coho from other parts of the West would not be appropriate, ...

Biologists expect that with the dams now removed and the Klamath flowing freely, all types of native fish will benefit, including fall-run and spring-run chinook as well as coho salmon, steelhead ...