On June 11, 2025 a team of Indigenous teenagers from the tribes of the Klamath Basin began a historic first descent of the undammed Klamath River. The 310-mile route winds through southern Oregon and ...

The removal of four dams over the past year has opened up fascinating stretches of river, wild rapids and views of salmon. River guides explore transformed ‘New Klamath’ after historic dam removal ...

Since it has ended, it has been mixed emotions, joy to have completed the journey, and sad that this moment is coming to an ...

In a period of 16 months, four dams built between 1903 and 1962 came down as part of a monumental effort to clear 35 miles of the Klamath River spanning Oregon and California. The project owner ...

On Sunday, July 13 the first ever Klamath River Accord was signed by Indigenous youth, Tribal leaders and allied ...

The goal is to restore historic salmon runs in the Klamath River, part of the work is to restore the land that has been underwater for a century. Dave Meurer is from Resource Environmental ...

Salmon make historic trek past recently removed Klamath River dams By Joe Rosato Jr. • Published November 22, 2024 • Updated on November 22, 2024 at 5:28 pm BOOKMARKER ...

Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in U.S. history The Klamath River winds runs along Highway 96 near Happy Camp, Calif., June 7, 2021.

On Tuesday, the final impediment was removed and the Klamath was again a free-flowing river. The coffer dams, which had diverted water from the last two outdated hydroelectric dams undergoing ...

KLAMATH, Calif. — For the first time in over a century, salmon have been spotted in tributaries of the Klamath River in Oregon. It's a positive sign for wildlife officials after the removal of ...

The Klamath was once known as the third-largest salmon-producing river on the West Coast. But after power company PacifiCorp built the dams to generate electricity between 1918 and 1962, the ...

Will Volpert was rafting through a Class IV rapid on the Klamath River, in a canyon few have floated in a century, when something leaped out of the water near his oar blade. A chinook salmon was ...