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Four ageing dams were removed to restore the Klamath River, but wildfire crews now face a new challenge as the reservoirs disappear

Removing four ageing hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River was always going to be a delicate undertaking, but one complication came from a source that had nothing to do with fish or river ecology at all: wildfire. The dams' reservoirs had served for decades as a reliable water source for…

The Times of India

An indigenous Yurok family from California brought a dying river back to life after leading a decades-long fight to remove four dams

More than a century after four dams cut off the Klamath River's natural flow, salmon are finally swimming freely upstream again. The historic comeback follows the completion of the world's largest dam removal project in October 2024, ending decades of ecological damage that devastated fish populations and disrupted the lives…

The Times of India

One year after a historic dam removal, teens inspire river restoration worldwide: ‘It turns out you can win’

The Klamath River began rebounding almost immediately. Now, Indigenous youth are leading the next chapter of the recovery, inspiring tribes from Brazil to China

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California tribes celebrate historic dam removal: ‘More successful than we ever imagined’

After four dams were blasted from the Klamath River, the work to restore the ecosystem is under way

The Guardian - US

Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in US history

Less than a month after four towering dams on the Klamath River were demolished, hundreds of salmon made it into waters they have been cut off from for decades to spawn in cool creeks

The Independent UK

Hundreds of thousands of salmon dead from ‘gas bubble disease’ in US river

Mass die-off in Klamath River caused by extreme changes in water pressure amid largest dam removal project in US history

The Guardian - US

No turning back: The largest dam removal in U.S. history begins

The next big phase of the Klamath River Dam removal started this week. It's the largest dam removal in U.S. history and is expected to last through 2024.

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Indigenous advocacy leads to largest dam removal project in US history

Four dams are being demolished along the Klamath River in northern California, as salmon populations plummet.

Al Jazeera

Removing dams from the Klamath River is a step toward justice for Native Americans in Northern California

The Klamath River runs over 250 miles (400 kilometers) from southern Oregon to the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. It flows through the steep, rugged Klamath Mountains, past slopes of redwood, fir, tanoak and madrone, and along pebbled beaches where willows shade the river’s edge. Closer to its mouth at…

The Conversation

The massive dam removal on the Klamath may save salmon but can't solve the West's water crisis

MOUTH OF THE KLAMATH RIVER, California — Sheldon SmilingCoyote locked his eyes on the push and pull of the waves in front of him, suddenly slashing the tip of his handheld hook through the water, pulling out a slimy prehistoric fish.

Tribune News Service

River restoration changes ecosystem

By the end of 2024 the Lower Klamath River will run free for the first time in a century

Salon

Feds remove 4 dams for fish—or potatoes

Tribes say the decision to reduce water flow "has more to do with potatoes than it does fish.”

Salon

In ‘momentous’ act, regulators approve demolition of four Klamath River dams

In a milestone decision, federal regulators on Thursday signed off on plans to demolish four aging dams along the Klamath River, paving the way for hundreds of miles of native fish habitat along the California-Oregon border to flow freely for the first time in more than a century.

Los Angeles Times

US to demolish four dams in river restoration effort

Decision by regulators comes after years of advocacy by Native American tribes and environmentalists.

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The Independent UK

Why is California undertaking the largest dam removal project in history? ‘Our existence depends on it’

The $500m proposal could begin as early as this summer and is schedule to finish sometime in 2024

WEKU

The largest dam demolition in history is approved for a Western river

The destruction of four dams on the lower Klamath river will open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat. U.S. regulators approved the plan Thursday in a unanimous vote.

The Independent UK

US regulators to vote on largest dam demolition in history

The largest dam demolition and river restoration plan in the world could become reality as U.S. regulators vote on whether to approve the removal of four aging structures, reopening hundreds of miles of California river to imperiled salmon

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‘Death in the family’: California tribe anguished as water, sacred fish vanish from rivers

ISHI PISHI FALLS, SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — Carrying a pair of 20-foot wooden poles with a net strung between them, Ron Reed shimmied above the Klamath River across wooden boards perched between slippery boulders.

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The Independent UK

Federal report boosts plan to remove 4 dams on Calif river

Federal regulators have issued a final environmental impact statement that supports the demolition of four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon

Los Angeles Times

McKinney fire landslide kills scores of fish in Klamath River

A massive debris flow triggered by flash floods that followed a wildfire in Northern California is believed to have killed scores of fish along a 50-mile stretch of the Klamath River last week.

Tribune News Service

McKinney fire: With lives at stake, did alert system work properly?

As the McKinney fire barreled up the Klamath River in the last week, Billy Simms received an alert that told him it was time to get out.

The Independent UK

Tribe: California wildfire near Oregon causes fish deaths

The Karuk Tribe says a massive wildfire burning in a remote area just south of Oregon appears to have caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Klamath River fish

The Independent UK

Oregon tribe opposes water release for farmers

A Native American tribe in Oregon is assessing its legal options after the U.S. government said it would release water from a federally operated reservoir to downstream farmers along the Oregon-California border

Los Angeles Times

Launch of condors on tribal land marks the species' comeback, but a new threat looms large

LOS ANGELES — A plan to return federally endangered California condors to a rugged and remote stretch of Northern California coastline and redwood forests is taking shape on Yurok tribal lands where the Klamath River meets the Pacific Ocean.

The Independent UK

Farms, fish on dry California-Oregon border see scant water

Farmers who rely on a federal irrigation project on the California-Oregon border will get one-seventh of the Klamath River water they would receive in a wetter year as historic drought grips the U.S. West

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