Klamath River
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California county declares local emergency over Klamath River water quality concerns
The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors proclaimed a local emergency and requested that the governor proclaim a state of emergency based on water quality concerns in the Klamath River as four dams are being removed.
‘The Evergreen’: What Klamath dam removal means to tribes
We hear the perspective of tribes living along the Klamath River: what the country’s largest dam removal project means to them and their hopes for the future.
Hundreds of thousands of juvenile Chinook salmon die in Klamath River while moving through dam
Approximately 830,000 fall-run Chinook salmon fry are believed to have died while passing through the lowest dam on the Klamath River over the past week.
Water quality discussed after completion of Klamath reservoir drawdown
With the drawdown of three reservoirs complete, the Klamath River is flowing more or less within its historic channel.
Residents saddened by loss of Copco Lake amid Klamath dam removal
Drawdown of three reservoirs on the Klamath River is well underway, and this step in the dam removal process has already dramatically altered the landscape along the river in Southern Oregon and far Northern California.
Fourth dam breached on the Klamath River
Video of the event shows a small explosion at the foot of the century old, 120-foot tall cement dam, followed by a plume of brown water being released downriver.
No turning back: The largest dam removal in US 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.
Rafting outfitters prepare for change on the Klamath River
Rafting the Upper Klamath River is possible through the summer thanks to releases of water from the J.C. Boyle Dam, which will be removed next year. When guides return to the Upper Klamath in 2025, this stretch of the river will be forever changed.
This year’s salmon run is a celebration along the Klamath River
Twenty years ago, tribal youth founded the Salmon Run to call for the removal of four dams along the Klamath River. This year’s run will coincide with work to demolish them.
After the dams: Restoring the Klamath River will take billions of native seeds
Restoration contractor Resource Environmental Solutions and area tribes will plant up to 19 billion native seeds as the Klamath Dams come out and reservoirs are drained.