More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in northern California,have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history.

On California’s Coast, Farewell to the King Salmon For the first time there’s no fishing for chinook salmon on the California coast. The search is on for why the prize catch is so scarce.

There’s usually a Magical Migration Parade (picture big inflatable turtles and whales), music, a kids’ treasure hunt, cardboard boat racing at Baby Beach and a ”dinghy dash.” When: March 7 ...

After the Klamath River dams came down, salmon came back What it’s like to witness the first run of fish above the removed dams in over a century. by Juliet Grable November 29, 2024 December 2, 2024 ...

The Klamath River was a tragic example of degraded wildlife habitat. The removal of its dam demonstrates how people can halt the decline of, and even restore, wildlife. Skip to main content.

Zach Urness: You’ve dubbed the 45 river miles where dam removal occurred — on both sides of the Oregon and California state line — the “New Klamath.” What makes it new?

On the Klamath River, once the third-largest producer of salmon on the West Coast, salmon traveled hundreds of miles to spawn in tributaries that had been inaccessible for over a century.

Salmon and steelhead numbers had plummeted over the past 20 years due to warm water held in the river and former reservoirs. The warmer water led to disease outbreaks among the fish, biologists said.

The nonprofit Klamath River Renewal Corp. announced the completion of all dam removal work on Oct. 2. Two other dams, which aren’t affected by the project, remain farther upstream in Oregon.

For the first time in more than a century, salmon are swimming freely along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a major watershed near the California-Oregon border — just days after the ...