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Katie Falkenberg/Swiftwater FilmsBiologists from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and The Klamath Tribes have discovered several salmon in a tributary of the Klamath River in Oregon, above the site of four dams that were removed earlier this year. -
Juliet Grable/JPRNow that two temporary cofferdams鈥攐ne at Iron Gate dam; one at Copco 1鈥攈ave been breached, the Klamath is running freely, and salmon will be able to access 420 miles of habitat that had been blocked by the dams.
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The Siskiyou County Supervisors had asked for the emergency declaration in response to water quality concerns related to Klamath River dam removal. -
A new landscape and river are emerging in the Klamath Basin. -
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. -
Large numbers of young Chinook salmon were found dead two days after being released from a state hatchery. But biologists say river conditions were okay and they were shocked by the die-off. The suspected cause is pressure changes in a Klamath dam tunnel.
