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Carl Costas/California Department of Water ResourcesGrowers and cities support the Newsom administration proposal, saying it strikes a balance for uses of Delta water. But environmentalists say the 鈥渉ealthy rivers鈥� rules would actually harm California鈥檚 iconic salmon. -
Juliet Grable/JPR NewsThere's some very sophisticated technology being used to try to understand how migrating salmon and steelhead are re-inhabiting the river, now that four hydroelectric dams have been removed. Then there are other research methods that are as much art as science.
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Crews have finished the demolition of a large dam near Cave Junction that hindered passage of salmon and other fish.. -
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. -
Chinook salmon are spawning in streams above four former dam sites on the Klamath River in numbers that are astounding biologists. Now, a network of tribes, agencies, university researchers, and conservation groups is working together to track the fish as they explore the newly opened habitat. -
Low counts of spawning salmon could mean another year without fishing. Experts say the outlook still has time to turn around. -
Biologists 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. -
Siskiyou County ranchers who defied a state water order in 2022 were fined only about $50 each. Under new legislation headed to the governor, some daily fines for water scofflaws can increase 20-fold. -
Now 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. -
The fire is moving into areas where salmon are waiting to spawn. Already in dire shape, experts worry that the Park Fire could be the deathblow to these fish. -
A new report acknowledged the ongoing damage done by dams on the Columbia River. But that鈥檚 only part of the story. -
Will the restoration of Klamath River runs help restore California鈥檚 struggling salmon fishing industry? -
The money will be used for an aging dam on the Illinois River in southern Oregon and updating infrastructure to improve fish migration on the Wallowa River in the northeast of the state. -
Researchers at Oregon State University say new discoveries about how some Chinook salmon breed could help guide conservation efforts.
