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The United States removed two massive dams from Washington’s Elwha River to reopen salmon habitat blocked for nearly a century; by 2014, the dams were gone, and salmon were moving back upstream

The Elwha River dam removal project restored vital salmon habitats. Millions of cubic yards of sediment flowed downstream after dam dismantling. Chinook, coho, pink, and chum salmon returned to upper watershed areas. This restoration serves as a global model for rewilding initiatives. The project revived cultural heritage and dietary traditions…

The Times of India · Jul 8

In the Salish Sea, tensions surrounding killer whales and salmon are about more than just fishing

In the waters of the Salish Sea, endangered southern resident killer whales and the struggling Chinook salmon they depend on are at the centre of one of Canada’s most visible conservation conflicts.

The Conversation · Sep 2, 2025

King salmon season back on in Alaska after federal appeals court lets fishery open July 1

A U.S. appeals court has halted a lower court ruling that would have shut down southeast Alaska’s Chinook salmon troll fishery for the summer to protect endangered orca whales that eat the fish

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023

Editorial: The feds can curb a foolish California water giveaway

About 15 miles north of Fresno sits Millerton Lake, a reservoir created in the 1930s when the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River. The dam provides irrigation water for fields and groves in much of the San Joaquin Valley, but it wiped out the…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 19, 2022

Chinook salmon habitat in Central Idaho is in trouble, scientists say. Why it matters

BOISE — In 20 years, the Chinook salmon in Idaho may lose a critical home for spawning in Central Idaho.

Tribune News Service · Jul 10, 2022