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A farmer turned 70 acres of his Oregon barley farm into a wetland; now it hosts 140 bird species and endangered fish

A farmer in southern Oregon transformed 70 acres of his 400-acre barley farm into a wetland in 2021, creating an unexpected refuge for wildlife while helping address agricultural water pollution. Karl Wenner, a co-owner of Lakeside Farms near Klamath Falls, worked with conservation agencies and other partners to convert flood-prone…

The Times of India

Four dams built on the Klamath River between 1918 and 1966 made power, not water storage; in 2024, the last came down, reopening 420 miles of salmon habitat

In a groundbreaking initiative, four dams on the Klamath River spanning California and Oregon have been dismantled after a century of existence, revitalizing roughly 420 miles of crucial salmon habitat. Following years of intense discussions, the demolition was completed in October 2024. Experts predict a resurgence in salmon populations over…

The Economic Times

An indigenous Yurok family from California brought a dying river back to life after leading a decades-long fight to remove four dams

More than a century after four dams cut off the Klamath River's natural flow, salmon are finally swimming freely upstream again. The historic comeback follows the completion of the world's largest dam removal project in October 2024, ending decades of ecological damage that devastated fish populations and disrupted the lives…

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One year after a historic dam removal, teens inspire river restoration worldwide: ‘It turns out you can win’

The Klamath River began rebounding almost immediately. Now, Indigenous youth are leading the next chapter of the recovery, inspiring tribes from Brazil to China

The Guardian - US

The river that came back to life: a journey down the reborn Klamath

Less than a year after four dams were removed from the river, life has blossomed along its banks, presenting new challenges and joys of recovery

The Guardian - US

California's Yurok Tribe gets back ancestral lands that were taken over 120 years ago

Roughly 73 square miles of ancestral homelands once belonging to California’s Yurok Tribe have been returned to them

The Independent UK

Salmon swim freely in the Klamath River for 1st time in a century after dams removed

For the first time in more than a century, salmon are swimming freely along the Klamath River and its tributaries near the California-Oregon line

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Salmon will soon swim freely in the Klamath River for first time in a century once dams are removed

For the first time in more than a century, salmon will have free passage along the more than 400 miles of the Klamath River and its tributaries as the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion along the California-Oregon border

The Independent UK

Yurok tribe regains their old land

From dismantling dams to restoring land rights, The Yurok tribe are better able to protect their environment

Salon

No turning back: The largest dam removal in U.S. 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.

WEKU

Removing dams from the Klamath River is a step toward justice for Native Americans in Northern California

The Klamath River runs over 250 miles (400 kilometers) from southern Oregon to the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. It flows through the steep, rugged Klamath Mountains, past slopes of redwood, fir, tanoak and madrone, and along pebbled beaches where willows shade the river’s edge. Closer to its mouth at…

The Conversation

River restoration changes ecosystem

By the end of 2024 the Lower Klamath River will run free for the first time in a century

Salon

Feds remove 4 dams for fish—or potatoes

Tribes say the decision to reduce water flow "has more to do with potatoes than it does fish.”

Salon

In ‘momentous’ act, regulators approve demolition of four Klamath River dams

In a milestone decision, federal regulators on Thursday signed off on plans to demolish four aging dams along the Klamath River, paving the way for hundreds of miles of native fish habitat along the California-Oregon border to flow freely for the first time in more than a century.

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The largest dam demolition in history is approved for a Western river

The destruction of four dams on the lower Klamath river will open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat. U.S. regulators approved the plan Thursday in a unanimous vote.

Tribune News Service

‘Death in the family’: California tribe anguished as water, sacred fish vanish from rivers

ISHI PISHI FALLS, SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — Carrying a pair of 20-foot wooden poles with a net strung between them, Ron Reed shimmied above the Klamath River across wooden boards perched between slippery boulders.

Los Angeles Times

McKinney fire landslide kills scores of fish in Klamath River

A massive debris flow triggered by flash floods that followed a wildfire in Northern California is believed to have killed scores of fish along a 50-mile stretch of the Klamath River last week.

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