‘Salmon Everywhere’ One Year After Klamath Dam Removal
https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/salmon-everywhere-one-year-after-klamath-dam-removal
A little more than a year after the historic removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, CDFW scientists are seeing salmon reoccupying just about every corner of their historic habitat.
#Klamath #DamRemoval #SalmonEverywhere #NatureRecovers #NatureInterrupted #HumanActivity
#klamath #damremoval Some Klamath-local youths in a program kayaked down the recently mostly-reopened Klamath River.
Sam Mauhay-Moore: #Salmon seen in Upper #Klamath Basin for 1st time in century after historic Northern #California dam removal
“I never thought in my lifetime, or especially in my parents’ lifetimes, that we would see the salmon back up in our area,” Klamath Tribal Chairman William E. Ray Jr. told SFGATE.
"Both [tribal member Paul] Wilson and Ray said that the Klamath River’s renewal marks a shift toward their tribe’s treaty rights finally being secured."
#DamRemoval
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/klamath-river-chinook-salmon-return-21114922.php
For the first time in more than a century(!!), salmon are returning to the Klamath River's headwaters following the completion of a major dam removal project.
A good reminder that nature can rebound if we just let it 🐟
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/dam-removal-klamath-salmon-21110145.php
#salmon #fish #EndangeredSpecies #klamath #klamathriver #chinook #chinooksalmon
A story that brings #joy;
A story of #renewal.
Washington Post has the story of a group of Native teens who just completed the first kayak trip from the source of the #Klamath River in Oregon to where it meets the Pacific after 4 hydroelectric dams built in the 20th century were removed. As an unbound river, the Klamath is once again home to salmon -- and now these youths, with the blessings of their tribal elders, are continuing the healing.
It's not a short read. Revel in the pictures. And rejoice for the healing of the land, the river, and their peoples.
La destruction de méga-barrages a permis le retour des saumons sur une rivière autochtone
https://lareleveetlapeste.fr/la-destruction-de-mega-barrages-a-permis-le-retour-des-saumons-sur-une-riviere-autochtone-sacree/
De jeunes kayakistes issus des communautés autochtones ont entrepris une expédition symbolique en descendant la rivière #Klamath, depuis ses sources dans le sud de l’Oregon jusqu’à l’océan Pacifique. Ce périple, inédit depuis un siècle, a été rendu possible par l’un des plus grands démantèlements de barrages jamais réalisés aux États-Unis.
« Nous espérions voir le retour du saumon dans le sud de l'Oregon d'ici deux ans. Il leur a fallu deux semaines. Personne ne l'avait prévu […] »
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Rising Support for Immigration...
895 #ClimateSolutions #After #DamRemoval #Klamath
"After the dams: What’s next for the Klamath River? | Oregon Field Guide" [28:53 min]
by Oregon Public Broadcasting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLnI-M5KIkw
Quote by OPB:
"Apr 4, 2025
The Klamath River now flows free for hundreds of miles from Southern Oregon to the ocean. But after the largest dam removal project in the U.S., challenges remain. Water shortages in the upper basin fuel toxic bacteria, disease outbreaks and conflicts over endangered fish as salmon swim upstream for the first time in a century."
Time stamps
0:00 The country's largest dam removal project took four dams off the Klamath River
1:36 Releasing salmon babies into the river before the dam removal
2:55 History of salmon runs being blocked by dams
4:00 J.C. Boyle Dam removal
6:12 Dam removal and their controversies
7:45 How the dams were used to help support agriculture
8:00 Botulism and toxic algae blooms on the Klamath
8:47 Creating a home for salmon with restoration
11:29 The history of Tulelake, Cali. and why the roads and building are sinking
14:38 Before the dam removal farmers used the water from the dams for irrigation but the salmon populations were being threatened
15:12 History of conflicts over water during a record drought
16:55 Organization to remove the dams and un-dam the Klamath
17:28 What's good for the salmon has impacts on the farmers and communities
18:54 Farmers working together to help the salmon survive
21:05 How adding wetlands to farmland to help fish and wildlife
21:57 Karuk tribal member fishes in ceremonial spot
23:22 Record salmon run on the Klamath after dam removal
26:02 Remaining dams preventing salmon passage
27:27 How to help the salmon return
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#StopThePlunder #StopRapingNature
#ClimateBreakDown
#Klamath The #Klamathpeople are a Native American tribe of the Plateau culture area in Southern Oregon and Northern California. Today Klamath people are enrolled in the federally recognized tribes:
Gabrielle Canon: 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
#California #Yurok #Karuk #NativeAmerican #restoration #DamRemoval
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/klamath-river-trip-dam-removal
🔔#Earthquake (#sismo) M2.5 strikes 12 mi SE of #Klamath (#California) 2 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1784366
#Biden protects #wildlands near #Oregon border on his way out.
The #Sattitla National Monument, also known as the Medicine Lake Highlands, includes lands in the #Klamath, #Modoc and #Shasta - #Trinity national forests
In addition to Sattitla, Biden designated the 664,000-acre #Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California’s Colorado Desert near #JoshuaTree National Park.
https://ashland.news/biden-protects-wildlands-near-oregon-border/
🔔#Earthquake (#sismo) M2.6 strikes 12 mi SE of #Klamath (#California) 2 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1757315
🔔#Earthquake (#sismo) M2.9 strikes 12 mi SE of #Klamath (#California) 2 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1756835
"In late November, threatened coho salmon were seen in the upper Klamath River basin for the first time in more than 60 years"
Before and After pictures of the former Iron Gate Damn on the Klamath River
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/03/california-klamath-dam-removal
#indigenous #Klamath #Shasta #Salmon #climate #Climatecrisis #Rewilding #DamRemoval #Dam #WaterIsLife #Undammed #Native #Restoration
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/03/california-klamath-dam-removal
“As the Klamath ecosystem deteriorated, there was growing recognition that removing the dams would be a crucial first step in helping the region recover and build resilience in a warming world.”
Indigenous tribe regaining control of ancestral lands while fighting climate change
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112899057042227042
* From dismantling dams to restoring land rights, Yurok tribe are better able to protect their environment
#Indigenous #autonomy #EnvironmentalHealth #ClimateChange #California #Klamath #environmentalism #LegalPersonhood #MagpieRiver
#Rewilding #DamRemoval #Klamath
"First salmon in century reach Oregon's Klamath Basin after dam removal | VOA News" [3:20 min]
by Voice of America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P_g2Si2jQ
Quote by VOA:
"Dec 16, 2024
On the U.S. West Coast, conservationists for the world's largest dam-removal project are both celebrating initial successes and encountering short-term obstacles. VOA's Matt Dibble has our story from the Klamath River on the border between California and Oregon."
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#ClimateBreakDown
"This is a wonderful celebration and storytelling of the river coming back to life."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=SAgrv6e75-yYPWi-&v=J9TTgV3wzQ8&feature=youtu.be
