Klamath River Updates

From Wild Steelheaders United:

“As salmon and steelhead return to the Klamath following dam removal, we look at the work being done to track their populations and the plans guiding their reintroduction to historic habitat

One of the truly magical moments of dam removal is when the fish start to return to their historic, reconnected habitat. It is a tangible moment in a process that can take decades to accomplish, and it confirms our hopes for these rivers. The Klamath is in this joyful, magical moment now.

The final barriers came out in late August and the first salmon, a fall-run Chinook, was observed on sonar passing through the former site of Iron Gate Dam soon after. In October and November, over one hundred fall-run Chinook were seen spawning above the dams, including all the way into Oregon. Smaller numbers of coho and steelhead have also been physically observed above the former dams and preliminary data from sonar has documented thousands of fish migrating through the former Iron Gate site…”

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