First Salmon Returns to Klamath River System Shortly After Dam Removals
After more than 100 years, Chinook salmon are already returning to the newly reopened habitat in a tributary above one of the recently removed Klamath River dams.
On October 16, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists identified a fall-run Chinook salmon in a tributary to the Klamath River above the former J.C. Boyle Dam. It is believed to be the first anadromous fish to return to the Klamath Basin in Oregon since 1912, when the first of four hydroelectric dams was constructed, blocking ...
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