/tags/klamath-dams Klamath dams en-US Copyright Sat, 17 May 2025 13:28:48 GMT /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2025-05-17/new-access-sites-open-on-undammed-klamath-river-just-beware-the-white-water New public access sites have opened along the post-dam Klamath River, allowing opportunities to enjoy the free-flowing river. Sat, 17 May 2025 13:28:48 GMT /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2025-05-17/new-access-sites-open-on-undammed-klamath-river-just-beware-the-white-water Justin Higginbottom /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-06/salmon-return-to-the-klamaths-oregon-waters-but-the-rivers-headwaters-are-still-blocked After decades of conflict, farmers and tribes say they’re working in concert to restore salmon habitat in the Klamath Basin. But two dams remain. Sun, 06 Apr 2025 14:47:02 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-06/salmon-return-to-the-klamaths-oregon-waters-but-the-rivers-headwaters-are-still-blocked Cassandra Profita /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-30/fishing-for-science-researchers-cast-nets-in-the-newly-freed-klamath-river There's some very sophisticated technology being used to try to understand how migrating salmon and steelhead are re-inhabiting the river, now that four hydroelectric dams have been removed. Then there are other research methods that are as much art as science. Sat, 30 Nov 2024 16:02:56 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-30/fishing-for-science-researchers-cast-nets-in-the-newly-freed-klamath-river Juliet Grable /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-18/salmon-return-to-lay-eggs-in-historic-habitat-after-largest-dam-removal-project-in-us-history Less than a month after four towering dams on the Klamath River were demolished, hundreds of salmon made it into waters they have been cut off from for decades to spawn in cool creeks. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:52:25 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-18/salmon-return-to-lay-eggs-in-historic-habitat-after-largest-dam-removal-project-in-us-history Hallie Golden /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-01/fish-biologists-collaborate-to-track-pioneering-klamath-river-salmon Chinook salmon are spawning in streams above four former dam sites on the Klamath River in numbers that are astounding biologists. Now, a network of tribes, agencies, university researchers, and conservation groups is working together to track the fish as they explore the newly opened habitat. Sat, 02 Nov 2024 00:02:44 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-01/fish-biologists-collaborate-to-track-pioneering-klamath-river-salmon Juliet Grable /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-18/salmon-return-to-the-klamath-river-in-oregon-for-the-first-time-in-over-100-years Biologists from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and The Klamath Tribes have discovered several salmon in a tributary of the Klamath River in Oregon, above the site of four dams that were removed earlier this year. Fri, 18 Oct 2024 22:06:45 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-18/salmon-return-to-the-klamath-river-in-oregon-for-the-first-time-in-over-100-years Juliet Grable /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-08-29/fri-9-am-the-debrief-wildfire-hazard-maps-talent-protests-and-the-klamath-river-flows-free-again JPR News team discuss their stories of the week Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:03:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-08-29/fri-9-am-the-debrief-wildfire-hazard-maps-talent-protests-and-the-klamath-river-flows-free-again JPR News Team /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-08-28/klamath-river-flows-in-historic-channel-for-the-first-time-in-a-century Now that two temporary cofferdams—one at Iron Gate dam; one at Copco 1—have been breached, the Klamath is running freely, and salmon will be able to access 420 miles of habitat that had been blocked by the dams. Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:46:46 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-08-28/klamath-river-flows-in-historic-channel-for-the-first-time-in-a-century Juliet Grable /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-08-26/newsoms-office-rejects-klamath-river-water-quality-emergency-request The Siskiyou County Supervisors had asked for the emergency declaration in response to water quality concerns related to Klamath River dam removal. Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:50:48 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-08-26/newsoms-office-rejects-klamath-river-water-quality-emergency-request James Kelley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-08-06/wed-9-am-there-they-go-klamath-dam-removal-update update on Klamath River dams removal. Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-08-06/wed-9-am-there-they-go-klamath-dam-removal-update Mike Green, Geoffrey Riley, Angela Decker