There’s 17 to 20 million cubic yards of sediment behind the Klamath dams
Researchers, tribes, and residents are preparing for a century of sediment released from behind the Klamath dams. In the coming weeks, water will be released …
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Removal of Copco No. 2 Dam Complete, Restoring Klamath River Flows
Press release from the Klamath River Renewal Corporation: This week, crews put the final touches on the removal of the Copco No. 2 Dam and …
DamNation: Klamath River Reach Prepped for Post Dam Removal Flows
The Yurok Tribe and the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC), in collaboration with the Shasta Indian Nation, recently started preparing a stretch of the Klamath …
30,000 Salmon
After nearly two decades sitting in boxes in an attic, “30,000 Salmon” — a huge, collaborative art installation — is again seeing the light of …
Are the feds risking endangered salmon for fries and potato chips?
Last fall, following a 20-year campaign led by tribal organizers, the federal government ordered the removal of four dams on the Klamath River, which flows …
What a long, strange trip to kill four dams
After a 50-year effort, four massive dams on the Klamath River in northern California and Oregon will start coming down this July. Why has there …
#1 reason Warren Buffett’s Klamath River Dams are coming down
The real economics behind those Klamath dams coming down. The recent formal decision by the Federal Energy Commission to order the removal of four of …
Feds OK Klamath Dam Removal!
In a unanimous vote, FERC ordered PacifCorp to surrender its license for the lower Klamath River dams. After 20 grueling years, the federal paperwork process …
Klamath Dam Removals Gain Federal Energy Agency Staff OK
The federal agency that regulates hydroelectric dams has issued its final environmental impact statement for the removal of the dams on the Klamath River a …
Oregon State partnering with Yurok Tribe to envision Klamath River after dam removal
Oregon State University researchers will embark in July on a 3½-year partnership with the Yurok Tribe to study what the connections between river quality, water …