Klamath Dams

Klamath River dams fully removed ahead of schedule

The largest river restoration project in American history has officially completed all of the work to remove the dams, a massive infrastructure project that ...

Klamath Dams - California Trout

Klamath dam removal is happening right now! The smallest of the four dams, Copco #2, was removed during the summer of 2023, and reservoir ...

Dam Removal on the Klamath River - - American Rivers

The dams along the Klamath have degraded water quality to dangerous levels for salmon and led to excessive growth of toxic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae).

Watch: Klamath River reemerges after the removal of four dams - OPB

Four dams were taken out, allowing adult salmon to swim all the way up the Klamath River from the Pacific Ocean and into more than 400 miles of ...

Before and after scenes of the Klamath River dam removal - YouTube

Four dams on the Klamath River were taken out in the nation's largest dam removal project. Collectively, Iron Gate, Copco 1 and 2 and J.C. ...

Largest dam removal ever, driven by Tribes, kicks off Klamath River ...

As of Oct. 5, the four lower Klamath hydroelectric dams have been fully removed from the river, freeing 676 kilometers (420 miles) of the river and its ...

Final Step in Klamath River Dam Removal Opens Path for Returning ...

The removal of four large dams from the Klamath River allows salmon to again reach about 400 miles of their original habitat that had been blocked for many ...

6 Things You Need To Know About The Klamath River Dam ...

Update January, 2024: Copco No. 2 was fully removed in October 2023, marking the first of four dam removals along the Klamath River. The other three dams on ...

Klamath River dam removal: before and after images show dramatic ...

With California's Klamath Dam removal project finally completed, new before and after photos show the dramatic differences along the river with ...

Tearing down Klamath dams: The world's largest dam demolition

By the end of 2024, four aging hydroelectric dams spanning the California-Oregon state line will be gone. One hundred thousand cubic yards of ...

The Project - Klamath River Renewal Corporation

Klamath River Renewal Project. KRRC was created to take ownership of four PacifiCorp dams—JC Boyle, Copco No. 1 & No. 2, and Iron Gate—and then remove these ...

The largest dam removal in US history is complete - BBC

The Klamath was once the third-largest salmon producing river on the US's West Coast before the construction of the dams blocked fish from ...

Klamath River Reshapes Itself as Flushing Flows Move Reservoir ...

With the reservoirs behind the dams now empty, the river is transporting the sediment downstream while it is still wet and mobile. NOAA ...

Salmon swim freely in the Klamath River for 1st time in a century ...

Through protests, testimony and lawsuits, the tribes showcased the environmental devastation caused by the four hydroelectric dams, especially ...

Tensions Rise Amid Klamath Dams Removals | abc10.com

A controversial dam removal project is expected to be completed sometime in August or September 2024, months ahead of schedule.

Will Dam Removal Save Salmon on the Klamath River? - YouTube

UC Davis researchers are exploring the effects of Klamath River dam removal on salmon populations and habitat restoration.

The Salmon Diaries: Life Before and After Klamath Dam Removal

Salmon 'Tell' Scientists Their Life Story as Decades-Old Dams Come Down ... When salmon return from the ocean to the Klamath River after the ...

Tribes celebrate end of Klamath dam removal, largest in US history

FILE - The Klamath River winds runs along Highway 96 on ...

When the Klamath Dams Come Down - Humboldt NOW

This year, more than 20 years after the devastating fish kill, work begins to remove the lower four of the Klamath Dams. The dams being removed are largely seen ...

Klamath River Dam Removal and Restoration - CRS Reports

The original Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (FERC) license to operate these dams (collectively referred to as the Klamath Hydroelectric ...