The removal of the Klamath River 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 ...

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 ...

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).

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The largest dam removal in US history is complete - BBC

The Klamath River is free of four huge dams for the first time in generations. But for the Yurok tribe, the river's restoration is only just ...

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

Four dams along the Klamath River, which runs from Oregon into northwestern California, are scheduled to be removed in 2023 and 2024 – Copco No. 1, Copco No. 2, ...

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 ...

Klamath Dams Removal - California Trout

Klamath Dam removal stands out as one of the most promising salmon recovery opportunities in the history of California Trout. Since 1917, the four Klamath Dams ...

Tribes celebrate the end of the largest dam removal project in US ...

The largest dam removal project in US history was completed Wednesday, marking a major victory for tribes in the region who fought for decades to free hundreds ...

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

Pending final approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Renewal Corporation will begin removing the dams in May or when river ...

The Salmon Diaries: Life Before and After Klamath Dam Removal

The four hydroelectric dams being removed — J.C. Boyle, Copco No. 1, Copco No. 2 and Iron Gate — were built between 1908 and 1962 to produce ...

Tensions Rise Amid Klamath Dams Removals | abc10.com

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

The world's largest dam removal will touch many lives in the ... - OPB

A $500 million plan to remove four dams owned by PacifiCorp will allow the Klamath River in Southern Oregon and Northern California to flow ...

Drawdown of Klamath River Reservoirs - NASA Earth Observatory

The Klamath River in southern Oregon and northern California is now running freer. In late 2023 and early 2024, four of the six dams along the river were ...

Klamath River Dam Removal and Restoration - CRS Reports

Four privately owned hydroelectric dams were recently removed from the river as part of a multi-decadal effort to resolve some of the basin's ...

Dam removals restore the ecosystem of the Klamath River

The Klamath River dams removal is the largest river restoration project in U.S. history, and it is nearly finished after years of toxic ...