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by Dan Bacher at dailykos.com The second time was a charm. Following the disastrous death of 830,000 Chinook salmon fry after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) released them into the river above Iron Gate Dam in March, the agency this month successfully released 500,000 juvenile salmon into the Klamath River just below the Dam. Leaders from […]
by Jason Turk at krcrtv.com SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIF. — Hundreds of thousands of fall-run chinook salmon have reportedly died following their release into the Klamath River. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife says that, on Monday, they released roughly 830,000 fall-run Chinook salmon into Fall Creek, which feeds into the Klamath River. Those fish traveled south, […]
by RACHEL BECKER at calmatters.org A recent large die-off of young salmon released into the Klamath River shocked and dismayed state biologists, reinforcing that human efforts to restore nature and undo damage can be unpredictable and difficult to control. The tiny Chinook salmon turned up dead downriver just two days after they were released from the California Department […]
by Katy Grimes at californiaglobe.com The removal of dams along the Klamath River in Siskiyou County, Northern California was sold to Californians as necessary to save salmon – specifically, “to restore habitat for endangered fish,” the Globe reported. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife recently released between 850,000 and 1 million salmon juveniles into Fall […]
by Juliet Grable at opb.org Drawdown of three reservoirs on the Klamath River is well underway, and this step in the dam removal process has already dramatically altered the landscape along the river in Southern Oregon and far Northern California. Iron Gate, the lowest of the three remaining dams, was first breached on Jan. 9, […]