After the Klamath River dams came down, salmon came back
… Earlier this year, at the behest of tribal nations, state and local governments, the power company PacifiCorp and others, the Klamath River Renewal Corp. oversaw the removal of four hydroelectric dams from the mainstem of the Klamath River. The dams, which either lacked or had inadequate fish ladders, blocked salmon from hundreds of miles of upstream habitat … Salmon runs plummeted. Coho were listed as federally threatened. Scientists had expected salmon to return, but the appearance of so many so soon — several hundred above the dam sites by late October — has filled many people, including seasoned biologists, with wonder and optimism.
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