… The tangle-net surveys are part of the comprehensive monitoring that’s happening since four dams were completely removed from the Klamath River earlier this year. Agencies, tribes, conservation organizations, and researchers are eager to follow fish as they explore the reconnected habitat above the dams. “The major questions we’re answering are really foundational,” says Damon Goodman, Mount Shasta-Klamath regional director at California Trout. “How many fish are entering their historical habitats? What species, and where do they go?” Actually answering these questions requires many hands. On this day alone, Whelan’s crew includes technicians and biologists from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Karuk Tribe, and the Bureau of Reclamation. The first site is at the top of Ward’s Canyon, just below the old Copco 2 powerhouse.

Other fish articles:

• Western Water Rewind: Scientists chart transformation of Klamath River and its salmon amid nation’s largest dam removal project 
• San Luis Obispo Tribune: Steelhead trout ruling may force SLO County to release more water from Lopez Lake
• Daily Kos: Opinion: CA salmon, Delta fish populations are in worst-ever crisis as pumps keep exporting water to Big Ag