Listen: Klamath River offers salmon, whitewater after dam removal
In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks with a Klamath River outfitter about how the largest dam removal project in United States history has transformed the river by returning salmon and opening stretches hidden for a century. Will Volpert, owner of southern Oregon’s Indigo Creek Outfitters, has been rafting every stretch of what he’s dubbed the “New Klamath” after dam removal to document, map and prepare for commercial trips and recreation on a stream that looks a lot different after four dams and reservoirs were removed near the Oregon and California state line. Volpert talks about being surprised by a salmon in a class IV rapid, exploring the river as it carves through old dam sites and reservoirs, and running major rapids only recently discovered.