Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after dam removal
… Less than a month after [four dams on the Klamath River came down] … salmon are once more returning to spawn in cool creeks that have been cut off to them for generations. Video shot by the Yurok Tribe show that hundreds of salmon have made it to tributaries between the former Iron Gate and Copco dams, a hopeful sign for the newly freed waterway. … The Klamath River flows from its headwaters in southern Oregon and across the mountainous forests of northern California before it reaches the Pacific Ocean.
Other salmon articles:
- ABC 10 (Sacramento): Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in US history
- KGW 8 (Portland): Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in US history
- Daily Kos: Record numbers of salmon return to Mokelumne River, while low numbers show on upper Sacramento
