A River Reborn: One Year After Klamath River Dam Removal
In fall 2024, CalTrout and our partners installed a SONAR fish counting station at the entrance to newly reopened habitat on the Klamath River. Our data is in and tells us that more than 7,700 Chinook salmon swam upriver of the former Iron Gate Dam site.
ARTICLES BY CALTROUT STAFF
Field notes, updates, and stories from this author.
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Southern Steelhead Recovery Gets a Boost
Read more →: Southern Steelhead Recovery Gets a BoostCalTrout’s South Coast efforts to revitalize the endangered Southern steelhead population recently reached a milestone. The project involves removing barriers to fish passage at…
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Welcoming New Team Members
Read more →: Welcoming New Team MembersWe are excited to announce that CalTrout is growing! This past year, despite the global pandemic, we continued ‘business as usual’ to the best…
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The Future of Hydropower
Read more →: The Future of HydropowerDams have a notorious reputation; there’s a long history of environmental damage caused by dams, from blocking migrating fish to withdrawing access to Indigenous…
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Removal of Klamath Dams to Restore River Basin
Read more →: Removal of Klamath Dams to Restore River BasinThe Klamath River Basin was once home to one of the West’s most prolific salmon fisheries. But for more than a century, efforts to…
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McCloud River Deserves Protection from Shasta Dam Raise
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Transforming an Ecosystem
Read more →: Transforming an EcosystemIn the mountains of coastal Orange County, within Cleveland National Forest, a five-year project is underway to remove 81 small-sized dams across four streams.…