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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CalTrout Op-Ed: It is Time for Congress to Act on the Klamath Agreements
Read more →: CalTrout Op-Ed: It is Time for Congress to Act on the Klamath AgreementsNote: The following Op-Ed by Jeff Thompson — California Trout’s Executive Director — appeared in the Sacramento Bee. A decade after a dramatic fish…
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CalTrout’s Comments On The BOR’s Shasta Dam Raising Draft Feasibility Report
Read more →: CalTrout’s Comments On The BOR’s Shasta Dam Raising Draft Feasibility ReportCalTrout appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Bureau of Reclamation’s Draft Feasibility Report for Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation. CalTrout is primarily concerned…
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Keith Brauneis Interview: We Talk To The Filmmaker Behind “Enough is Enough”
Read more →: Keith Brauneis Interview: We Talk To The Filmmaker Behind “Enough is Enough”The maker of the McCloud “Enough is Enough” video talks about rivers, cameras, and nearly freezing to death. Keith Brauneis is the creator of…
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CalTrout Questions Loss of Protected Rivers Caused By Raising Shasta Dam
Read more →: CalTrout Questions Loss of Protected Rivers Caused By Raising Shasta DamRaising Shasta Dam, flooding McCloud & Upper Sacramento Rivers contradicts state Wild and Scenic Rivers Act When the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) released their…
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Six Imperiled Delta Fish Species Suffer Population Declines Following Dry Year
Read more →: Six Imperiled Delta Fish Species Suffer Population Declines Following Dry YearThe six imperiled California Delta fish species which saw an increase in populations during the wet 2011 season have all fallen back to perilously…
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Release: Stanford Investigated For Searsville Dam ESA Violations
Read more →: Release: Stanford Investigated For Searsville Dam ESA ViolationsStanford Under Investigation for Possible Endangered Species Act Violations at Searsville Dam Palo Alto — The National Marine Fisheries Service has launched an investigation…