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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Hatchery Salmon Damaging Wild Fish Stocks By Outcompeting Them For Food
Read more →: Hatchery Salmon Damaging Wild Fish Stocks By Outcompeting Them For FoodHatchery salmon stocks have long been used to “mitigate” the damage to wild salmon stocks caused by habitat loss, dams, water quality issues and…
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What’s Gone Wrong With Hat Creek?
Read more →: What’s Gone Wrong With Hat Creek?Last Tuesday, a mob of biologists, hydrologists, CalTrout staff, CalTrout founders and others toured Hat Creek’s Carbon Bridge stretch, and with so much scientific…
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Russian River Coho Now Dependent On Hatchery
Read more →: Russian River Coho Now Dependent On HatcheryHigh Country News looks at the Russian River’s coho salmon hatchery program, which — despite the very real problems associated with hatchery salmon —…
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May 15 “Water Talks” To Cover Timber Management and Water Resources
Read more →: May 15 “Water Talks” To Cover Timber Management and Water ResourcesLearn about the management of timber and protecting water resources The public is invited to an educational presentation, “Water Talks: Timber Management and Water…
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Avoiding a Steelhead Versus Wineries Showdown in California’s Wine Country
Read more →: Avoiding a Steelhead Versus Wineries Showdown in California’s Wine CountryCentral California’s steelhead populations have been decimated by the loss of habitat (development) and water diversions says a new University of California, Berkeley report:…
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Klamath River Restoration Is Cheap Compared To Costs Of Doing Nothing
Read more →: Klamath River Restoration Is Cheap Compared To Costs Of Doing NothingOpposition to Klamath River Restoration (the KBRA & KHSA) often focuses on the costs of the agreements; dam removal isn’t cheap, and neither is…