Dam Removal

Today, we’re bringing you up to date on the Klamath River. What’s on folks’ minds now that all the dams are out a year later — and what still needs to be done to piece this basin together again?

We take stock of the conversations surrounding dam removals in the wake of the Klamath projects and discussions of the utility of several dams along the Willamette River.

After decades of conflict, farmers and tribes say they’re working in concert to restore salmon habitat in the Klamath Basin. But two dams remain - one that blocks fish passage another that plays a key role for agriculture.

OPB video captures four Klamath River dam sites and Copco Lake reservoir before and after a $500 million removal operation.

Tribal project aims to restore 300 miles of waterway across the region

Will the restoration of Klamath River runs help restore California’s struggling salmon fishing industry?

The money will be used for an aging dam on the Illinois River in southern Oregon and updating infrastructure to improve fish migration on the Wallowa River in the northeast of the state.

From birds to frogs, from bugs to plants, dozens of volunteers gathered in Milwaukie over the weekend to count as many different species they can find, two years ahead of the planned removal of the 166-year-old Kellogg Dam.

Deconstruction of Iron Gate dam, the lowest of the four dams along the Oregon-California border, has begun.

By the end of the week, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will have released 90,000 yearling coho as well as 400,000 Chinook salmon fry into the Klamath River.