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Klamath Dam Removal: The Fish Decide What Happens Next

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Four dams are gone on the Klamath River. Salmon have entered reopened water — then vanished around the bend.

This TerraEcho film follows what happens after the milestone: 420 miles reopened in 2024, Yurok and Karuk sonar and radio tags, gravel searches for spawning, and a clock that runs in salmon years — not human dates.

People could reopen the river. Only the fish could decide whether to use it.

The river opened. The return has begun.

What this film covers:
• Klamath dam removal as a route restored — not a story finished
• Early salmon and steelhead crossings into reopened reaches
• Yurok, Karuk, and Klamath Tribes field work (sonar, telemetry, gravel)
• Why one upstream crossing is not yet a recovery
• The longer cycle: spawn, outmigration, ocean years, return

The Klamath has not been given a finished ending. It has been given back a route.

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Sources & further reading:
• 2020 memorandum: California, Oregon, Yurok Tribe, Karuk Tribe, PacifiCorp, Klamath River Renewal Corporation
• 2024: final barriers removed; water through four former dam sites
• Field methods referenced: sonar counts below former Iron Gate; radio telemetry; gravel surveys for spawning evidence

This is an original TerraEcho narration for educational storytelling. Some details are synthesized from published reporting and research themes for clarity.
Category
Steelheads
Tags
rewilding, wildlife comeback, ecosystem restoration

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