A fall chinook salmon swims through a tributary of the Klamath River in Oregon in October 2024, after four dams were removed downstream. Paul Wilson “Dams are coming out.

This map shows the four dams that were removed from the Upper Klamath for the sake of wild salmon and steelhead. Map by USGS. And this was only the latest example of fish returning to the upper river.

After being absent for more than a century, salmon have been spotted in Oregon's Klamath River Basin, following a mammoth dam removal project in California.

For the first time in more than a century, salmon will soon have free passage along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a major watershed near the California-Oregon border — as the largest ...

The removal of dams on the Klamath River has enabled salmon to swim far upstream to spawn. Wildlife officials have found salmon upstream in Oregon.

Salmon and steelhead numbers had plummeted over the past 20 years due to warm water held in the river and former reservoirs. The warmer water led to disease outbreaks among the fish, biologists said.

HORNBROOK, Calif. (AP) — For the first time in more than a century, salmon are swimming freely along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a major watershed near the California-Oregon border ...