Klamath River dam removal completed
Type: Story
Solution Areas: Adaptation & Resilience Climate-justice Governance & Leadership Land-use & Restoration
It’s official: The largest river restoration project in American history has completed all of the work to remove four Klamath River dams on the Oregon-California border. This massive infrastructure project is a precursor to several years of work to come, restoring the 2,200 acres of formerly submerged lands. See below for news and updates about this incredible project.
- Salmon return to Klamath Basin in Oregon after more than a century (OPB | October 18, 2024)
- Klamath Dam Removal Comes to a Close (Klamath River Renewal Project | October 2, 2024)
- Klamath River Dams Fully Removed Ahead of Schedule (Governor Gavin Newsom | October 2, 2024)
- A River’s Rebirth: Klamath Dam Removals Offer New Life for Salmon as well as California and Oregon Tribes (American Indian | Spring 2024)
- With Dams Removed, Salmon Will Have the Run of a Western River (NY Times | August 27, 2024)
- Tribes celebrate end of Klamath dam removal, largest in US history (OPB | October 2, 2024)
- Klamath River dam removal: before and after images show dramatic change (The Guardian | October 8, 2024)
- Various project-related videos (Reconnect Klamath)
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