Salmon return to Klamath Basin
ODFW confirms salmon spotted in Klamath basin, first time since 1912
After the removal of the Klamath dams, salmon are now being spotted in the Klamath Basin. This is the first time salmon have been in the basin since 1912. A fall run of Chinook Salmon was identified by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife fish biologists in a tributary to the
ODFW identifies first salmon to return to Oregon’s Klamath Basin in more than a century
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported that its fish biologists found a full-run Chinook salmon on Wednesday, in a tributary above the former J.C. Boyle Dam that was removed this summer. Experts saw the large fish swim to the surface the day before, but was initially unsure if it was salmon or a large rainbow trout.
With the Dams Removed, Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Return to Klamath Basin for the First Time in 112 Years
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – On October 16, a fall-run Chinook salmon was identified by ODFW’s fish biologists in a tributary to the Klamath River above the former J.C. Boyle Dam, becoming the first anadromous fish to return to the Klamath Basin in Oregon since 1912 when the first of four hydroelectric dams was constructed, blocking migration.
Salmon return to Klamath Basin months after removal of 4 hydroelectric dams on river
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the return of chinook salmon to the Klamath Basin after the removal of four dams.
Salmon return to the Klamath River in Oregon for the first time in over 100 years
Biologists from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and The Klamath Tribes have discovered several salmon in a tributary of the Klamath River in Oregon, above the site of four dams that were removed earlier this year.
After historic California dam removal, first salmon swims all the way to Oregon
The massive dam-removal project on the Klamath River began living up to its lofty goal of improving fish passage this week when at least one salmon was observed swimming upriver past the sites of four former dams that had long blocked fish.
First salmon since 1912 spotted in Oregon’s Klamath Basin, months after dam removal
A fall-run Chinook salmon was identified Wednesday by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's fish biologists in a tributary to the Klamath River above the former J.C. Boyle Dam, becoming the first anadromous fish to return to the Klamath Basin in Oregon since 1912,
Salmon Spotted in Klamath Basin for First Time in More Than a Century
On Wednesday, an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist spotted a first-in-a-century sight on a tributary to the Klamath River in the Klamath
Watch as Salmon return to Klamath Basin after hydroelectric dam removal
The first salmon in more than a century to make it to the upper reaches of the Klamath Basin in more than a century was spotted Oct. 16.
Salmon return to Klamath Basin after more than a century
Wildlife officials this week documented salmon above the former J.C. Boyle Dam in the Klamath Basin for the first time in more than a century.
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