Klamath River

July 29 marked one year since the McKinney Fire tore through the small town of Klamath River in Siskiyou County. Residents gathered on the anniversary to commemorate.

This week Cultivating Place focuses on one specific and historical project at least 50 years in the making – the undamming of the majestic Klamath River. The final approval for removing a series of hydroelectric-production dams (whose installations date from the early to the mid1900s) was won in November of 2022.

A California congresswoman reported federal immigration authorities plan to end their contract with the Yuba County Jail. Also, a man was killed in Millville Saturday amid a winter storm, and tribal, state and federal leaders celebrated plans to remove dams on the Klamath River.

Local tribes and environmentalists are commending a historic decision to tear down four dams along the Klamath River. Also, research shows power outages are related to adverse health outcomes, and California prepares to launch the nation’s first state-funded guaranteed income program.

This year the Klamath River and its tributaries saw a catastrophic fish kill that has all but eliminated the native juvenile salmon population. The Yurok Tribe is fighting for the health of the river and its salmon.

As California's extreme drought continues, low levels in the Klamath River have caused a catastrophic salmon kill. According to Yurok tribe biologists, 70% of the salmon caught for testing died from a pathogen Ceratonova Shasta (C. Shasta). 97% of juvenile salmon captured on the Klamath River's Shasta and Scott River tributaries were infected with C. Shasta, and would die from the pathogen.

State regulators have slapped fishing restrictions on the Klamath and Trinity Rivers, while the Karuk Tribe and environmentalists seek stronger protection…

Gov. Jerry Brown, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, tribal leaders and others are expected to announce a new strategy for ending disputes over the Klamath River…

In another attempt to vanquish protozoa threatening Chinook salmon, federal officials are briefly tripling the flow on the Klamath River.The U.S. Bureau…

An attempt by irrigators to block the emergency release of water to protect Trinity and Klamath River Salmon was foiled Thursday by a federal judge in…