The Other Side of the World’s Largest Dam Removal – Hakai
![The Klamath River runs more than 250 miles from Oregon’s high desert interior to the Pacific Ocean in northern California and is the site of the world's largest dam removal project. The dam decommissioning effort, which is intended to improve water quality and fish habitat, includes restoration of 2,000 acres formerly overtaken by the hydroelectric dams, which were built between 1918 and 1962 (Courtesy of Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53570135596_1bb55f4383_b-798x419.jpg)
Removing dams from the Klamath River in Northern California seems like a clear win for fish and rivers. Why do some locals hate it…?
First salmon swims all the way to Oregon after historic California dam removal – San Francisco Chronicle
![Salmon swimming upstream (by ulalume CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/65180196_ea49f2e802_c.jpg)
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….