At a virtual press conference on Thursday, Oct. 9, Klamath River scientists announced that a year after the last of the dams were removed, river health has begun to bounce back. With salmon swimming upstream, bald eagles flying overhead, and increased bear, beaver, otter and osprey activity, the ecosystem is booming with ecological shifts thanks to the completion of the world’s largest dam removal effort. … [T]he fish monitoring effort done by California Trout is likely the most comprehensive science and monitoring project ever done to evaluate a dam removal effort.

Other Klamath River news:

• California Department of Fish and Wildlife: News release: Public invited to celebrate salmon, community at CDFW’s Big Springs Ranch Wildlife Area in Siskiyou County
• Science News: How a Yurok family played a key role in the world’s largest dam removal project