Klamath River journey ends with sobering news about toxic water
… Even as Native peoples and their allies celebrated at the mouth of the Klamath, more work lies ahead to restore the rest of the basin. Wetlands need restoration to impound phosphorus that pours from extinct volcanoes and prevent the growth of deadly algae. … Two other dams, Link River and Keno, still bar salmon from reaching their farthest nurseries. … The damage from removing wetlands from Upper Klamath Lake and some of its tributaries, providing an all-you-can-eat buffet of phosphorus for toxic algae that suffocates the fish, continues to reverberate.
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