… Long before the dams came down, tribal nations in the Klamath Basin had already developed sophisticated scientific programmes. … The Yurok Tribal Fisheries Department tracks water quality and habitat projects, while the Karuk Department of Natural Resources blends traditional ecological knowledge with advanced scientific tools, even modelling cultural fire regimes in partnership with universities. By 2006, both tribes were already deeply involved in project planning and managing long-term water quality data for the Klamath. Today, the Klamath Basin Monitoring Program continues this model of collaboration, with water quality data gathered by both USGS scientists and tribal teams. The more recent Klamath River Monitoring Program, launched in July 2024, formalises this approach further: tribal representatives from the Karuk, Yurok and Klamath Tribes appear alongside federal agencies and NGOs on its leadership roster.  

Other Klamath River news:

• KQED (San Francisco): Klamath River bounces back following dam removal