For the second year in a row, the Yurok Tribe’s Salmon Festival will not have any salmon, with the tribe citing below-average spawns in the Klamath River. The 60th annual Salmon Festival on Aug. 17 is coming in the wake of the dismantling of the four Klamath dams, a multi-agency effort to restore the river’s ecological health, which for decades suffered from warm water flows that promoted unhealthy ecosystems. In a release, the tribe lauded dam removal and noted that this year’s fish forecast is slightly healthier than the previous year, but not enough to justify fishing enough salmon to feed the festival. “Through dam removal and restoration, the Yurok Tribe is confident that the Klamath’s salmon runs will recover. … Large-scale river restoration work is happening in lower, middle and upper Klamath. More habitat rehabilitation projects are planned for next year too,” the release said.