Klamath River updates

PRESS RELEASE: Wild Klamath Salmon Healthy After Reservoir Drawdown

P R E S S  R E L E A S EKaruk TribeFor Immediate Release:  Wednesday March 6, 2023For more information:  Craig Tucker, Natural Resources Policy Consultant, Karuk Tribe, craig@suitsandsigns.com,...

Klamath Dam Removal: Copco 2 History & Updates

History:As the removal of Copco No. 2 comes to a close, let's explore the history behind this dam and the broader Klamath Basin.Copco 2 was the smallest among the four Klamath dams slated for...

Home Waters: SxNW

Join Native Fish Society, in partnership with Valley View Winery, Fly Water Travel, and the Ashland Fly Shop, on Thursday, June 8, from 5:30-8:30pm for Home Waters: South by Northwest - a...

Re-Wilding Oregon Conference

Twenty conservation organizations and local businesses have come together to organize the 2023 Re-Wilding Oregon Conference at Lake Creek Lodge on May 13, in Camp Sherman, Oregon. This is a first...

FEDERAL REGULATORS GREEN LIGHT LARGEST RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT IN US HISTORY - Removal of Four Klamath River Dams to Begin in 2023

P R E S S   R E L E A S ENovember 17, 2022Karuk Tribe • Yurok Tribe • Klamath Tribes • Hoopa Valley TribeTrout Unlimited • Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations • Institute for...

LARGEST DAM REMOVAL PROJECT IN HISTORY NEARS FINAL APPROVAL

Following the Steelhead - Through Northern California

I spent the summer and fall of 2020 and 2021 meandering across the rivers and creek of Northern California, looking for juvenile O. mykiss. I swam, walked, minked (slithering over rocks and jumping...

Reintroducing Spring Run Chinook

Upper Klamath River Spring Chinook were historically an abundant species of Salmon harvested by locals and tribes and provided a significant benefit to the entire Klamath River ecosystem. In the...

Pacific Lamprey

Words by Keith Parker, Fisheries Biologist Yurok Tribe The link between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems facilitated by anadromous fish species has been described as significant, as well as the...

Muddied Waters: Klamath Dam Removal

On July 16, 2020 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted partial dam transfer of the four lower Klamath River dams to Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC). Dam transfer was a...

Klamath Revival

Nestled in South Central Oregon is the beautiful Klamath River Basin, a high elevation desert home to pristine watersheds. These small rivers and streams feed the Klamath River, one of few rivers...

A Wild, Free, and Climate Resilient Klamath River

The Native Fish Society exists to revive abundant wild fish for all—for the ecosystems, cultures, and economies that rely on our iconic native fish. In the present era of dam removal, one of the...

Envision A Wild & Free Klamath River

We envision a Klamath River with abundant wild salmon and steelhead that return from the Pacific Ocean with a bounty of marine nutrients, and nourish the river’s human and environmental communities...

River Steward Program Newsletter Winter 2018

We are starting to see rains show up earlier in southern Oregon than I can remember in the past couple of years, and I hope that this is the beginning to a long wet winter here in the Northwest. ...

Questions remain for Iron Gate Hatchery as we prepare for Klamath River dam removal in 2021

When the lower four Klamath River dams come out in 2021 we will witness the largest river restoration event in history to benefit wild salmon and steelhead, clean water, and communities throughout...

Another perilous year for Spring Chinook in California's Salmon River

This week I joined a small team of volunteers and hiked several miles up one of California’s most remote Wild and Scenic Rivers, the North Fork of the Salmon River, which flows into the rugged...

New Science: Fall Chinook don't turn into Spring Chinook.

Written by Native Fish Society member Renee Fitts Thompson et al., in their new paper,“Anthropogenic habitat alteration leads to rapid loss of adaptive variation and restoration potential in wild...

NFS Comments on Klamath Spring Chinook Listing Petition

In response to a petition for listing submitted by the Karuk Tribe and Salmon River Restoration Council, the National Marine Fisheries Service initiated a process to solicit comments and review...