Klamath River Sees Major Decrease in Toxic Algae, Heavy Metals & Nutrients Water quality in the lower Klamath River has significantly improved since the removal of four upper Klamath dams, according to preliminary results collected by the Yurok Tribe Environmental Department. Reductions in the concentration of heavy metals, algae-derived toxins, nutrients, and suspended sediments have all been measured in the two years since reservoir drawdown. Before dam removal, algae that

Tribe Receives $18 Million to Restore Newly Accessible Salmon Spawning Tributaries Building on the success of the winter planting, the...

FERC Staff Finalizes Recommendation to Remove Lower Four Klamath Dams Washington, DC –Today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...