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

Yurok Tribe Environmental Department Acquires Treatment as a State Designation The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

Western Rivers Conservancy Conveys Final Acreage to Yurok Tribe in a 47,000-Acre Effort Critical to the Salmon, Wildlife and Forests of...

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