Salmon Return to the Klamath River, by Michael Wier/CalTrout
With the Klamath River flowing completely free for the first time in over 100 years, the next question was how soon the salmon would return. It didn't take long.
In October, scientists with CalTrout documented Chinook salmon beginning to migrate beyond the site of the former Iron Gate Dam for the first time since 1912. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) then confirmed that on October 16 that a run of Chinook salmon was identified by biologists in a tributary of the Klamath River.
Watch as Michael Wier and CalTrout document the dam removal and the amazing return of this sacred fish.