I visited the Klamath yesterday (Wednesday, December 18, 2024) at several locations between the mouth of the Shasta, up to the old IG dam site. The river is running at about 1100 cfs and it's a beautiful blue-green color. The visibility has improved to pre-dam removal levels. I saw several GB Herons, Kingfishers, and even an Osprey. I think the river is recovering quickly, and the improvements in water quality will soon outweigh the negative effects of the sediment mobilization. I've heard several reports of big, bright winter steelhead already working their way up river. Will they ever have a surprise! Hopefully they'll be able to navigate the Keno dam fish ladder and make it up to Klamath lake.
@roberthake5349Ай бұрын
Just pumped gas on my own for the first time, watched this video 3+ times before doing so. It went smoothly. Thank you!
@user-bw2ny2jz3zАй бұрын
In Eugene Oregon? I’m a 7 grader
@jewelzzzzzzzАй бұрын
this video always makes me cry haha
@joshuaolayanju9658Ай бұрын
American Legend
@crustmuskandpixiedustАй бұрын
Hopefully those in the opposition to dam removal will finally begin to see the value of sustainable natural systems and that human were never meant dominate nature but live in harmony with it, as stewards, as a part of the ecology of the planet.
@rayconx96Ай бұрын
Looks like first time to hold a camera 😂😂😂
@typerightseesightАй бұрын
and your microphone is on another planets moon somewhere.
@daphnekivinen9482Ай бұрын
Wow! Beautiful, but dangerous!
@theoriginaldizzy-d420Ай бұрын
But Putting Quarter In Is Half The Fun Lol
@saraxdouglas8577Ай бұрын
Way to make an old lady cry...💙☮️🙏
@DJEthanStoneАй бұрын
Tara you are my Hero! This is so amazing ❤
@carl3042 ай бұрын
I've seen 2 , yes , TWO salmon in Indian creek this year
@KenS12672 ай бұрын
Those ecosystems were built around salmon and beavers. We need to restore those tributary streams as much as possible and let the wild salmon populations rebound.
@spurlaut2 ай бұрын
Watching this is absolutely facinating and satisfieng. I'm from switzerland and for decades we are fithing to get the atlantic salmon back to the river Rhein and its tributarys. We destroyed nature for Profits, lot of nature and its magic will never come back..
@arthurmckenzie2442 ай бұрын
Glorious!
@walden62722 ай бұрын
That is a beautiful thing to witness. Gives me hope nature can make a comback if given the chance. I can't wait to see a thriving salmon population again and enjoy a bit of fishing up there.
@ninjazzrhythm4002 ай бұрын
Return? Theyve never been there. Those are probably interspecies mixed and not the "indigenous" one that belonged there.
@walden62722 ай бұрын
Don't be a fish bigot and hate on mix species.
@GeorgeWHaydukeIII6396Ай бұрын
A fish biologist, you are not sir!
@PacoOtis2 ай бұрын
Bravo!
@ElmerSpuda2 ай бұрын
Beautiful sight to see.
@timkasten3432 ай бұрын
👏🏼👏🏼Bravo 👏🏼 👏🏼
@goodgollymizmolly2 ай бұрын
Rip frog
@johntresemer56312 ай бұрын
👍🙏
@wilburwilbur41952 ай бұрын
IT WON T LAST GREED FOR MONEY OR THEIR FLESH OR FOR THE LAND OR THE WATER CAUSING DISEASE OR SILTING OR WATER DEGRADATION ETC ETC ETC DO I HOPE I M COMPLETELY WRONG ABSOLUTELY WILL I BE DOUBT IT
@intheshell35ify2 ай бұрын
Needs to return to my hot butter and mirepoix!! Mmm with a little coconut milk to steam in. 🥰🥰🥰🥰 With baked potato and steamed broccoli. And however much lemon you think is enough... double it. And Don go too crazy with the salt until the end.
@polemeros2 ай бұрын
It's only the very technology everyone here is scorning that makes our lives possible. Easy and cheap virtue-signalling to go on about "unspoiled nature" when all your survival needs are provided by alternate forms of technology, industry and science.
@SorenAlba542 ай бұрын
This is living proof that what man destroys, nature can rebuild itself but only if our influence disappears from it entirely. With these salmon returning, it’s only a matter of time when they spawn and their descendants will restore the population tenfold.
@louisegogel79732 ай бұрын
Super! it’s truly inspiring and awesome to see how nature can come back and does come back when we give it space and a chance.
@user-mi3pv7ql4g2 ай бұрын
Great. Take down all dams. 112 years and the fish are back!
@nordlandak68532 ай бұрын
So four clean energy and effective dams were removed so a few salmon could spawn and die. 😂
@johnjones33322 ай бұрын
you are stupid person. the world is not a golf course.
@GeorgeWHaydukeIII6396Ай бұрын
You obviously don't understand even the basics of "Life"
@lorianxxxxx2 ай бұрын
In gratitude, I AM....
@theck6722 ай бұрын
Thanks to the tribes who worked tirelessly to get this done❣️
@BallardBaller2 ай бұрын
For all the haters… I’m betting the California salmon season will open up in a big way in 4 years 😊
@GeorgeWHaydukeIII6396Ай бұрын
The haters will just credit tRump with the success, and then ask him to rebuild the dams. That's how ignorant they are.😢
@ShenpaiWasTaken2 ай бұрын
Very nice! Looks like its in good condition as well!
@donniewright4142 ай бұрын
Does dam removal work? Just within a year of dam removals on the Klamath River, the salmon began to return in the tributaries of the Klamath River in California and Oregon. These are not fish that have spawned there before. Many generations removed since the early 1900's. This is definitive proof that so many generations removed, they still know where their ancestors began, and they strive to be there again. As a Klamath Tribal member, it is a good thing to see. Many of my brothers and sisters by way of ancestry were not at hand to witness this event. I am. Welcome home to my fish friends.
@louisegogel79732 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤
@martinefelts65752 ай бұрын
So awesome. Now take down the snake river dams!!!!
@kcrehkopf2 ай бұрын
Box of kleenex please---if only we could use such common sense in every other sphere of public and environmental good (which ought to be the same thing!)
@felipericketts2 ай бұрын
Yay! 🙂
@ibraheemrao84342 ай бұрын
I look at the winter soltice as a day hope cuz I know 2-3 months after it occurs there reasonable sunlight outside.
@fosterkennel6492 ай бұрын
Siskiyou news. river of death, wake up there is a reason Siskiyou County has declared a state of emergency on the Klamath River blessings
@billsmith51092 ай бұрын
A state of emergency mostly lets the county spend money without the normal public bid process. In this case it was mostly pandering to people who owned property on the reservoirs. Showed up, made a lot of noise. Got their emergency declaration. Now most old silt will be gone by time snows have melted off mountains next spring. Revegetation effort will continue next spring, with green up of perennials early. By next May or June deer will be seen feeding out on the flats. Trees will be hard to see for maybe five years unless you squint. Lots of people have a hard time seeing trees timber companies plant for a couple years too. The state of emergency will fade away due to neglect and lack of need. It did serve its purpose of letting county elected officials get back to work in a quieter environment.
@fosterkennel6492 ай бұрын
@billsmith5109 I'm sure you are aware that the toxic mud you refer to was to be removed and prior to that fenced off to protect wildlife and the wild horses, so time will tell and I predict the taxpayers will be left with the massive bill of cleaning up this mess... blessings from Southern Oregon
@billsmith51092 ай бұрын
@@fosterkennel649 Is this belief due to the rumor mill or the published plans?
@fosterkennel6492 ай бұрын
@billsmith5109 you can start with kRRC out of Berkeley, California, and do your own research if you really care. Blessings
@billsmith51092 ай бұрын
@@fosterkennel649 I’ll remain skeptical this was the plan except in a few people out in the parking lot minds.
@fosterkennel6492 ай бұрын
All is not what you're being told regarding the disaster which is unfolding on the Klamath but the media PR machine bought and paid for is making you think all is just fine start to do the real research of what's going on now blessings
@GeorgeWHaydukeIII6396Ай бұрын
Ok there you paranoid conspiracy theorist.....Sure thing.
@simplehillbilly58522 ай бұрын
So for some fish we lose power sources and water for food and ag. If ya want to save the fish stop gill netting everything that goes down the river
@GH-oi2jf2 ай бұрын
These dams were obsolete sources of electric power. There was no good reason to keep operating them.
@EnjoywithNomi-uk4tf2 ай бұрын
So wonderful sharing❤❤❤
@LeonneyPaulen29502 ай бұрын
Fish do remember their heritage.😊
@LeonneyPaulen29502 ай бұрын
Fish do remember their heritage.😊
@LeonneyPaulen29502 ай бұрын
Fish do remember their heritage.😊
@Ellen.G2 ай бұрын
That's fast! Amazing project!
@GeorgeWHaydukeIII6396Ай бұрын
It was well researched for over 20 years by some really smart, well qualified scientists. Everyone did an excellent job.❤