A New Flow for the Klamath (Image of the Week)

[@k2thah286]

Shout out to all the tribal reps who worked tirelessly through all the noise to make this celebration a reality.

[@adammurg]

This is so great, thanks for sharing; we appreciate these important changes!

[@polecat1951]

In 1973 I had the great privilege of living with Achomawi people near Yreka, Ca. And this was a huge issue and a dream that some day the river would be restored. God bless the many souls who carried this fight forward to where it is today.

[@jesse75]

Never heard of them before. Do they have a tribal headquarters ?

[@williamlloyd3769]

Thanks for the update

[@Pottery4Life]

Thank you. Great to see the lower river running free and the Spirit of the Fish move on the waters.

[@civilbeard]

Wow! That's amazing!

[@jamesdubben3687]

Nice update, can't wait to hear about the revitalization of the ecosystem.

[@gus473]

1:45 Been waiting my entire life to encounter the talking fish! Nice! 😎✌️

[@metaltwister2536]

Yay! Good job, USGS!

[@thomasgoodwin2648]

You can temporarily be friends with nature. You can temporarily be at war with her. Trying to own her however, will only destroy her. Thank you for the efforts to heal the wounds we caused. Maybe there's still some hope for us after all. 🙇‍♀

[@georgehaydukeiii6396]

well put.

[@TermaMary]

Excellent

[@BabyBee255]

Very Eco-Friendly balance... Nice!. Very Nice.

[@OkieJammer2736]

Oh. This is such a big deal. Wow. Well done.

[@justbe1451]

Terrific news ❤

[@Linandemma]

Awesome news. Finding out hard to believe they've done the right thing 😅🎉

[@jesse75]

Took way to long. I'm old now and probably will die before I see much progress. But my kids will.

[@anga9495]

So happy about this! 🐟

[@Jack-ne8vm]

Can salmon get up into Klamath Lake? I'm looking forward to seeing spring floods near Klamath Glen.

[@ResortDog]

Keno diversion dam & Link River diversion dams will stay and have fish ladders/screens.

[@jesse75]

No salmon have a reason to go up there yet. Klamath Lake has its own set of problems. Warm water, invasive species etc.

[@jar4981]

Incredible!

[@kymkauffman5000]

Interesting

[@petersymaeys6067]

Good job for a healthy environment

[@robertd.calkins361]

It’s spelled Klamath as in clam and Oregonians have always pronounced it Klamath. Is Kalamath an indigenous pronunciation that you’re trying to honor?

[@georgehaydukeiii6396]

I've heard it pronounced this way several times before. And I wondered the same thing.

[@jesse75]

Kalamath is a tributary of the Columbia River in Washington State. Many people, that don't know too much, get that mixed up with the river in NorCal. Be sceptical of people that can't get a name right.

[@justpappas]

The beavers will get a kick out of this one

[@340wbymag]

It should be good for the beavers. I certainly hope so because they are a keystone species that benefits fish, birds, and other wildlife.

[@jesse75]

No trees up there for beavers. And so you want those critters cutting down new growth ? I guess you could take a log truck or dump truck full of branches for them to pick from ?

[@340wbymag]

@@jesse75 Beavers don't belong everywhere, but they should be put to use everywhere there is an adequate place for them. Yes, they down trees, but they consume mostly vegetation along the stream banks, and by cutting down trees close to the stream, they create sunny areas for new vegetation to thrive. There is vast information available showing the great value beavers provide to watershed and to other wildlife. To deny the science is just silly.

[@jesse75]

@@justpappas 340 what you said everyone can agree on. But they need to be kept out. I have some vacation property and part of it has a salmon spawning stream. Every fall the neighbors and I have to break up the dams or fish can't get up to spawn. Beaver it's a cure all. Only cure is a beaver to help a dude addicted to pornography.

[@chetmyers7041]

We look forward to the seasonal flooding of the plains along the river.

[@jesse75]

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[@briseboy]

Several upper Klamath dams remain. This limits salmon spawning above those dams. Klamath Lake remains isolated from the sea, as do feeder streams. Keno dam, NOW owned by US Bureau of Reclamation is just barely above JC Boyle, and Link dam prevents access to Klamath Lake. Keno prevents access to many hundreds of miles of tributary waters that salmon used to frequent until that 1918 dam/extinction event. Chiloquin on a tributary above the lake also remains.

[@ResortDog]

The Link River in Oregon has several fish structures, including dams with fish ladders and ancient rock dams: Link River Dam This non-hydroelectric dam has a fish ladder that allows fish to pass upstream. Keno Dam This non-hydroelectric dam also has a fish ladder that allows fish to pass upstream. Ancient rock dams These dams were built by the first native inhabitants of the area. The dams have runways that salmon must pass through to get up the river. The dams also have platforms on the sides of the channels where the Indians would spear salmon. These dams are only visible when the riverbed is dry or the water is very low.

[@georgehaydukeiii6396]

​@@ResortDog I don't doubt what you are reporting here, and I have visited both Link River dam at the base of Upper Klamath lake, and Keno dam near the town of Keno. I've seen the fish ladders at both dams, but some of the other features you mentioned, I am unfamiliar with. I'd be really interested if you could share some details or literature on the subject. Thanks.

[@ResortDog]

@@georgehaydukeiii6396 Im just the guy that chased the fish out of the traps when we shut down the generator at Eastside PH. PS= that is where all the shrapnel in the river came from. The old penstock lining removing itself through the generator as it leaked and created the sucker habitat. You'll need to chase down the archeologists from the day as Google is not a search engine as much as propaganda now. I miss the libraries. Pretty sure some folks in Chiloquin know the answers you are looking for.

[@jesse75]

Resortdog very interesting. There's going to be a time in the near future where what you said will be proved true. Thanks again for an interesting comment.

[@dcraexon]

cool

[@bestpoker]

Will this result in lower cost salmon at the grocery store?

[@anthonysmith4072]

The DAMN project😂

[@scottrichards3587]

Klamath, 2 syllables, not kalamath

[@kentjohnson873]

In 1918 we collectively decided we didn't care about anything else but cheap hydro. Not a damn thing has changed! the only reason anything changed was that these dams were made financially unviable. The fact that they were never environmentally viable has NEVER been challenged and NEVER will be as long as we worship money even at the expense of our children. I won't hold my breath.

[@jesse75]

Gold fever ruined a lot of things.

[@jeffhays1968]

Just so USGS is aware, 1,000 hp aluminum gill nets boats and wall to wall gill nets is not exactly a native fishery.

[@bonnie_stuff]

It's pronounced "KLA myth" not KA LA meth"

[@jesse75]

People are confused. Just like they are with Kamala.

[@jesse75]

Makes me crazy people confused with the river in Washington State.

[@RCRitterFPV]

so fish over clean energy... got it...

[@georgehaydukeiii6396]

I'm glad you finally figured it out!

[@tombeno8746]

So dumb hydropower lobby talking point... got it...

[@RCRitterFPV]

@@tombeno8746 I don't like fish... I like clean energy...

[@tombeno8746]

@@RCRitterFPV Cool story, now you can have both.

[@jesse75]

Put solar on your house. If you are a home owner, you can put your own system up. Inland Empire is where to get all your parts and panels cheap. Just hire someone to wire it to your fuse box.

[@ralphthompson328]

4 HYDRO ELECTRIC DAMS REMOVED AND AS BAD AS CA. NEEDS ENERGY......STUPID IDEA.

[@toyyoda3710]

We have this Brand-New thing called renewables... we can and do have solar panels on homes and windmills in the hills... those tiny hydroelectric generators are nothing compared to what we get from just solar today... The days of giant power plants transporting energy for hundreds of miles are over. we can generate more than enough power on site without thousands of miles of high power, dangerous powerlines that spark fires

[@georgehaydukeiii6396]

It's called a tradeoff. I'm sure you have heard that term. In this case, we traded a couple of lousy, old inefficient power generation dams for a once famous run of endangered salmon! It worked out great.

[@eh3477]

These were 4 small dams that produced a tiny fraction of the area's electricity in the 21st century. The owners moved to other sources of electricity several years ago.

[@IAMAredditor]

Always nice to see an unhinged, uninformed opinion.

[@jeffstromberg7880]

The dams made no sense economically, for water or for energy. Dams cost money to run and maintain. They were generating very little electricity. This was all discussed and evaluated for many years, and your ALL CAPS post doesn’t change or replace that analysis.

[@ResortDog]

AL that water at once is gonna move the gold again!

[@anga9495]

They're doing it carefully in slow stages to minimize sediment distribution and the damage it does to life etc...

[@briseboy]

Gold has no value other than in electronics, as it is good conductor and does not corrode. THAT'S IT. NO other actual value. The farce of trinkets on bodies of the soft metal is utterly worthless.

[@thekinginyellow1744]

@@briseboy except that I can sell it for $2500 and ounce. That's all the value I need. Having said that, I would advise against trying to do any prospecting on the rez.

[@ResortDog]

@@thekinginyellow1744 The Yuroks are safe on thier end of the river. All the good gold is upstream. & @anga9495 the dams are all gone. Now whatever floods come sluice it all the way from Keno to the sea without slowing much. La Nina has some surprises in flood control..

[@CrawldaBeast]

Another victory for diesel and gas cars! EV owners may need to skip a charging day here and there.

[@georgehaydukeiii6396]

This uninformed, ignorant comment, shows your lack of knowledge on the subject.

[@tombeno8746]

Another clueless nonsense comment from right field! Hydropower and gas lobbyists may need new material.

[@jesse75]

Trump is on both sides here. Fuel prices going back down. Musk and his electric car going up. Each of us needs to be reasonable. Keep your gas car well tuned. Make sure it's not leaking oil. Be conservative in your driving habits. I just bought a small motorcycle. Gets hundred miles per gallon. Get solar panels. Use your common sense. First thing I did when I bought a house was get rid of the grass and plant stuff I don't need to water. And I went through the house and put energy efficient lights.