Video of Chinook Salmon in Klamath River Near Keno, OR

From Meridian Photo:

“At the confluence of Spencer Creek and the Klamath River, near Keno, Oregon in the former foot print of the Topsy Reservoir, formerly held by the John C. Boyle Dam, salmon are returning from the Pacific Ocean for the first time since the 1912 damming of the river at Wards Canyon (Copco No 1) just south of the state line.

This is a remarkable story and a fulfillment of an uncertain dream: restore a free flowing Klamath River to allow migrating salmon the freedom to move as they had for millions of years. To let the salmon regain 400 miles of former habitat was the result of extensive research by the Yurok Tribe, the Karuk Tribe, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, federal agencies, and numerous NGOs who came to agree that damming the Klamath River had adverse effects on fish populations by limiting migration and by creating conditions that encouraged disease and mortality. Despite a hatchery at Iron Gate Dam, too few salmon survived river conditions in order to return home and spawn.”