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The Klamath River’s dams are gone. Now, a group of Native teenagers will paddle the whole thing

In celebration of the largest dam removal project in U.S. history, a group of Native American youths embarked Thursday on a kayaking descent of the Klamath River from its headwaters in Southern Oregon ...
WESH

Native American teens kayak major river to celebrate removal of dams and return of salmon

As bright-colored kayaks push through a thick wall of fog, voices and the beats of drums build as kayakers approach a crowd that has formed on the beach. Applause erupts as the boats land on the sandy ...
OPB

Klamath River ecosystem is booming one year after dam removal

At a virtual press conference on Thursday, Oct. 9, Klamath River scientists announced that a year after the last of the dams were removed, river health has begun to bounce back. With salmon swimming ...
Los Angeles Times

One year after dams were torn down, an Indigenous writer sees a healing Klamath River

Over the last two years, I have traveled repeatedly to the Klamath River near the California-Oregon border to report on the dismantling of four dams. I saw crews in excavators as they clawed at the ...
Marin Independent Journal

Native American teens kayak Klamath River to celebrate removal of dams and return of salmon

KLAMATH — As bright-colored kayaks push through a thick wall of fog, voices and the beats of drums build as kayakers approach a crowd that has formed on the beach. Applause erupts as the boats land on ...
Associated Press

Native American teens kayak major US river to celebrate removal of dams and return of salmon

KLAMATH, Calif. (AP) — As bright-colored kayaks push through a thick wall of fog, voices and the beats of drums build as kayakers approach a crowd that has formed on the beach. Applause erupts as the ...