Pro Dam Removal Groups Say All Goes Well On Salmons Return To Klamath
Benefits of dam removal include reintroducing salmon to more than 400 miles of historical habitat, eliminating reservoirs that hosted massive blooms of toxic blue green algae. “these final dam removal steps set the stage for salmon to return to reclaimed habitat and expand their population recovery,” said jim simondet, noaa fisheries west. Although chinook salmon have returned to their native waters, most scientists say it could take three to five generations for the species to fully recover in the basin, reports. The salmon and others likely traveled more than 200 miles from the pacific ocean to reach the tributary. And it happened only months after four klamath river dams were.