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The Yurok and the largest dam removal ever
2024
Klamath, California
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The largest tribe in California by enrolment, and the driving force behind taking four dams off the Klamath after a 2002 fish kill left tens of thousands of salmon dead on the banks. The removal finished in 2024, the largest in history, and salmon were spawning above the old dam sites within weeks. The tribe also released California condors here in 2022, the first in this country in over a century.
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Location: historic site
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