Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement

The four dams were removed by 2024, and salmon quickly returned to Oregon’s stretch of the Klamath Basin for the first time in more than a century.

[2] Downstream populations of coho salmon are within the Southern Oregon/Northern California Evolutionary Significant Unit and are listed as threatened (2011).

[8] In November 2022, federal approval was granted for the dam removals, with deconstruction efforts commencing in 2023.

[9] The project was completed ahead of schedule in October 2024, marking the largest dam removal in U.S. history.

Within weeks, adult fall Chinook salmon made it all the way to Oregon’s stretch of the Klamath Basin for the first time in more than a century.

The Klamath River Basin extends from Southern Oregon into Northern California. The region is the historic home of the Native American Klamath , Modoc , and Yahooskin peoples.