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KLAMATH COUNTY — A mud-encrusted area where crews are planting young trees and other native seedlings was part of the Topsy reservoir just two months ago.

HORNBROOK, Calif. — Near the California-Oregon border, reservoirs that once submerged valleys have been drained, revealing a stark landscape that had been underwater for generations.

KLAMATH COUNTY — A mud-encrusted area where crews are planting young trees and other native seedlings was part of the Topsy reservoir just two months ago.

Reservoirs have been drained as the nation's largest dam removal effort advances on the Klamath River, and an effort to restore the watershed is taking root.

Reservoirs have been drained as the nation's largest dam removal effort advances on the Klamath River, and an effort to restore the watershed is taking root.

"Cavitation occurs when irregularities in the bed lift the water. The resulting negative pressure causes bubbles of water vapor to form. These cavitation air bubbles quickly collapse sending out bursts of very high pressure."

With the tenacity of salmon swimming home, Un-dam the Klamath is liberating their river before our eyes.

The initial drawdown of the reservoirs on the Klamath River is complete, and not without its bumps in the road. Now, commence the healing of a watershed.

The massive deaths of non-native fish and the deluge of sediments resulting from the drawdown of reservoirs as part of the Klamath River dam removals was expected and is predicted

Copco 1, the oldest of the three remaining dams on the Klamath River, was breached Tuesday.