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KLAMATH FALLS — A federal judge has determined the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation erred when it delivered water for Klamath Project irrigators in 2022 at the expense of critically endangered

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will not curtail water to the Klamath Project in Southern Oregon and Northern California, despite an earlier warning to irrigators that cutbacks might be necessary

As four aging hydroelectric dams are demolished, tribes and communities along the Klamath River wait anxiously to see what the future holds. “Once a river is dammed, is it damned forever?” experts ask.

As four aging hydroelectric dams are demolished, tribes and communities along the Klamath River wait anxiously to see what the future holds. “Once a river is dammed, is it damned forever?” experts ask.

Tribes and communities along the Klamath River wait anxiously to see what the future holds. “Once a river is dammed, is it damned forever?” experts ask.

As four aging hydroelectric dams are demolished, tribes and communities along the Klamath River wait anxiously to see what the future holds. “Once a river is dammed, is it damned forever?” experts ask. Story from @CalMatters.

As four aging hydroelectric dams are demolished, tribes and communities along the Klamath River wait anxiously to see what the future holds. “Once a river is dammed, is it damned forever?” experts ask.

<figure><img width="1024" height="682" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/071823_Karuk-Fish-Tagging_SN_CM_03.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Fisheries Technicians Ben Harrison, left, and Aaron Tuttle, right, run a net to collect juvenile coho salmon for PIT tagging in Horse Creek along the Klamath River on July 18, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norr...

Oshun O’Rourke waded into the dark green water, splashing toward a net that her colleagues gently closed around a cluster of finger-length fish.

Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has issued a recreational use advisory for the southern portion of the Upper Klamath Lake. Cyanobacteria was found between Howards Bay south and the Link River Dam.