Klamath River runs again: Keith Parker quoted on significance of dam removal

The New York Times writes that “the nation's largest dam removal project is nearly complete after a lengthy campaign by Native tribes to restore the [Klamath] river at the California-Oregon border,” which will restore miles of necessary breeding habitat for salmon. They interviewed Keith Parker for the story, who spoke about the interconnectedness of the salmon to the Klamath ecosystem, and what it was like to witness the water flowing down the river once again.

“Those birds and all the living things up there haven’t heard running water in over 100 years — it’s a completely different landscape,” he said. “The ecosystem is healing itself.” 

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