When salmon return from the ocean to the Klamath River after the world’s largest dam removal project ends this fall, they will regain access to 400 miles of historical spawning habitat their species has been cut off from for more than a century.

From the river to the lab, looking at the very ear bones of fish, scientists with the University of California, Davis, are playing a key role helping to answer a big dam question: Will it work? Will a diverse population of salmon thrive again once the dams are removed and the Klamath River restored? 

UC Davis explores these questions in a multimedia feature story, “The Salmon Diaries: Life Before and After Klamath Dam Removal.” The story includes a video and newly released podcast episode of Unfold, “That Dam Removal Project.”

Featured experts include:

Rob Lusardi, freshwater ecologist and assistant professor, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences
Beth Rose Middleton Manning, professor, Department of Native American Studies
Barry McCovey, director, Yurok Tribal Fisheries 

Media Resources
Kat Kerlin, UC Davis News and Media Relations, 530-750-9195, kekerlin@ucdavis.edu 
Read the full story here. 

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