‘You could almost hear the river crying ‘I am free’’: Tribes celebrate as dams fall in US river, freeing salmon trapped for a century
Workers have dismantled the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River, letting salmon swim freely for the first time in a century. This forms part of the largest dam removal project in US history, aiming to restore natural river ecosystems and bolster salmon populations, which are crucial to Indigenous tribes and local wildlife.