Will Volpert was rafting through a Class IV rapid on the Klamath River, in a canyon few have floated in a century, when something leaped out of the water near his oar blade. A chinook salmon was ...

West Coast salmon anglers and native tribes have even more reasons to be thankful this year, as they watch fish returning to places in California and Oregon that have been devoid of salmon and ...

The Rios to River expedition of around 30 youth kayakers began their journey down the undammed Klamath River last week to begin their monthlong journey, becoming the first kayakers to make the trip in ...

Teenagers and young adults from Klamath Basin tribes in south-central Oregon and Northern California earned international applause this summer paddling neon-colored kayaks 310 miles on the newly ...

Brook Thompson was 7 when her world turned upside down. "I witnessed the 2002 fish kill on the Klamath River," said Thompson, who's now 28 and a member of the Yurok Tribe. "It was devastating seeing ...

Maps are no more objective than any other documents. Just look at the ones of the Klamath Basin produced by its two federal landlords. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation portrays the basin as a network of ...

KLAMATH — As bright-colored kayaks push through a thick wall of fog, voices and the beats of drums build as kayakers approach a crowd that has formed on the beach. Applause erupts as the boats land on ...

On a special episode (first released on December 4, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: This year marked the end of a 20-year struggle to remove four hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River that runs ...

As a University of Oregon student focused on politics and the environment, Amy Bowers Cordalis had every right to feel defeated in 2002 when she returned home and saw evidence of the largest salmon ...