{"id":43518,"date":"2024-11-04T14:51:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T13:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/7c8b13d1-6457-4278-9f42-adc678efb21d"},"modified":"2024-11-04T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:27:29","slug":"the-largest-dam-removal-project-in-us-history-has-finally-been-completed-now-something-truly-amazing-is-happening","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/the-largest-dam-removal-project-in-us-history-has-finally-been-completed-now-something-truly-amazing-is-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"The largest dam-removal project in US history has finally been completed. Now something truly amazing is happening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four dams were dismantled on the Klamath River \u2013 this remarkable video shows what happened when the final barrier fell… <\/p>

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Published: Monday, 04 November 2024 at 13:51 PM<\/p>

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When the first of four hydroelectric dams was constructed in 1912 on the Klamath Basin in Oregon, US, it marked the end of Chinook salmon migration up the river.<\/strong><\/p>

Now, more than 100 years later, the fish are returning thanks to the largest dam removal project in US history, which was finally completed in September. By mid-October, conservationists spotted migrating salmon on the river\u2019s tributaries.<\/p>

For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon returned to the Klamath River \u2013 a 257-mile-long waterway in southern Oregon and northern California\/Getty <\/figcaption> <\/figure>