Klamath News

It was a jam-packed three days for two Humboldt County supervisors who spent part of last week meeting with government officials in Washington, D.C. Third District Supervisor Mark Lovelace, 5th District Supervisor Ryan Sundberg and former Supervisor Jill Duffy -- who's involved in Klamath dam issues -- traveled back east Jan.

Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Humboldt State University, the Yurok Tribe and other agencies will offer a debriefing Monday on the case of the gray whale and her calf who swam up the Klamath River last summer.

Mark DuPont will deliver a presentation on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Campus Center for Appropriate Technology at Humboldt State University.

The Times-Standard's "Klamath draft report released; Thompson: 'Time for Congress to act is now'" article mistakenly recites that the 2010 Klamath Agreements "represent the best way forward for the Klamath River Basin and its communities." If it sounds too good to be true, that is because it is.

Mike Maples landed this chrome-bright winter steelhead on a recent trip to the Chetco River.

The Interior Department published a draft report summarizing two years of scientific and technical studies conducted to help inform the Secretary of the Interior on a forthcoming decision on whether to remove four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, per the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement of 2010.

Willard Carlson stands next to freshly split cedar planks used to rebuild a Yurok village at Ah-Pah on the Lower Klamath River.

A well-known marine biologist under federal indictment for allegedly feeding killer whales has denied ever feeding the marine mammals during her research.

A draft report released Tuesday by the U.S. Interior Department says removing four hydroelectric dams in the Klamath Basin will restore salmon and sustain irrigation for farmers in Southern Oregon and Northern California.

A draft report released Tuesday by the U.S. Interior Department says removing four hydroelectric dams in the Klamath Basin will restore salmon and sustain irrigation for farmers in Southern Oregon and Northern California.

Steelhead trout might make good weathermen. It's too early to call the evidence anything but anecdotal, but it seems that throngs of steelies start heading upriver right before a storm starts, said Jesse Nolan, a biologist who works with the DIDSON - Ssonar fish counter at the Fred Haight boat launch.

It was a great year for local harvesters of tanoak mushrooms inA terms of volume.