“It’s sort of like a rip-the-Band-Aid-off moment,” said Shari Witmore, a fish biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

              Kalamath River Dam Removal

 

By Soumya Karlamangla

Photographs by Loren Elliott

Soumya Karlamangla reported from Yreka, Calif., and spent two days touring dam sites along the Klamath River.

• Aug. 27, 2024