2024 Klamath Watershed Highlights Newsletter - Restoration Edition

Collaborative efforts with state, federal, Tribal, and private partners are key to restoring ecological processes for federally listed and sensitive species in the Klamath Basin. In this issue you will learn how beaver dam analogues enhance bull trout habitat, how removing barriers improves fish passage fish passage
Fish passage is the ability of fish or other aquatic species to move freely throughout their life to find food, reproduce, and complete their natural migration cycles. Millions of barriers to fish passage across the country are fragmenting habitat and leading to species declines. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program is working to reconnect watersheds to benefit both wildlife and people.

Learn more about fish passage , and how reconstructing floodplain connectivity can restore habitat for Coho salmon. Continue exploration of the issue and note articles that focus on endangered, threatened, and at-risk species, such as the Behren’s silverspot butterfly, the Oregon spotted frog, and the western ridged mussel, as well as unique partnerships and collaborative efforts to recover and protect these special creatures.