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May 1, 2009

A River Runs Through It

A massive fish kill in Northern California's Klamath River finally convinced old adversaries--Indians, salmon fishermen, farmers, and environmentalists--to support removing dams from the river basin. But is it too late to save the native salmon runs?


It's an unseasonably warm winter day at the mouth of the Klamath River, a few miles south of Crescent City near the northern edge of California. The jade-green waters surge into the Pacific, creating a chaotic zone of swells and wave trains. A pair of gray whales appear just beyond the surf line, their spouts framed in white filigree against the deep cerulean sky.

On a sandb...

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