The Klamath River was once the Pacific Coasts third-largest salmon fishery. For nearly 100 years, four dams on the Klamath have played a major role in decimating the rivers salmon population. All the dams had been removed by 2024 which will help restore the beleaguered salmon on which Indigenous tribes depend. Salmon are the foundation for Native people here and without them, the ecosystem could collapse.This is the biggest dam removal and river restoration effort in our nation's history. In 2007, I had photographed the entire length of the Klamath for the environmental group International Rivers. We witnessed the damage caused by the dams upstream. We also interviewed and photographed the Native People downstream that were struggling with the loss of the salmon that their people had depended on well into their distant past.