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To the editor : Wonderful news of dam removals on the Klamath River restoring its free flow, allowing the return of salmon runs to historical breeding grounds and the restoration of native habitat thanks to the collaboration by many groups and agencies ( “One year after dams were torn down, an Indigenous writer sees a healing Klamath River,” Sept. 11).

This past July, I went on a rafting trip on the Lower Klamath and enjoyed soaking in the clean, clear, fast-moving river. The guides told me that before the removal of the dams, the river was algae-choked, with stagnant stinky pools that wouldn’t invite a swim.

On our trip, we encountered a large group of Indigenous youth who we

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