This story from The Guardian highlights how salmon are now swimming freely in the Klamath River for the first time in more than 100 years, following the largest dam removal project in U.S. history.

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Four dams, including the Iron Gate dam near the California-Oregon border, were demolished, restoring hundreds of miles of habitat. This marked a monumental victory for local Tribes, who had spent decades advocating for the restoration through protests, lawsuits, and testimony.

The Klamath, once the third-largest salmon-producing river on the West Coast, had suffered environmental degradation because after dams blocked salmon migration, causing population declines.

The hydroelectric dams began construction in 1918, and the removal project was just completed this year.