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    NP - Case Study-Dams and Salmon On The Klamath River

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    The Klamath River historically provided ecosystem services like supporting the water cycle and providing habitat for salmon migration. Salmon would hatch upstream, mature in the ocean, and return upstream to lay eggs. Building canals drained lakes that fed the river, reducing water levels and threatening salmon. A dam further impacted salmon by disrupting migration and raising temperatures. These anthropogenic activities caused salmon populations to decline by reducing river flows needed for migration and spawning. While the Endangered Species Act protected coho salmon, it was economically unsuccessful for farmers due to water restrictions. A timeline could illustrate restoration efforts by agencies over time and their effects on salmon populations in the Klamath River.

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    The Klamath River historically provided ecosystem services like supporting the water cycle and providing habitat for salmon migration. Salmon would hatch upstream, mature in the ocean, and return upstream to lay eggs. Building canals drained lakes that fed the river, reducing water levels and threatening salmon. A dam further impacted salmon by disrupting migration and raising temperatures. These anthropogenic activities caused salmon populations to decline by reducing river flows needed for migration and spawning. While the Endangered Species Act protected coho salmon, it was economically unsuccessful for farmers due to water restrictions. A timeline could illustrate restoration efforts by agencies over time and their effects on salmon populations in the Klamath River.

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    The Klamath River historically provided ecosystem services like supporting the water cycle and providing habitat for salmon migration. Salmon would hatch upstream, mature in the ocean, and return upstream to lay eggs. Building canals drained lakes that fed the river, reducing water levels and threatening salmon. A dam further impacted salmon by disrupting migration and raising temperatures. These anthropogenic activities caused salmon populations to decline by reducing river flows needed for migration and spawning. While the Endangered Species Act protected coho salmon, it was economically unsuccessful for farmers due to water restrictions. A timeline could illustrate restoration efforts by agencies over time and their effects on salmon populations in the Klamath River.

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    NP - Case Study-Dams and Salmon On The Klamath River

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    The Klamath River historically provided ecosystem services like supporting the water cycle and providing habitat for salmon migration. Salmon would hatch upstream, mature in the ocean, and return upstream to lay eggs. Building canals drained lakes that fed the river, reducing water levels and threatening salmon. A dam further impacted salmon by disrupting migration and raising temperatures. These anthropogenic activities caused salmon populations to decline by reducing river flows needed for migration and spawning. While the Endangered Species Act protected coho salmon, it was economically unsuccessful for farmers due to water restrictions. A timeline could illustrate restoration efforts by agencies over time and their effects on salmon populations in the Klamath River.

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    CASE STUDY-DAMS and SALMON on the KLAMATH RIVER

    Read the case study on pages 305-306 and respond to the prompts below:

    Enlist some ecosystem services provided by the Klamath River in the past, and the impact of
    anthropogenic activities on the population of Salmon.

    The Klamath River played a role in the water cycle, provided a habitat and allowed for the
    migration of salmon, and was the third largest salmon fishery in the West Coast. For migration,
    salmon eggs would be hatched upstream of the river, where the young fish would later migrate
    down the river into the ocean and mature. After they had matured, they would migrate upstream
    and lay eggs in the same area, and this process would continue. Anthropogenic activities
    impacted the population of Salmon for in the early 1900s, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
    planned to build canals to drain two large leaked which were the source of the river. Not only did
    this result in explosed lake bottoms which turned into farmland, it also reduced water levels in
    the river which threatened the population of salmon. Additionally, the dam that was built affected
    the mitigation process of the salmon and raised the water temperatures, two things which also
    negatively impacted the salmon population.

    Explain (with evidence) how the various anthropogenic factors were causing a decline in the
    population of various species of Salmon.

    The Klamath River continuously endured a loss in its population of salmon due to various
    anthropogenic factors. For instance, when farmers settled the land by the river, they diverted
    water to irrigate their crops which reduced the salmon population immensely and affected
    commercial farmers and the local Native American tribes. Hydroelectric dams were also
    implemented in the river which not only created a barrier to the mitigation of salmon, but the
    pools behind the dams also resulted in a rise in water temperature not favorable to salmon.
    Lastly, climate change, also caused by humans, resulted less snow which meant less water for
    the river. Since agricultural use of the river continued to occur, there was a reduction in the river
    flow to low levels which produced another threat to the population of salmon.

    How did the U.S.Endangered Species Act envision to protect the Salmon? Was it successful?
    Explain with evidence from the text.

    According to the text, the U.S. Endangered Species Act envisioned to protect the Coho Salmon
    putting a restriction on water withdrawals such that there could not be a reduction in the river’s
    flow below the minimal level in which this species of salmon could thrive. In regards to the
    salmon, it was successful for it allowed them to thrive, but in regards to economics, it was not
    successful for it prevented farmers from obtaining enough water to irrigate their crops. In turn,
    this threatened their way of living.

    Draw a timeline to illustrate the action steps taken by various agencies and their effects in
    restoring the salmon populations in Klamath river.

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