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FILE - Jamie Holt, lead fisheries technician for the Yurok Tribe, right, and Gilbert Myers count dead chinook salmon pulled from a trap in the lower Klamath River on June 8, 2021, in Weitchpec, Calif. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)
This image provided by Swiftwater Films shows a downstream view of crews working at the Iron Gate coffer dam site along the Klamath River on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in Siskiyou County, Calif. (Shane Anderson/Swiftwater Films via AP)
In this image provided by Matthew John Mais, Amy Bowers Cordalis poses at the Iron Gate cofferdam site along the Klamath River on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in Siskiyou County, Calif. (Matthew John Mais via AP)
FILE - The Klamath River winds runs along Highway 96 on June 7, 2021, near Happy Camp, Calif. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)
In this image provided by Matthew John Mais, members of the Yurok Tribe react as crews work to breach the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River at the Iron Gate cofferdam site on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in Siskiyou County, Calif. (Matthew John Mais via AP)
In this image provided by Matthew John Mais, people watch crews working at the Iron Gate cofferdam site along the Klamath River on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in Siskiyou County, Calif. (Matthew John Mais via AP)
This image provided by Matthew John Mais shows crews working at the Iron Gate cofferdam site along the Klamath River on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in Siskiyou County, Calif. (Matthew John Mais via AP)