Restoring Balance: The Klamath River Renewal Project | Restoring at Scale | FEATURE

RES is leading a massive restoration effort integral to the largest dam removal and river renewal project in US history – a task vital to the future of several imperiled salmon populations on the West Coast. This film, Restoring Balance, reveals the scope and scale of the massive Klamath River Renewal Project restoration unfolding on the Klamath River. Woven together, the collective efforts of hundreds of experts, from engineers and hydrologists to local tribes, will transform this landscape into a clean, free-flowing river that will once again support one of America’s greatest fisheries.

Swiftwater Films, headed up by Emmy award winning filmmaker Shane Anderson, was commissioned by RES to create this short film to capture the importance of salmon to Tribes in the Klamath Basin and what the restoration effort will look like after dam removal. Released in Spring 2023, the 15-minute film has already earned multiple awards.