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Tribe: California wildfires near Oregon cause fish deaths

Wildfires in a remote area just south of the Oregon border have killed tens of thousands of fish in the Klamath River, the Kalk tribe says. said on Saturday.

Dead fish of all species were found Friday along the main stream of the Klamath River near Happy Camp, California, the tribe said in a statement.

Tribal fishery biologists believe that flash floods caused by heavy rains in the burn area caused massive debris flows that flowed into rivers at or near Humbug Creek and McKinney Creek, said tribal spokesman Craig Tucker.

Oxygen levels in the Klamath River dropped to zero on Wednesday and Thursday night, according to tribal monitors at a nearby water quality station.

A photograph of the Kaluk River, taken about 32 kilometers downstream from a flash flood in a tributary of Said Creek, shows dozens of snails in sticks and other debris in the thick brown water along the banks. It showed a dead fish getting angry.

The full extent of the damage is still unknown, but the tribe said late Saturday that fish found dead 32 kilometers downstream were apparently swept up there after their deaths, with fish killings spreading throughout the river. He said it didn't affect him.

``The impact is limited to 10 or 20 miles (16 miles or 32 kilometers) of the river in this range, and Happy Camp and the fish found below it are likely to travel downstream from the ``kill zone''. I think I'm floating. The tribe added in its latest statement that it continues to monitor the situation.

The McKinney Fire, which has devoured more than 9,233 square kilometers of his Klamath National Forest, wiped out a scenic Klamath River settlement that was home to about 200 people this week. The blaze killed four of his people in a small community and reduced most of his homes and businesses to ashes.

Scientists say climate change has made the western region warmer and drier over the past 30 years and will continue to bring more extreme weather and more frequent and devastating wildfires. says deaf. A 22-year mega-drought intensifies in the western United States in 2021, and the region is now the driest in at least 1,200 years.

When the McKinney Fire began, it burned only a few hundred acres and firefighters thought it would be quickly contained. However, a thunderstorm came with ferocious gusts of wind, driving an unstoppable conflagration within hours.

Saturday's fire was held by him by 30%.

The killing of the fish was a blow to the Kalk and Yurok, who have fought for years to protect the fragile salmon shoals of the Klamath River. Salmon is revered by the Kalk tribe and the Yurok tribe, her second largest native American tribe in California.

A federally endangered fish species has suffered in recent years from low flow rates in the Klamath River, and last summer a parasite deadly to salmon spread in warmer, more mobile waters. It breeds in slow waters and kills large numbers of fish. The dam is on track to be removed next year in what will be the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history.