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Klamath River: USGS Researchers Publish First Documentation Of How Rain-On-Wildfire Events Rob Streams Of Oxygen, Kill Aquatic Life 

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Runoff from a high-intensity storm during the 2022 McKinney Fire depleted oxygen in the Klamath River to levels lethal to fish, killing aquatic life along nearly 60 miles of one of California’s most culturally significant waterways, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study

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