Swim free, salmon.

This is the Iron Gate Dam. It is one of the dams that will be removed. (AP/Gillian Flaccus)
The J.C. Boyle Dam will also be destroyed. (AP/Jeff Barnard)
The type of salmon in the river are big. They can weigh as much as 50 pounds each! (AP)
Dams make it hard for fish to travel. (AP/Gillian Flaccus)
People have taken down many dams. (AP/Gillian Flaccus)

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Kaboom! Four dams on a river will come crashing down. Dams are big walls. They hold back water.

Dams make it hard for fish like salmon to swim to where they lay eggs. Soon the river will flow freely.

Pray: Thank God that people care for fish and rivers. Fish are tasty food for people and animals.

Read More: A plan was approved in November. Workers will take down four dams on a California river. The Klamath River will flow freely for the first time in more than 100 years. Native tribes have enjoyed the river and its salmon for a long time. They urged others to protect the salmon. All the dams should be down by 2024.

The Lord provides food for us. “Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.” (Leviticus 11:9)