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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/12/dam-removal-project-to-revive-salmon-runs-benefit-california-tribes/70407049007/>
"The biggest dam removal project in U.S. history has begun in Northern
California, aimed at restoring of one of the state’s largest rivers and
reviving salmon runs in a move long called for by Native American tribes and
environmentalists.
The $500 million project, expected to resurrect the lower half of the Klamath
River historically fished by tribal communities and populated by salmon and
migratory birds, has been championed by tribal leaders, U.S. Interior Secretary
Deb Haaland, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.
“It’s probably the biggest planned dam removal outside of wartime,” said Craig
Tucker, policy consultant for the Karuk Tribe, one of five tribes that have
historically made their home along the 257-mile-long river. “And it’ll be the
biggest salmon restoration in world history, as far as we can tell.”
The project, originally set to start in 2020, involves demolition of four dams
once used by California power companies for energy production along a canyon
area just south of the Oregon state line in California's Siskiyou County. The
Klamath, one of the state's largest rivers, stretches from Oregon’s Cascade
Mountains into Northern California, emptying into the Pacific Ocean south of
Crescent City."
Via
Future Crunch:
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