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https://www.americanrivers.org/2024/01/dam-removal-on-the-klamath-reflections-on-how-we-got-here/>
"When I first set foot in the Klamath watershed as a scientist back in 2008,
dam removal seemed little more than a dream. An official decision had not yet
been made by the Department of the Interior about whether dam removal was in
the best interest of the Klamath basin, including its people, while salmon
populations had declined to the point where the Secretary of Commerce closed
West Coast commercial salmon fishing. Large-scale restoration projects were
discussed as “possibilities,” but were by no means certain. And, though the
ecological outcome of years of adverse land and water use practices was clear,
the National Research Council reaffirmed in a report released that year that we
lacked a “big picture” understanding of the Klamath River and its ecosystems.
Fast forward 15 years and I’m on the edge of my seat as three dams on the
Klamath River see their final days, with a fourth already removed. How did we
arrive at this historic juncture? How does a river that boasted the
second-largest salmon population in California become constricted and sickly
over the course of a century, and how did we progress from catastrophic fish
kills to restoration and the climax of the world’s largest dam removal
project?"
Via
Future Crunch:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-obamacare-ocean-conservation-ireland-pandas/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
