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The removal of four Klamath River dams along the California-Oregon border is in the spotlight — and for good reason. It is the largest dam removal in our nation’s history and represents the ...
The Klamath River dams removal project was a significant win for tribal nations on the Oregon-California border who for decades have fought to restore the river back to its natural state.
Dam Height Expected year Location Watercourse Watershed Notes Copco Number 1 Dam: 132 ft (40 m) 2024 Siskiyou County: Klamath River: Klamath River: After more than 20 years of advocacy from the Un-Dam the Klamath movement, three dams on the Klamath River in California are expected to be removed by November 2024. [8]
The Klamath River Hydroelectric Project was a series of hydroelectric dams and other facilities on the mainstem of the Klamath River, in a watershed on both sides of the California-Oregon border. The infrastructure was constructed between 1903 and 1962, the first elements engineered and built by the California Oregon Power Company ("Copco").
The largest dam removal project in U.S. history has freed the Klamath River, inspiring hope among Indigenous activists who pushed for rewilding to help save salmon.
Demonstrators calling for removal of dams on the Klamath River in Oregon and California, U.S. (2006). Un-Dam the Klamath (#UnDamtheKlamath) is a social movement in the United States to remove the dams on the Klamath River primarily because they obstruct salmon, steelhead, and other species of fish from accessing the upper basin which provides hundreds of miles of spawning habitat.
The Klamath River Renewal Corp. has been accepting claims from landowners to pay for damages linked to dam removal. But Diaz said he doesn’t plan to apply for that money. “We've already seen ...
Workers are breaching the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River on Wednesday, clearing the way for salmon to swim freely through a major watershed near the California-Oregon border for ...