Dam Removal on the Klamath River -
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“Dam removal is the best way to bring a river back to life. The Klamath is significant not only because it is the biggest dam removal and river restoration effort in history, but because it shows that we can right historic wrongs and make big, bold dreams a reality for our rivers and communities.”    -Dr. Ann […]

American Rivers has some new (as of a month ago) videos of the Copco 1 and J.C. Boyle dams being breached. I’m really excited to see how the Klamath river responds to these dams being removed.

Copco 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEAuGu6zp-0&t=106s

J.C. Boyle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDD8lYV_GRQ

Also, someone made a post-breach video of the river with their drone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIJcOaSBsOg

(Sorry for not including alternate Piped links. That site isn’t working for me right now for some reason.)

  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netMEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Why would you think that? A planned dam breach is a pretty controlled thing and not something done lightly.