Klamath Basin Dams demolition

Who is Behind the Removal of the Four Klamath Dams?

March 13, 2024 12:27 pmMarch 13, 2024 12:29 pm

In November 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the removal of four dams on the Lower Klamath River. The Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) is already removing the dams, as the Globe has reported here, and here, and here,...

Did Fish and Game Officials Just Cause 850,000 Juvenile Salmon to Die?

March 3, 2024 9:53 amMarch 3, 2024 2:42 pm

The removal of dams along the Klamath River in Siskiyou County, Northern California was sold to Californians as necessary to save salmon – specifically, “to restore habitat for endangered fish,” the Globe reported. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife...

Is California’s Klamath River Dam Removal a Ghoulish Experiment?

February 29, 2024 10:00 amMarch 2, 2024 7:40 am

This is the third article in a series about the Klamath Dam Removal project in Siskiyou County: This is the First; This is the second. In 2018, plans were released to destroy the Klamath River dam system by American Rivers,...

Klamath Dams Down: Will Ranches Survive?

February 23, 2024 2:55 amMarch 7, 2024 6:26 am

This is the second article in a series about the Klamath Dam Removal project in Siskiyou County. By Theodora Johnson The largest, most devastating dam removal experiment in modern history has reached the point of no return. As of January...

Klamath Dam Removal: ‘It’s an Environmental Disaster’

February 19, 2024 2:30 amFebruary 20, 2024 6:45 pm

This is the first article in a series about the Klamath Dam Removal project in Siskiyou County. The removal of dams along the Klamath River in Siskiyou County, Northern California was sold as necessary to save salmon – specifically, “to...

Gov. Newsom Urges Billionaire Warren Buffett To Back Klamath Dam Removal

August 1, 2020 9:28 am

Earlier this week, Governor Gavin Newsom wrote directly to billionaire investor Warren Buffett in an attempt to gain his support for removing four dams in Northern California that Buffet’s company owns. The possible destruction of the Klamath dam system in...