Utility Agrees to Removal of 4 Klamath River Dams
source: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-klamath30-2009sep30,0,3525101.story
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In a major boost for California's dwindling salmon stocks, a utility company has agreed to the removal of four hydroelectric dams that for decades have blocked fish migrations on one of the West Coast's most important salmon rivers.
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Backers say the decommissioning -- which still must be approved by the federal government -- would be the nation's largest and most complex dam removal project.
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The dams, which range in height from 33 feet to 173 feet and are spread across 65 miles of the Klamath, haven't just kept chinook and coho salmon out of the upper river and its tributaries. They also have hurt water quality.
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Backers say the decommissioning -- which still must be approved by the federal government -- would be the nation's largest and most complex dam removal project.
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The dams, which range in height from 33 feet to 173 feet and are spread across 65 miles of the Klamath, haven't just kept chinook and coho salmon out of the upper river and its tributaries. They also have hurt water quality.
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- Environment, Dams, Ecological Restoration
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Kati_kat
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Edward Abbey would be proud--it's a step in the right direction.
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