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2023 ϋ 5 ˜dϽݡд 2 ໮˥ᜠ
װৰۃٙ౻൥fவ݊дז৵౶
ئɪ 4 ࢭ˥ɢ೯ཥ˥ᜠʕ௰ʃ
ٙdϓމ࠯ࢭ஗װৰٙ˥ᜠd
௅ʱࡡΪک̴݊ӚϞ˥ࢫf
װৰۃ
BEFORE
Commission) ҭࡘਗ਼ɽᜠ௅ʱ Νจၾ KRRC ΍ΝܵϞɽᜠ ;ඝ࢈ᆀٙዚึf˼ࡁʘۃጳ
ٙ஢̙ᛆᔷ୅ഗ KRRCdШΝ ੂ๫dᜫ˄̻ݱঐ๕ʮ̡ҁΌ ܔ௉᎛ਜʿ਄БӉ༸dவࡈಳ
satisfied the federal agency, which had final say in
handle the massive scope of the project — by some
estimations, the world’s largest dam removal and river
the matter, and in 2021, the agency approved the full
ࣛࠅӋ˄̻ݱঐ๕ʮ̡ʥމੂ еৰܝᚃப΂fϤ̮dึሔ΢ ɰϓމዹ˝Ћeௌ௡eದآe
transfer of the dams. restoration project ever attempted. After all, pulling
๫΍ΝܵϞɛdவจբഹ༈ʮ ˙ٙ༆Ӕ˙ࣩᒔܼ̍Շψ΢ᕘ ༷໚ٙ௷ήfШɰϞॹᓃjӊ
down the four dams was by an order of magnitude
Elsewhere, protests against removing the dams
had intensified. In one instance, residents of a com- far more complicated than sticking some dynamite at
̡ʥ್̙ঐࠅࠋபf ̮౤Զ 1,500 ຬߕʩd˄̻ݱ Ցࢀ˂dಳࠦ੬੬ᔧႊϞݭٙ
munity that had sprung up around an artificial lake
their bases and blasting away. “They had to install a
created by the Copco No. 1 Dam rebelled against los- bridge, had to start building a fish hatchery, improving
ᔝၠᘷdԴ˥ሯᜊ੻Κᎈf
މə༆Ӕவࡈᄅ҅dኁ
ঐ๕ʮ̡ɰΎ౤Զ 1,500 ຬߕ
ing their recreational opportunities. They had cre- roads, and so on,” Root says.
तΎϣ༶͜˼ί 1984 ϋߵࣸ ʩd˸ΪᏐ͊Ըପ͛ʔ̙ཫԈ ௰୞dᗫ׵ɽᜠ࿁ᐑྤ
ated areas for picnicking and hiking, and the lake had
The logistics of how and by what volume to drain
become a mecca for kayaking, fishing, swimming, and the reservoirs behind three of the dams posed an-
ᚆ਷ყҧቃϋึהኪՑٙ˙ ٙ˕̈fவԬሜ዆တԑ࿁வ΁ Ϟࠋࠦᅂᚤٙሞᓃ̕əɪࠬf
other challenge. Releasing too much water all at once
boating. There was a downside: During the summer,
the lake sometimes slicked over with toxic blue-green could cause flooding; too little would not provide suf-
جf˼Ύܓ̜ණʃۨٙڢ͍ό ԫਕϞ௰୞Ӕ֛ᛆٙᑌԞঐ๕ ຾ཀᅰ˾ɛٙрɢၾεϣ˿ɛ
Above: Copco No.
algae that made the water unsafe. ficient force to drain the 15 million cubic yards of sed- 2 Dam in May 2023,
ึሔdਞၾ٫ܼ̍̋ψʿෳਔ ၍ଣ։ࡰึٙࠅӋd༈ึ༹׵ ːຟٙ̌઻ۧϓdהϞٙღᖟ
Ultimately, arguments about the negative environ-
iment, 90 percent of which was dead algae. Once the
shortly before crews
mental effects of the dams won the day. After gen- reservoirs were drained, the dams themselves had to began to demolish it.
֥ψִ݁˾ڌe˄̻ݱঐ๕ʮ 2021 ϋҭࡘਗ਼ɽᜠΌࠦᔷ୅ ୞׵ே஗૶ৰfɽᜠਗ਼װৰf
The smallest of the four
erations of effort and heartbreaking near-misses, the be dismantled with a combination of dynamite blasts
hydroelectric dams on
path had been cleared. The dams would come down. and earthmovers clawing apart the remaining cement
̡eKRRC ˸ʿдז৵౶ئض ഗ KRRCf ኁतΫኳႭj˜຅ࣛٙ؟ఖʊ
the Klamath River, it
“The mood had gotten very pessimistic, but now that and rebar and clearing as much rubble as possible. was the first scheduled
຾ᜊ੻ڢ੬ేᝈdШତίவ၇
ί̤ɓ˙ࠦdˀ࿁װৰ
֦ٙ௅ໝ˾ڌfኁतႭj˜ίged to very opti- All that dead algae, which had accumulated over for removal in part PHOTOGRAPHS: SWIFTWATER FILMS
pessimism lifted and [the mood] chan
because it lacked a
mistic,” recalls Root. “We tried to tamp down any pre-
the course of more than 100 years, was a major com-
reservoir.
வԬึሔʕdӊࡈɛே̙˸ ɽᜠٙᑊࠪɰ൳Ը൳ɽfՉʕ ేᝈઋၫऊ౳dᔷᜊމᆀᝈٙ
Opposite: The same
mature celebration. We had a lot of hard work to go.” plication all on its own. “The dams not only block fish
site six months later,
Even before the KRRC took ownership of the dams, passage, but they capture water that sits out under
І͟ڌ༺จԈdʔึϞ΂Оึ ɓࡈԷɿ݊ΪϽݡдɓ໮ɽᜠ ಂܙfʔཀҢࡁ༊ྡҵՓ΂О
after the dam was
it had to hire engineering firms with the capacity to the hot summer sun,” explains Brownell. “In this kind removed.
ܝΫజאద᜗జኬf™வࡈഄ הҖϓʘɛʈಳϾጳৎٙմᗙ ཀϘٙᅅज़dΪމᒔϞɽඎᑙ
ଫΎܓ۱ࣖf̋ψʿෳਔ֥ψ ٟਜd˼ࡁ֢ٙ͏کዄː̰̘ ߮ٙʈЪࠅਂf™
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