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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.
Along the Klamath, the dam removals won’t be a major hit to the power supply. At full capacity, they produced less than 2% of PacifiCorp’s energy — enough to power about 70,000 homes.
Rindge Dam near Malibu, California, built in 1924, completely silted and abandoned by the 1950s. The 100 ft (30 m) privately owned Rindge Dam on Malibu Creek in the Santa Monica Mountains of California was built in 1924 and has been allowed to completely fill with sediment, making it functionally obsolete but still a potential hazard.
The removal of the four hydroelectric dams — Iron Gate Dam, Copco Dams 1 and 2, and JC Boyle Dam — allows the region’s iconic salmon population to swim freely along the Klamath River and its ...
Dam removal was endorsed by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell in 2016, though that endorsement was later rescinded by U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt in 2019. [6] [7] The Copco #2 dam was removed in 2023, and the Iron Gate Dam began demolition in May 2024. [8] [9] [10] The final dam was removed in August, 2024. [11]
The 2019 removal of the Upper Sawyer Mill Dam from the Bellamy River at Sawyer Woolen Mills in Dover. This is a list of dams in New Hampshire that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams.
In addition to the removal of the Columbia Dam, TNC is also working on a project to restore the river in the Hyper Humas area within the Paulins Kill River Wildlife Management Area in Hampton.
The City Mills Dam on the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, removed in 2013 This is a list of dams in Georgia that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams. Completed removals