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The removal of the four dams, which were built without tribes’ consent between 1912 and the 1960s, has cleared the way for California to return more than 2,800 acres of ancestral land to the ...
The Klamath River dams removal project was a significant win for tribal nations on the Oregon-California border who for decades have fought to restore the river back to its natural state.
The removal of four Klamath River dams along the California-Oregon border is in the spotlight — and for good reason. It is the largest dam removal in our nation’s history and represents the ...
The Klamath River Hydroelectric Project was a series of hydroelectric dams and other facilities on the mainstem of the Klamath River, in a watershed on both sides of the California-Oregon border. The infrastructure was constructed between 1903 and 1962, the first elements engineered and built by the California Oregon Power Company ("Copco").
Dam removal takes many forms, and some removals may leave structures behind or alter the natural course of a river. According to the non-profit advocacy organization American Rivers, 2,119 dams were removed in the United States between 1912 and 2023. The peak year was 2018, which saw 109 removals.
Congress failed to pass legislation that would implement the KBRA by the January 1, 2016 deadline, but a new agreement, the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement, was signed later that year. The four dams were removed by 2024, and salmon quickly returned to Oregon’s stretch of the Klamath Basin for the first time in more than a century.
The largest dam removal project in United States history is underway along the California-Oregon border. The project will remove four dams on the Klamath River. The project is part of a larger ...
The largest dam removal project in United States history is underway along the California-Oregon border — a process that won't conclude until the end of next year with the help of heavy ...