By Removing Dams, U.S. Initiatives Aim to Return Salmon to Long-Lost Waterways
Down along the lands that used to lie beneath Copco Lake, thickets of California poppies flicker orange in the breeze. The waters that covered this place for more than a century have receded to the old channel of the Klamath River, a waterway that travels hundreds of kilometres from southern Oregon to northern California. Over the past few months, the breaching of four dams has set it free to once again run unimpeded along much of its length.
If the project is successful, salmon will...
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