Tag: Copco 1

  • Klamath River Project 2023

    Klamath River Project 2023

    The Klamath River is free to flow through Ward’s Canyon for the first time in a century. Copco 2 and its headgate were fully removed in fall of 2023. Three more dams will be removed in 2024. Slide Show – Twenty Four Photographs In Retrospect It’s been eight months since last posting. Despite the apparent…

  • Undamming the Klamath

    Undamming the Klamath

    After decades of peaceful protest, scientific study, and political wrangling, four Klamath dams are finally coming down. River renewal has begun. The Klamath River Renewal Project is managed by the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) whose mission “is to remove the Klamath hydroelectric dams and restore a free-flowing river.” This is a remarkable turning point…