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Klamath River Project Early Summer update 2024
The Upper Klamath Lake of Oregon is one of the United States’ largest freshwater lakes at approximately 96 square miles of surface area (61,543 acres). Combined with its interconnected neighbor, Agency Lake, it’s over 109 square miles (70,000 acres) at about 25 miles long and 2.5 to 12.5 miles wide. [1] The Lake is fed…
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Klamath River Project 2023 Update
The Klamath River is free to flow through Wards 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…
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Undamming the Klamath
After decades of peaceful protest, scientific study, and political wrangling, four Klamath dams are 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 in…