Freeing the Klamath
Dec 16, 2023 3:27:06 GMT -8
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Post by reuben on Dec 16, 2023 3:27:06 GMT -8
Late last year, a federal agency gave the project its final blessing, and work is now underway. Destruction of Copco 2, the first and smallest of the [four] condemned dams, began in June and concluded this fall. The other three dams will come down in 2024, after Bransom’s organization conducts a careful drawdown of the reservoirs, including Copco Lake, with its 1,000 surface acres of water that dozens of families have settled around.
In all, the project will run $450 million, a cost covered by past rate hikes on PacifiCorp customers and money from a state water bond. By October of next year, Bransom said, all four dams will be out of the river and some 400 miles of salmon and steelhead habitat will be reopened for the first time in generations.
In all, the project will run $450 million, a cost covered by past rate hikes on PacifiCorp customers and money from a state water bond. By October of next year, Bransom said, all four dams will be out of the river and some 400 miles of salmon and steelhead habitat will be reopened for the first time in generations.
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