Associated Press-The largest dam removal project in U.S. history was completed Wednesday, marking a major victory for tribes in the region who fought for decades to free hundreds of miles of the Klamath River near the California-Oregon border. Through protests, testimony and lawsuits, local tribes showcased the environmental devastation due to the four towering hydroelectric dams, especially to salmon, which are culturally and spiritually significant to tribes in the region. \u201cWithout that visioning and that advocacy and activism and the airplane miles that they racked up \u2026 to point out the damage that these dams were doing, not only to the environment, but to the social and cultural fabric of these tribal nations, there would be no dam removal,\u201d said Mark Bransom, chief executive of the Klamath River Renewal Corporation,… <\/p>\n
Associated Press-The largest dam removal project in U.S. history was completed Wednesday, marking a major victory for tribes in the region who fought for decades to free hundreds of miles of the Klamath River near the California-Oregon border. Through protests, testimony and lawsuits, local tribes showcased the environmental devastation due to the four towering hydroelectric dams, especially to salmon, which are culturally and spiritually significant to tribes in the region. \u201cWithout that visioning and that advocacy and activism and the airplane miles that they racked up \u2026 to point out the damage that these dams were doing, not only to the environment, but to the social and cultural fabric of these tribal nations, there would be no dam removal,\u201d said Mark Bransom, chief executive of the Klamath River Renewal Corporation,... <\/p>\n