I wrote about dams in my book River Wild and their impact on North American Rivers. They can interfere with wildlife as they do with salmon in the Pacific Northwwest. For decades dams on the Klamath River have been providing hydroelectric power and water for farm irrigation in the Klamath River basin in southern Oregon and northern California. But there's been a water war between West Coast commercial fishermen and Native American tribes who have seen the depletion of salmon populations and the farmers using the irrigation provided by the dams. Now pacts have been signed to restore the river and the salmon by removing four river dams! This is being called one of the largest river restoration projects in history! Wahoooo! Read more.
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