cover photo: Iron Gate & Shasta Valley credit: Jay Martin
Summary: The drawdown of three reservoirs along the Klamath River in Oregon and California has begun as part of the Lower Klamath Dam Removal Project. The project aims to naturally release accumulated sediments through drawdown, rain events, and erosion. However, concerns have been raised about heavy metals and other water quality constituents affecting public health. The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors has directed the Environmental Health Division…
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People need to get a realistic look at this whole project . It a lot of years to create the mess an it will take a few years to fix it . I’m sure mother nature will do what she will. Main thing is to prevent erosion which necessitates the mass planting of trees ,brush and native grasses. If that happens and they can keep all the idiots with Atv’s and 4x4xtrucks from tearing up the flats I think in 5 years we will not recognize the old resevoir sites.
This whole project is nothing more than a huge Gov’t. scam in the name of “climate change”, which has destroyed some wildlife, fish (a million+ salmon fry) in a weak attempt to show the public nothing is wrong with their destruction of this environment. In the name of green energy, they have removed the greenest source of energy known to the world, hydro-electric energy. Hopefully, this November, the people of this country can get rid of the clowns that perpetrated this SCAM. jv