J an. 29—In January, water held behind massive dams on the Klamath River began to be released in preparation for dam removal. The river has been reconnected where the Copco 1. reservoir once was ...

Now, power lines hum nearby. Copco 2 diverts the river through tunnels to a powerhouse about a mile and a half away. Copco 1, built in 1918, is the oldest dam on the Klamath and cut the river in half ...

Bransom, seen right at the 144-ft-high Copco 1 dam ... removal of four dams, built between 1903 and 1962 and reaching 425 ft in height, across 35 miles of the Klamath River in Oregon and California.

For the first time in more than a century, salmon will soon have free passage along the Klamath River ... water upstream of two dams that were already almost completely removed, Iron Gate and Copco No ...

“Seeing the Klamath River flow through this canyon after being diverted ... The smallest of the dams slated for removal at 25 feet, Copco 2 sits between the much larger Copco 1 and Iron Gate dams, ...

Workers are breaching the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River on Wednesday ... dams that have been diverting water upstream of two dams, Iron Gate and Copco No. 1, both of which were ...

Dam removal provided a dramatic backdrop to CDFW’s salmon releases. The three remaining Klamath River dams targeted for removal – JC Boyle, Copco 1 and Iron Gate – are all being actively deconstructed ...

Copco 1, Copco 2, and Boyle dams. Those interested in learning more about dam removals and rehabilitation can visit the websites at the Klamath River Renewal Corporation, McMillen, Kiewit ...

After more than 100 years of being blocked by a series of dams, the Klamath River finally ran free. And it began to heal. “Our áama, ancestral companions, can now return to over 400 miles of ...

For the first time in more than a century, salmon will soon have free passage along the Klamath ... of two dams that were ...