klamath river

The Klamath River near Humbug Creek. Dams upstream from here cause toxic algal blooms, cut off hundreds of miles of spawning habitat for salmon and cause outbreaks of the salmon disease C. shasta.

 Staff photo by Alex Schwartz

Tribal members, fishermen and environmental justice organizations will hold a day of action for dam removal on the Klamath River this Friday, demanding that Warren Buffet, billionaire owner of PacifiCorp and its parent company Berkshire Hathaway, allow the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement to move forward.

The dam removal effort has been in limbo since July, when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said PacifiCorp must remain a co-licensee for four Klamath River dams along with the Klamath River Renewal Corporation, which will carry out the actual removal. The KHSA had outlined a full transfer of the license from PacifiCorp to KRRC, causing the utility to reopen negotiations with the agreement’s other signatories.

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