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Dams
would be removed by 2025
State, feds and
PacifiCorp agreement scheduled for signing
Thursday
November 12, 2008
Klamath Falls
Herald and News
Posted 5:05 p.m., Wednesday:
Four hydroelectric dams on
the Klamath River would be removed by
2025 at a cost of $450 million under an
agreement scheduled to be signed
Thursday.
A press release from the U.S. Department
of the Interior called a planned public
announcement Thursday “the first
critical step down a presumptive path
toward a historic resolution of Klamath
River resource issues and the Klamath
River dams.” Check back later
tonight for more updates and read the
full story in Thursday's Herald and News
print edition.
Posted 2:55 p.m. Wednesday:
(AP) — Farmers, Indian tribes, fishermen
and state officials have been briefed on
a nonbinding agreement for PacifiCorp to
turn over control of Klamath River dams
so they can be removed to help
struggling salmon. The briefing from
Bush administration officials took place
Wednesday in Sacramento, Calif. A formal
announcement is expected Thursday.
According to a copy obtained by The
Associated Press, the agreement is a
roadmap for starting to remove the dams
by 2020, contingent on a favorable
cost-benefit analysis, and to allow
operations to continue until then.
Posted 11:40 a.m. Wednesday:
Klamath County
Commissioner Bill Brown said today there
is an agreement in principle regarding
the removal of four hydroelectric dams
on the Klamath River. Brown restated his
opposition to dam removal — an aspect of
the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement
— during the commissioners’ public
meeting. He said he does not have the
document on the agreement but expected
to have it soon.
The groups and organizations that
crafted the restoration agreement are
meeting today in Sacramento.
Commissioner John Elliot is attending
the meeting as a representative of the
county and said today while traveling to
Sacramento that he had not yet seen a
document concerning dam removal. “That’s
going to be the discussion today,” he
said. Look for online updates
later today and read the full story in
Thursday's Herald and News print
edition.
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