A Nov. 17 pact among key stakeholders in the long-controversial and much-delayed removal of four Klamath River dams in Oregon and California is set to move the estimated $446-million project past yet another sticking point. The largest-ever U.S. dam removal project will allow the river to flow freely, with fish passage restored.
Governors of the two states signed a memorandum of agreement with two Native American tribes, utility owner PacifiCorp and a successor nonprofit removal firm, Klamath River Renewal Corp. (KRRC), which settles project financial concerns raised in July by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.