By Soumya Karlamangla / Photograph by Loren Elliott
Aug. 27, 2024
The Klamath River was once so flush with fish that local tribes ate salmon at every meal. The nation’s largest dam removal project is nearly complete after a lengthy campaign by Native tribes to restore the river at the California-Oregon border.
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BY: ALEX BAUMHARDT – SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 5:45 AM
The 133-year-old Winchester Dam, which essentially provides a private lake for 100 “influential” people near Roseburg, has a history of environmental violations. “The folks that own the dam are extremely anti-regulatory, very wealthy and influential, and they’ve been able to mysteriously repair a 450-foot wide, 17-foot tall dam on a major river in the state of Oregon for years and years and years using amateur repair methods and without permits,” said McCarthy.
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Jefferson Public Radio – The Jefferson Exchange
Jim McCarthy, Southern Oregon Program Director at WaterWatch of Oregon, joins the Jefferson Exchange to discuss the controversy over incomplete repairs of the 134-year-old Winchester Dam and the growing movement to remove it altogether. By Mike Green, Natalie Golay
Jefferson Public Radio | By Erik Neumann
Published August 11, 2023 at 3:37 PM PDT
“We are definitely concerned about the juvenile Pacific lamprey in the substrates upstream of the reservoir. We are assisting with an emergency salvage,” said Michelle Dennehy, a spokesperson with ODFW. Read the article Here!
