Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again. So today we are going to talk about California

in Oregon, in a river, and it's cool in a way.

There are certain topics on this channel that we cover consistently.

It is very rare. channel that we cover consistently.

It is very rare that we get to bring the conclusion

of the coverage.

You know, we don't get to do that very often because the stories just go on and on.

And today we get to talk about the final chapter in one story and the beginning of the next. It's kind of cool. We are going to talk about the Klamath River.

We're going to do this because the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved the removal of four dams.

It's a $500 million project.

This river has been constrained like this for I think

more than a hundred years. Once it gets underway which could occur as early as

this summer this will be the largest dam removal and river

restoration project ever, period. It's a big deal. We have been covering it because typically when it gets

framed in the news the story is farmers versus fish they talk about the salmon the salmon are at

risk they're they're in danger of going it extinct but the well, they need that water. And those are typically the two

competing interests that are framed in national coverage, not always but most times.

The real story deals with the Yurok.

It's a native group. And to them, the salmon is life. And they

have been fighting to have the dams removed for at least a decade.

It's hard to kind of explain how important it is.

Like when I started covering this, I started reading a lot about it.

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