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  • It feels like we have no control
    2023/08/11

    Francis Gill and Danny Fontaine, two local landowners at Copco Lake, share their perspectives on the impacts of the dam removals on local residents, as well as the threats facing rural communities in the American West more broadly.   

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    48 分
  • A lot to celebrate: Whitewater guides talk Klamath dams and dam removal
    2023/08/09

    Since the construction of JC Boyle, whitewater recreation occurs via
    scheduled releases from the dam. Known colloquially as the “Upper
    Klamath,” this reach of the river has legendary rapids with big waves and
    exciting drops. With the dams gone, flows will be much more variable and
    less predictable, eliminating the reach as a reliable option for guiding
    businesses. This will be a loss for outfitters and recreational users of the
    river, but as you’ll hear, dam removal also creates some new opportunities.
    This episode was recorded on the banks of the Upper Klamath with guides
    from Indigo Creek Outfitters

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    16 分
  • There will be mud!
    2023/08/08

    Want to know what scientists think could happen with all of that sediment (13
    million cubic yards!) stored behind the dams? Or how the temperature,
    nutrients, and algae in the river could change? Chauncey Anderson, recently
    retired from the US Geological Survey, helps unpack what we think we know
    about the water quality changes ahead for the Klamath and where the gaps in
    our knowledge are

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    36 分
  • Lessons in adaptive environmental permitting
    2023/08/07

    Environmental permitting isn’t at the forefront of everyone’s mind, but it
    certainly was for project partners on the Klamath. Long known for being tedious
    and lacking in transparency, environmental permitting is often considered a
    barrier to getting projects completed, rather than an opportunity to collaborate
    and improve projects. But as the environment around us changes, so should
    environmental permitting, right? Chris Stine with ODEQ walks us through how
    the states (CA and OR) worked the permitting process to support the projects,
    setting an important precedence for how environmental permitting can adapt
    along with the environment

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    17 分
  • The fish will figure it out
    2023/08/06
    Miranda gets into the fishy details with Dr. Tommy Williams from NOAA’s
    Southwest Fisheries Science Center. Tommy provides a clear overview of why
    the dam removal is so important for the Klamath River fish as the system faces
    climate change and other threats. The conversation covers what why restoration actions need to focus on resetting processes at large scales and collaborating
    until it hurts.
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    37 分
  • How Gwen sleeps at night: communication, expertise, and partnering in the project of a career
    2023/08/05

    Gwen Santos with Resource Environmental Solutions (RES) walks us through how
    the many contractors are orchestrating such a large project, and why constant
    communication and the right expertise are essential. She explains some of the
    vast scale of site restoration, a large and often underappreciated aspect of all
    dam removals. She also talks us through how RES owns and manages the
    restoration risk, from wildfires to elk browsing.

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    30 分
  • Getting to the dam removal decision
    2023/08/04

    Bob Gravely with PacifiCorp explains how the private electric utility reached the
    decision that removing their four dams on the Klamath River was in the best
    interest of ratepayers.

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    21 分
  • The healing process has begun
    2023/08/03

    Want to know what’s happening on the ground in the dam removals? Mark
    Bransom, CEO of the Klamath River Renewal Corporation, shares lots of
    fascinating details about the timeline, logistics, and how they are managing
    liability for the world’s largest dam removal.

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    47 分