It took five years to reach them, but two agreements that lay out the details for the removal of four hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River in southern Oregon and northern California were signed yesterday, according to an AP article published by the Redding Record Searchlight (Redding.com).
One of the agreements lays out a roadmap for removing the dams, with the first one coming down in 2020, while the other outlines how to share water between fish and farms and restore the ecological balance of the basin, the AP story said.
Tribes in the area, as well as conservation groups and salmon fishers, fought for decades for the removal of the dams because they block salmon from hundreds of miles of spawning grounds.
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