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There are four dams on the Klamath River. Right now, Iron Gate, Copco 1&2- & JC Boyle hydroelectric dams are in the process of removal and their reservoirs drained. It is the largest dam removal project in US history.
The project was pushed as a conspiracy of tribes, environmentalists & the states of CA & Oregon. The tribes claimed that the salmon once made it all the way up to the upper Klamath lakes & should be allowed to migrate up there again. (disputed) Upper Basin farmers cut the throats of their downstream neighbors by bargaining for dam removal in exchange for more secure irrigation assurances. It was opposed by the two counties in which the dams are located & was an initiative in Siskiyou Co, CA opposed by the people.
I had served as a member of the federal Klamath River Fisheries Task Force & I was heavily involved in County opposition - for its impact on the communities along the Klamath & their wells & water supplies: the fisheries (salmon/steelhead) & ecological impacts; the potential impacts to county roads, bridges & culverts. The people were made to pay for it as a cost on their electric bills. As an elected official, I represented people who lived along the Klamath River in my district.
JC Boyle
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYWpSXuUK5E
8:18 min
Copco 1 dam blast (at 1:13 min)
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEAuGu6zp-0
3:09 min
Copco
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkX5AxBpXxs
2:47 min
post draw down Copco
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPf3o5Oq5X8
2:51 min
People along the Klamath have been posting photos of all the dead fish. My son still lives there and says that there have been numerous cases of wildlife trapped in the mud left behind - including bald eagles & deer. There have been "boil water" order for some communities.
Today's news:
www.siskiyou.news
Lab results show chromium level at 178-times the maximum EPA limit!
Some supporters of natural resource conservation are fooled and are mesmerized by idealism and the smoke and mirrors of companies like the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC), who are arguably engaged in a business model that monetizes what some people term as reckless environmentalism. I call these people ‘idealists’ in the context of this article.
The impacts of dam removal projects extend into both environmental areas and socio-economics, especially when applied to disadvantaged communities such as those living on and around lakes being drained.
Unfortunately and arguably, KRRC does not live up to it’s name in any sense. Why? Because they allowed greed to prioritize profits over the genuine natural resource conservation and renewal of the wild and scenic Klamath River.
Numerous credentialed scientists over the past had warned, even at the risk of losing their jobs, that the sediments in the bottoms of Iron Gate and Copco lakes were not the same as the sediments found behind other dams, and contained toxins. And if allowed to enter the main-stem of the Klamath River, would cause catastrophic damage to the entire river ecosystem, well beyond just killing the fish.
Now we are seeing and experiencing the truth of their sage wisdom, which was ignored and sequestered to favor unbridled greed.
Chromium in the Klamath River tested at 178-times above the maximum EPA limit after the release of the sediments from Iron Gate and Copco Lakes. Scientists warned this was a possibility!
The idealists supporting KRRC and the removal of the Klamath River dams don’t live here, but they want to run Siskiyou County and control the fate of an entire river ecosystem without proper care and consideration of all the science, some of which has been unscrupulously sequestered with whistle-blower scientists being fired, arguably for telling a truth that jams the gears of profiteers.
These idealists think like checkers players and fail to realize what’s coming in the next 10-moves on the environmental chess board. Most have no training or education in science and little understanding of corporate business and PR strategies, and have zero empirical experience. Yet vainly attempt to decipher things beyond their comprehension, and instead, simply march to the beat of people and some corporations who are ruining the planet in the name of ‘environmentalism’. It’s very possible that KRRC and it’s team of contractors are planning a large-scale $-Billion business model based upon dam removals, so the Klamath Dam project is their resume for any such future projects and results.
These idealists are their own worst enemies, assuming they’re actually interested in sustainable natural resource management. I seriously doubt they truly understand the intricate complexities and nuances of an ecosystem as complex as that of the wild and scenic Klamath River.
Please see the attached PDF of the laboratory anaylysis of the Klamath River water after the polluted clay sediments from Iron Gate and Copco Lakes were ignorantly released into the main-stem of the Klamath River.
Boiling water does not mitigate chromium that is now arguably permeating into wells close to the Klamath River.
The project was pushed as a conspiracy of tribes, environmentalists & the states of CA & Oregon. The tribes claimed that the salmon once made it all the way up to the upper Klamath lakes & should be allowed to migrate up there again. (disputed) Upper Basin farmers cut the throats of their downstream neighbors by bargaining for dam removal in exchange for more secure irrigation assurances. It was opposed by the two counties in which the dams are located & was an initiative in Siskiyou Co, CA opposed by the people.
I had served as a member of the federal Klamath River Fisheries Task Force & I was heavily involved in County opposition - for its impact on the communities along the Klamath & their wells & water supplies: the fisheries (salmon/steelhead) & ecological impacts; the potential impacts to county roads, bridges & culverts. The people were made to pay for it as a cost on their electric bills. As an elected official, I represented people who lived along the Klamath River in my district.
JC Boyle
8:18 min
Copco 1 dam blast (at 1:13 min)
3:09 min
Copco
2:47 min
post draw down Copco
2:51 min
People along the Klamath have been posting photos of all the dead fish. My son still lives there and says that there have been numerous cases of wildlife trapped in the mud left behind - including bald eagles & deer. There have been "boil water" order for some communities.
Today's news:
Klamath Dam Removal Project Creates Super-Fund Site? - Siskiyou News
Lab results show chromium level at 178-times the maximum EPA limit! Some supporters of natural resource conservation are fooled and are mesmerized by idealism and the smoke and mirrors of companies like the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC), who are arguably engaged in a business model...
www.siskiyou.news
Klamath Dam Removal Project Creates Super-Fund Site?
February 12, 2024 3:54 pm by William Simpson IILab results show chromium level at 178-times the maximum EPA limit!
Some supporters of natural resource conservation are fooled and are mesmerized by idealism and the smoke and mirrors of companies like the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC), who are arguably engaged in a business model that monetizes what some people term as reckless environmentalism. I call these people ‘idealists’ in the context of this article.
The impacts of dam removal projects extend into both environmental areas and socio-economics, especially when applied to disadvantaged communities such as those living on and around lakes being drained.
Unfortunately and arguably, KRRC does not live up to it’s name in any sense. Why? Because they allowed greed to prioritize profits over the genuine natural resource conservation and renewal of the wild and scenic Klamath River.
Numerous credentialed scientists over the past had warned, even at the risk of losing their jobs, that the sediments in the bottoms of Iron Gate and Copco lakes were not the same as the sediments found behind other dams, and contained toxins. And if allowed to enter the main-stem of the Klamath River, would cause catastrophic damage to the entire river ecosystem, well beyond just killing the fish.
Now we are seeing and experiencing the truth of their sage wisdom, which was ignored and sequestered to favor unbridled greed.
Chromium in the Klamath River tested at 178-times above the maximum EPA limit after the release of the sediments from Iron Gate and Copco Lakes. Scientists warned this was a possibility!
The idealists supporting KRRC and the removal of the Klamath River dams don’t live here, but they want to run Siskiyou County and control the fate of an entire river ecosystem without proper care and consideration of all the science, some of which has been unscrupulously sequestered with whistle-blower scientists being fired, arguably for telling a truth that jams the gears of profiteers.
These idealists think like checkers players and fail to realize what’s coming in the next 10-moves on the environmental chess board. Most have no training or education in science and little understanding of corporate business and PR strategies, and have zero empirical experience. Yet vainly attempt to decipher things beyond their comprehension, and instead, simply march to the beat of people and some corporations who are ruining the planet in the name of ‘environmentalism’. It’s very possible that KRRC and it’s team of contractors are planning a large-scale $-Billion business model based upon dam removals, so the Klamath Dam project is their resume for any such future projects and results.
These idealists are their own worst enemies, assuming they’re actually interested in sustainable natural resource management. I seriously doubt they truly understand the intricate complexities and nuances of an ecosystem as complex as that of the wild and scenic Klamath River.
Please see the attached PDF of the laboratory anaylysis of the Klamath River water after the polluted clay sediments from Iron Gate and Copco Lakes were ignorantly released into the main-stem of the Klamath River.
Boiling water does not mitigate chromium that is now arguably permeating into wells close to the Klamath River.
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