This is the story of a 15-year conflict over what would be the biggest dam removal ever, a modern cowboys and Indians tale that shows how victories for Native American rights still come with fits of racism and armed conflict, and how rural folks learned to make peace (and collaborate on an 1800-page Congressional bill).
Comments on the draft EIR are due by noon, Feb. 26, and can be sent to wr401program@waterboards.ca.gov, or Ms. Michelle Siebal, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights — Water Quality Certification Program, P.O. Box 2000, Sacramento, CA 95812-2000
A mural in Happy Camp, a small indian town in the Klamath National Forest.
The Iron Gate Dam is the biggest and only earthen dam on the Klamath River.
Emrys Eller on Copco 1, one of four dams slated for removal along the California-Oregon border.
Iron Gate Dam.
Emrys Eller interviews Klamath Tribal leader Don Gentry near an elementary school in Chiloquin, Oregon. In 2003, two men shot up the signage of this native school amid tensions over whether to remove dams on the Klamath River.
Emrys Eller speaks with Karuk tribal leader Leaf Hillman on the banks of the Klamath River.
Emrys Eller speaks with Karuk tribal leader Leaf Hillman on the banks of the Klamath River.
