'It represents a future': Locals on restoring the ecosystem of the Klamath River

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27 күн бұрын

The Klamath River dams removal is the largest river restoration project in U.S. history, and it is nearly finished after years of toxic algae, dead wildlife and protests from local natives who wanted change. NBC News' Steve Patterson has the latest update on the dams' removal.
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@EattheApple666
@EattheApple666 25 күн бұрын
Your going to be surprised how quick nature takes the river back.
@raymondheckard234
@raymondheckard234 25 күн бұрын
or destroys it with a volcanic eruption, because we are in a cycle where many ancient volcanos are waking up and eruption. Remember the Klamath River basin was made by a series of volcanic eruptions, Volcano that are dormmate and not extinct, sleeping until their next eruption. Just ast the people of Iceland in the town of Grindavik about how a volcano that erupted 800 years ago has woken up and devastated their lives.
@25aspooner
@25aspooner 25 күн бұрын
Hope so! I’ve never been but I love the woods and I have always wanted to travel there.
@ronbelanger4113
@ronbelanger4113 25 күн бұрын
@@raymondheckard234 LOL, stay afraid.
@raymondheckard234
@raymondheckard234 25 күн бұрын
@@ronbelanger4113 not afraid, just look at reality of the facts, in the recent years long dormant volcanos have woken up and erupted. Volcanic eruption go to show no matter how muck Mankind thinks they are in charge and try to control the environment, good ole Mother Earth slaps mankind down for the High pedestal back down to reality.
@Robby4Jesus
@Robby4Jesus 24 күн бұрын
Yep, where there is water lige thrives, it'll be a whole different view inside of 10 years.
@kaelhooten8468
@kaelhooten8468 25 күн бұрын
I lived in Klamath, at the mouth of the river. This is wonderful.
@silva7493
@silva7493 25 күн бұрын
What a beautiful place to live !!!
@bigfoot163
@bigfoot163 24 күн бұрын
My family has a house right below the dams..... the river is now toxic because they removed all the dams at once, all the wildlife is struggling and dying.... how did this help?
@bigfoot163
@bigfoot163 24 күн бұрын
​@@silva7493it was.... now the river is toxic because of the family removal
@silva7493
@silva7493 24 күн бұрын
@@bigfoot163 I'm so sorry to hear about what your family and the wildlife are going through!! That must be very difficult, and sad. I certainly do hope it's a relatively short time till these issues are resolved, and you all are enjoying your beautiful surroundings again.
@jaytuberr
@jaytuberr 17 күн бұрын
@@bigfoot163 its a river, the silt will pass, because its a river, do you not understand how flowing water works? The fish will rebound within years and I will personally bet you $100 there will be leagues more salmon in the upper klamath 5 years from now, the old lake sites will have 8 foot willows
@karendonohue5246
@karendonohue5246 25 күн бұрын
May the salmon return by the tens of thousands. Blessed be.
@silva7493
@silva7493 25 күн бұрын
Wow!!! I am so happy to have lived to see (at least) the beginning of this restoration project.
@bigfoot163
@bigfoot163 24 күн бұрын
My family has a house right below the dams..... the river is now toxic because they removed all the dams at once, all the wildlife is struggling and dying.... how did this help?
@gregorymalchuk272
@gregorymalchuk272 24 күн бұрын
Are you happy about electricity prices in California?
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 24 күн бұрын
​@@bigfoot163your family's house is fine. The river will be fine. As a matter of fact by next year the river will be way better than it was last year!
@jaytuberr
@jaytuberr 17 күн бұрын
@@gregorymalchuk272 the dams werent producing electricity, also hydropower can be easily replaced with wind farms, nuclear, and solar. If you care about water conservation I recommend you fight for beaver reintroduction programs, not keyboard warring over an ecological restoration project that people got their masters degrees to do.
@ethanhood204
@ethanhood204 25 күн бұрын
Some good news finally!!
@bigfoot163
@bigfoot163 24 күн бұрын
My family has a house right below the dams..... the river is now toxic because they removed all the dams at once, all the wildlife is struggling and dying.... how did this help?
@noahrafter-lanigan2409
@noahrafter-lanigan2409 22 күн бұрын
This is a very bottish comment
@crazyirish209
@crazyirish209 25 күн бұрын
I know how important this is for alot of people.Im happy to see it going forward
@bigfoot163
@bigfoot163 24 күн бұрын
My family has a house right below the dams..... the river is now toxic because they removed all the dams at once, all the wildlife is struggling and dying.... how did this help?
@ztifbob
@ztifbob 24 күн бұрын
@bigfoot163, you are saying it was better before? Or are you saying it should have been done differently? Explain yourself please.
@asha8443
@asha8443 25 күн бұрын
This should have been already done a decade ago at least!!
@FireThemAll
@FireThemAll 25 күн бұрын
Nice. Hope this works out well.
@bigfoot163
@bigfoot163 24 күн бұрын
My family has a house right below the dams..... the river is now toxic because they removed all the dams at once, all the wildlife is struggling and dying.... how did this help?
@lostinpa-dadenduro7555
@lostinpa-dadenduro7555 25 күн бұрын
The Squatch will be happy.
@karendurant4981
@karendurant4981 Күн бұрын
@@lostinpa-dadenduro7555 squatches
@DavidDavidunderthebridgeChampi
@DavidDavidunderthebridgeChampi 24 күн бұрын
The construction companies that built the dams got several nods from the PTB like not building fish ladders but building the power station. And for a very long time that dams have not in fact provided power for industry. Unless the power generation equipment was upgraded or replaced, they were obsolete and inefficient. Ecologically, the story is self explanatory. Notice how the local people are taking responsibility to start returning native plants to the river system. In the adjacent streams and ares, it would be good to include beaver in the process. They slow down water and do not stop it. The wetlands created serve as fire buffers and habitat among other things. They also keep water on the land even in extended droughts. We need to start concentrating on Nuclear/Geothermal power. Fake renewables are not going to cut it. It is possible to create and manage sections of the river where water is slowed down to make it possible for firefighting water to be obtained.
@StrifeA217
@StrifeA217 19 күн бұрын
This is actually a logical argument all the way around. The dams being outdated and not generating power rendering them pointless and should have been removed. And the first thing I thought about was its time for operation bever drop. From the shots i saw though i didnt see a lot of trees or bush for them to work with. But the wetlands they creat would act as a huge fire break.
@th1s1kat
@th1s1kat 25 күн бұрын
yay this makes me happy 😊
@anwardominguez8527
@anwardominguez8527 24 күн бұрын
Beautiful!! I love it!!❤❤
@nuffaildaniaelle977
@nuffaildaniaelle977 15 күн бұрын
Oh dear God ,i really wanna swim in this river so badly but I'm at home now😭😭 in Malaysia
@AutisticEthics
@AutisticEthics 18 күн бұрын
So happy to hear. Such good news.
@GenRicOpekc
@GenRicOpekc 22 күн бұрын
HUGE AWESOME NEWS!!!!! I applaud everyone that helped with this RIVER restoration!
@kindnuguz
@kindnuguz 2 күн бұрын
Let's give PacifiCorp some credit as they are willing to work with communities and willing to give up property they owned to give back to the people. We all know they could've easily made it not possible no matter how much protesting happened. But they did it and gave back the land. Bravo PacifiCorp In return I hope to god they have been given the green light for Nuclear power as I know they are working on ways to minimize or eliminate waste
@joseenoel8093
@joseenoel8093 22 күн бұрын
Way to go, congrats from Montreal! I'm a chick forest technician, I majored in Sylviculture and left my career at disgust over how things work in Québec, you're wonderful, bye bye wasteful water management.
@wbaldwin666
@wbaldwin666 16 күн бұрын
They also found the dams kept sediment from getting to the ocean which was ruining that ecosystem as well as the rivers
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 Күн бұрын
Yes! That is true, and not many people are talking about the fact. Hopefully now that the river is flowing unimpeded, most of that sediment is going to sea where it belongs.
@sitindogmas
@sitindogmas 25 күн бұрын
bout 10 years, things will start looking bright for the plants and animals
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 24 күн бұрын
I think it will be way less than 10 years. The footprint of the old reservoirs is already covered in poppies, grasses and other vegetation.
@cbjork29
@cbjork29 24 күн бұрын
awesome finally a good story from the West coast.
@dominicbendinelli4805
@dominicbendinelli4805 23 күн бұрын
Awesome story!
@miller2675
@miller2675 24 күн бұрын
Yay! A GOOD story for once from the press!
@jamess.2649
@jamess.2649 20 күн бұрын
Amazing we need to heal the earth
@user-ew5ef9xd1s
@user-ew5ef9xd1s 15 күн бұрын
The problem was that they built the dams directly in the center of the rivers, instead of building an offshoot to the side. They should have dug canals off to the side so that the original rivers could flow naturally. Hindsight 20/20
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 Күн бұрын
Can you show me an example of where this technique has been implemented?
@user-ew5ef9xd1s
@user-ew5ef9xd1s Күн бұрын
Do you think it is plausible?
@user-ew5ef9xd1s
@user-ew5ef9xd1s Күн бұрын
We have nuclear fission now so dams will be rendered obsolete in the near future.
@jamesalanstephensmith7930
@jamesalanstephensmith7930 22 күн бұрын
Great!
@dudemcknight7464
@dudemcknight7464 18 күн бұрын
Restore the Columbia river.
@joelhenderson1252
@joelhenderson1252 5 күн бұрын
Nature will return quickly.
@rickstuelpnagel7569
@rickstuelpnagel7569 23 күн бұрын
Crazy
@4dvert
@4dvert 4 күн бұрын
(funny how) wild (actual) life would sustain the idea of wild life fires to begin with
@js6728
@js6728 25 күн бұрын
nah, its who you are
@Robby4Jesus
@Robby4Jesus 24 күн бұрын
were these hydroelectric dams?
@Obospeedo
@Obospeedo 23 күн бұрын
Some were old ones. But no longer cost effective to run.
@RobustArid379
@RobustArid379 25 күн бұрын
Ceo Man is the worst
@bentcn8511
@bentcn8511 20 күн бұрын
If they want hysroelectric, why not install waterwheels?
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 Күн бұрын
No offense, but I would study up on hydrodynamics if I were you.
@davidwells2515
@davidwells2515 4 күн бұрын
It’s like people forget wildfires is a part of nature lol
@chandleredwards
@chandleredwards 25 күн бұрын
Bring back beavers. We should learn from nature rather than trying to control it.
@rosetheis1403
@rosetheis1403 25 күн бұрын
Good idea
@gregorymalchuk272
@gregorymalchuk272 24 күн бұрын
So beaver dams are good but hydroelectricity dams are bad? Sounds like a naturalist fallacy to me.
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 24 күн бұрын
​@@gregorymalchuk272No, he's right. Beaver dams are good. You just need to do some research.
@jessebarron5803
@jessebarron5803 23 күн бұрын
😂​@@georgehaydukeiii6396
@devleigh
@devleigh 21 күн бұрын
@@gregorymalchuk272the difference in beaver dams vs man made dams (specifically the ones on this clip) is that fish and other riparian species thrive in the beaver dammed locations. Salmon had no problem getting to the top of the river w beaver dams, because they’re scalable.
@skullandbones1832
@skullandbones1832 22 күн бұрын
💚
@philoctetes_wordsworth
@philoctetes_wordsworth 25 күн бұрын
Let the water flow, and the water table will be healed.👍🏻✌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🍾🍾🍾🥂✨✨✨✨✨💫🌟⭐️
@ronwade5646
@ronwade5646 19 күн бұрын
Get it out of there!
@uhohhotdog
@uhohhotdog 25 күн бұрын
Can’t we just build a series of small natural sized dams that allow salmon to jump over but still retain some water?
@daleprange4436
@daleprange4436 24 күн бұрын
Yes,fish ladders
@karendurant4981
@karendurant4981 11 күн бұрын
Well, no. Why? This whole project is about restoring the river to as close to a natural state as we can. For firefighting, he's outlined the steps they've taken to identify areas where they can draw water and make it more accessible. Can't think of any other reason to build dams.
@uhohhotdog
@uhohhotdog 11 күн бұрын
@@karendurant4981 to hold more water……
@BigDan7114
@BigDan7114 20 күн бұрын
This was to happen when Scottish power owned it and was approved…….. then Warren Buffett smelled money …… bought it skimmed profit for decade and sold it to shell corporation taking any risk away from them . Be wary of where your investment money is spent.
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 Күн бұрын
Yes! Exactly! 100%
@frankalessio3374
@frankalessio3374 11 күн бұрын
Now stop the Netting.
@leiag201
@leiag201 25 күн бұрын
What future???.
@DrSoda.
@DrSoda. 25 күн бұрын
Cool that it's the largest in history. God bless. Jesus loves you!
@TheBigruss10
@TheBigruss10 21 күн бұрын
could be good, but where will the power come from if not from hydro electric dams?
@tomwillis9051
@tomwillis9051 21 күн бұрын
According to the Biden Administration.. Lead batteries are the future !!
@onthe_brink
@onthe_brink 20 күн бұрын
they were barely making any power
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 Күн бұрын
​@@tomwillis9051you made this up. No one has said that. California already has a surplus of electricity generated from wind and solar. Try to catch up with the times Tom.
@tomwillis9051
@tomwillis9051 Күн бұрын
@@georgehaydukeiii6396 You are kidding right?? -- A simple google search ( "California heat wave straining power grid" ) will pull up endless stories of on National news channels about this problem.. Reason not affected so much in 2024?? DAMS ... The DAMS reservoirs are full this year and the DAMS Are producing enough power to handle the load.. So George before you make DUMB comments -- Research what you you are talking about..
@Maddy...
@Maddy... 24 күн бұрын
👏👏👏All they need now is to start breeding the salmon and releasing the fish into the river to quicken up the progress of renewing the salmon's population in this river.Rivers are home to abundant fish and wildlife, including: Freshwater fish like Bass, Perch, abluegill, and Carp. Migratory fish such as alewife, salmon, trout, and striped bass. Invertebrates that provide food for fish. They can begin breeding tons of fish and releasing them into the river👍🇺🇲🪶✨️
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 24 күн бұрын
so you just named all the fish you know. Most of them are not native Oregon and California and don't belong here.
@devleigh
@devleigh 21 күн бұрын
I wonder if China will have similar issues w the dams being built in 100 yrs
@philoctetes_wordsworth
@philoctetes_wordsworth 25 күн бұрын
For the “journalist”: to decimate a thing is to reduce it by 10%-literally. You said the salmon were “decimated” and then clarified that 90% were destroyed. That is annihilation. Journalists used to be the bearers of factual description. What happened? Do you not have access to dictionaries, or the Internet?
@MichaelDeHaven
@MichaelDeHaven 25 күн бұрын
I get and am not denying the old meaning. But it has come to mean something kind of synonymous with catastrophic destruction. Most dictionaries now use that definition as the first/primary. The usage you're using is usually second and is now often tagged historic/historical. In short, language changes.
@TexasReaper1836
@TexasReaper1836 25 күн бұрын
Stick to being a citizen of the world and go fix Palestine since you would also be a citizen of the fake country Palestine.
@jmassy86
@jmassy86 24 күн бұрын
Just removing the dams is good enough. Nature always finds a way. You lose less water to evaporation, which fill underground aquifers. That builds springs. Plants that have been dormant come back. There really is no downside. I’m not an expert but have watched too many KZbin videos.
@TheBowersj
@TheBowersj 11 күн бұрын
terrible idea
@lag9765
@lag9765 20 күн бұрын
Human beings managing to repair the wrongs of the past, but if Trump wins, say good bye to all these restoration projects...
@UncleFester84
@UncleFester84 12 күн бұрын
Hopefully in the "generations to come" will not need the water reservoir that these dams actually created....
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 Күн бұрын
The "water reservoir" was so badly polluted, it was toxic to people and other animals. "Water reservoirs" don't work here on this river. Besides hardly anyone lives there.
@juliantucker5695
@juliantucker5695 13 күн бұрын
how many farms had to quit growing food because now there is no water to irrigate with? Food is expensive because of stupidness like this.
@karendurant4981
@karendurant4981 11 күн бұрын
Food is expensive for many many reasons and this isn't one of them.
@karendurant4981
@karendurant4981 11 күн бұрын
So what is stupidness anyway?
@juliantucker5695
@juliantucker5695 11 күн бұрын
@@karendurant4981 1400 farms almost 200,000 acres of farm land don't have a water souce for irrigating the crops now that the dams are gone. KAREN
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 Күн бұрын
​@@juliantucker5695Julian, first learn to read. Then read about this project. If you actually did that, you'd know that none of these dams provided any water whatsoever for agriculture. They were only built to generate electricity, and they didn't even do that very well. Catch up on the facts before you flap your trap!
@juliantucker5695
@juliantucker5695 21 сағат бұрын
@@georgehaydukeiii6396 hey george your a keyboard warrior aren't you.lowest of the low.
@JohnnyAngel8
@JohnnyAngel8 25 күн бұрын
News people are patting themselves on their backs. It's a shameful addition to journalism.
@iceshark411
@iceshark411 25 күн бұрын
interesting that nbc news didn't interviewed any of the folks that lived in the river and lakes areas, didn't interview the park rangers& game wardens (they are the front lines on what's going on).
@lokesh303101
@lokesh303101 10 күн бұрын
Far Better go with Canals from the Upstream to Downstream.
@bernabefranco6341
@bernabefranco6341 25 күн бұрын
It's to late for this why even spend the money in doing it
@noahrafter-lanigan2409
@noahrafter-lanigan2409 22 күн бұрын
For every other living thing that calls the river home, and for the sake of the ecosystem, society, culture, and economy’s stability and sustainability.
@stoveguy2133
@stoveguy2133 21 күн бұрын
Does karack tribe have $$$$ casino?
@Ur_A_Fraud_WoodWorker
@Ur_A_Fraud_WoodWorker 24 күн бұрын
Sending money and focus to Ukraine and Israel is far more important than saving our own land here in America
@bryancline8893
@bryancline8893 24 күн бұрын
It's been an ecological disaster. The river is dead now. Will be years before it recovers. Most of the people in the region did not want this. The people in the big cities to the south wanted this.
@matthew3136
@matthew3136 23 күн бұрын
You must be a great scientist, right?
@thuggoe
@thuggoe 21 күн бұрын
having a less developed society means less people and less immigration
@user-zn6oo4on4k
@user-zn6oo4on4k 18 күн бұрын
Wouldn't it be cool if hunter gatherers fished to feed themselves, not for their economies, as stated by Kent
@peterhull5594
@peterhull5594 25 күн бұрын
No crying if there is a water shortage in this area. Live with what the results are!
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 24 күн бұрын
You need to study hydrology and do a little bit of deep thinking. Just because the dams are gone doesn't mean the river is gone. The same amount of water is still there, it's just not a stagnant toxic blue-green algae cesspool anymore! think before you speak!
@noahpatterson5667
@noahpatterson5667 25 күн бұрын
Nothing good comes from cloud seeding
@lorihahn3996
@lorihahn3996 23 күн бұрын
These are the end of days. Prophesy is being fulfilled. There is a short window left. Seek the living God before it is too late. He is pouring out His spirit and will speak His rhema to those who truly seek Him with a pure heart. Read His word. He will teach you. Church will NOT save you.
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 Күн бұрын
you're crazy.
@P.E.O.ll-RhodesScholarGraduate
@P.E.O.ll-RhodesScholarGraduate 25 күн бұрын
I speak Tatanka, but the Straight hair Paleface saviors call it "english". 😡♟️✌️
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