News release: Tribes warn of further risk to endangered coho salmon as feds move to cut Klamath River flows
Late last year, the final regulatory approvals to remove four large dams on the Klamath River became the good news environmental story of the year. The fact that Tribes from remote communities along the California-Oregon border started a successful movement to remove four large dams suggests that America can indeed restore rivers, ensure wild salmon runs for future generations, and honor traditional cultures. Unfortunately, officials from the Bureau of Reclamation and the Fish and Wildlife Service are turning this epic [victory] into a tragedy. Today, Department of Interior officials told tribes that flows to the river from the Klamath Irrigation Project would be reduced below the minimums described by the Biological Opinion that is supposed to govern Klamath Irrigation Project operations.
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