Four aging dams will be removed on the Lower Klamath River. an agreement designed to push the controversial $450 million plan over the finish line. Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Oregon counterpart signed a landmark deal Tuesday to take control of four aging dams targeted for removal.
Newsom and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown committed their states to replacing PacifiCorp — a utility company controlled by financier Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate — as co-licensees of the dams, which have been blamed for ruining salmon runs considered vital by California Indian tribes.
The agreement “ensures that we have sufficient backing” to get the four dams demolished, said Chuck Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
