Tear down the dams now
Friday, February 8, 2013 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in Conservation, Environment, dam removal, klamath river, tear down these dams

Perhaps driven in part by this latest report, the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board is urging Congress to tear down the Klamath River dams.

It's time for Washington to heed science over politics. The test involves the ailing Klamath River, where four aging power dams along the California-Oregon border are holding back farming, tainting river flows with toxic algae, and decimating migratory fish.

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