Removing four dams is worth some compromise
Erica Terence
High Country News
04/29/2010
Most days, I move ahead with a strong conviction that supporting the settlement to remove four dams in Oregon and California and shift the balance of flows in the Klamath River basin is the right thing to do. The science supports it, and in the big picture, it makes sense, because in spite of our legal and grassroots actions, Klamath salmon have continued to slide towards extinction. This settlement will move us closer to recovery. But sometimes the complexities of the settlement, with its companion hydropower and restoration agreements, seem overwhelming to me, even after years of scientific and legal analysis and debate. On those days, I wish I could talk to my mentor, Tim McKay, the respected longtime director of the Northcoast Environmental Center in Arcata, Calif.
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