This 💯

Money talk the loudest. Its costs to demolish the dam. Let’s celebrate this anyway.

Still a victory, right?

That's false. It was native American fishing rights and its only happening because of a Yurok lawyer fighting hard for it.

@@Clark42EoC More like 28 dollars a pound rights

They didn’t give a dam.

They still don't

59% of Canada's power comes from hydroelectric power.

That's wonderful.

It also raises water levels back to their natural levels.

This doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Something is deeply wrong here with the logic and reasoning of dam removal. A dam is simply a tool for controlling water flow. It is in no way the fault of the dam that salmon stocks are down. It is water management, or the lack thereof, downriver that is the culprit. Too much water use, disparate water pricing between agricultural, industrial, and residential use. The never ending fights over water rights. These are the issues that must be addressed, which must include the needs of natural and commercial fish hatcheries. Removing a dam is pointless and takes away a valuable asset in water management and control. Foolish. (ps. duplicate post above)

How long did it take to restore the salmon population?

That is absolutely brilliant. I hope this one can also be a huge success.👏🏼

I bet you’re the type to have a disgusted look on your face and stare at someone for way too long because they have blue hair🤣

Nope. Sure you want to look good on camera…least he wasn’t wearing black knee-high socks and sandals.

@@IanCthrwd I’m sure if he looked unprofessional, someone would’ve told him before going in front of the camera.

They posted this story on the internet to generate revenue. CBS News is profit driven media.

Um...kinda a moot point, given that the decision to remove the dams has already been made and the processes involved are already ongoing. What would have been more of a lesson to your 5th graders, IMO, is to debate the issue back when the decisions to remove the dams had not yet been made. That being said, I do applaud your bringing attention to the minds of our younger generations both the pros and cons, and the consequences, of what these types of major decisions entail. Critical thinking is not always a life skill taught in school these days.

😂Perhaps you should read up on the Klamath dam disaster. The removal results are an ecological disaster. All brought to you by crooked dems. Kids should know what happens when crooks are in charge.The California Globe.has been covering this. Utter destruction, death and fraud.

Proof teachers are flawed

@@pilot41186 My comment deleted because the news story lied. Look at the California Globe newspaper online for results of what happened when they destroyed the Klamath dams. An Environ disaster.

There are many reasons for the downfall of Chinook salmon, up and down the coast. Even in Alaska where dams do not exist. Let's look at the big picture.

You should look up Exclusive Economic Zone for starters, international treaties as well, then I'd love to see your "data" on the foreign overharvesting taking place of US shores.

@@davidsalo8397 I think that was the point.

Sea Shepard to the rescue

I had a big dam job this morning. It must have been all that fiber I had yesterday.

The main issue with the Great Salt Lake is the more than 1 million people that have moved to Utah in the past 20 years. Much of the water that used to feed into the Great Salt Lake is being diverted to supply water to this dramatic increase in population.

Tennis shoes are a thing, believe it or not😮

The upper Klamath basin has been a hot spot for reduced precipitation recently. In effect, climate change has targeted this area. The conflict between farmers in the upper basin and biological needs will continue. Another aspect of the situation that doesn't get discussed.

Yea let’s not ever build anything….

65 were removed in 2022, 80 were removed in 2023. More are getting removed than installed. Potentially some 30,000 dams are past their prime and not doing much so about 1/3 of the current live dams might likely be on the chopping block eventually.

exactly! we need more coal plants out here!

Yeah Salmon $28 dollars a pound

what does that guy have to do with it?

Go Fish.

Someone’s choice of shoes has really affected you. You need a hug?

Did someone say free hugs?! Count me in

Yeah, there's something to be said for looking professional at work. I wouldn't wear dress shoes with sweats to work out at the gym, and I wouldn't wear tennies with a dress suit to my job on a national news show. There's also something to be said for norms.

@@mmca2622 it’s just a pair of shoes…

@@AAAAAAHHHHHHHH1 No, it's not. It's a pair of sport shoes in a professional work place. Appearances matter.

So true. It’s like the word “peruse” which means “to study intensely.” People use “peruse” as a synonym for “browse.” English is fast becoming a lost art.

How disrespectful!!

They are ZFG for 'doing right' they are 100% profit driven

What an ironic choice of words! XD

They said it was generating a very small amount of power and wasn’t cost effective. I’m not from the area but I assume had the dam been making money, the dam would still be there.

Upstream the newer more efficiently and better designed dams are doing their thing. The Klamath dam provides barely 1-2% of electricity and no water benefits for the surrounding community. With the dams gone...you'll have more natural land to enjoy nature.

@@thedivide3688 and to my point, are there plans to remove the efficient dams upstream? I don’t know I’m genuinely asking.

@@Bardmusic66 Well a dam only has a shelf life of about 60 years. The new ones are more eco friendly but I’m sure at some point they’ll be phased out :). They are further inland and have less impact downstream. While removing all dams would be beneficial the ones closest to major rivers and oceans are priority removal due to the delicate nature at the water mouth. The salmon and trout that come into to spawn from the ocean and die only go so far into the head waters. And in the future dams may disappear altogether. There’s quite of bit of research going on with tidal energy and other forms of energy. The fact is energy makers want to make money. If they really wanted to be eco friendly or the government really wanted to look out for its’ citizens energy would be free in every home. Nikola Tesla gave us the blueprint for free energy. Perhaps even ancient societies did too…who knows. It was squashed for money making energy. At some point humanity needs to decide whether advancing itself is worth it or if money and power is worth it. Things could be made to last, the world could be in a better place but humanity must needs power and money so thus we plan obsolescence into everything.

If we give this part of earth back to Mother, she'll fix it.

Cost of upkeep to aging infrastructure does go up over time, so with a flat rate of energy generation and increasing rate of maintenance eventually they became economically unfeasible.

Farm raised fish seem to react to the wild different than wild fish. In otherwords, farm raised fish to restock the rivers is a bad idea

@@jojopuppyfish nah, you add them as babies. There will be no diff

Salmon fry are released into most major CA salmon streams in order to assist their populations. Once the stream conditions have settled down, they will probably be planted by next year. Salmon fry are raised in hatcheries, often regulated/run by state fish & wildlife agencies, and are different from "farm raised" adult fish, which are often found in somewhat toxic environmental conditions, and are not supposed to be released into the wild.

Which people?

If that is in reference to Trump, he wants to build more dams not tear them down.

@@lagodelbago hydroelectric damns are the best forms of generating clean power. Trump sounds smart.

@@diyjeff1838 we need a healthy balance between the environment and power, including an upgrade to our outdated electric grid. Trump would provide none of that

@@lagodelbago democrats have done none of that. Infrastructure has completely been destroyed under democrat policies. Name one aspect of this country that has improved over the last 4 years.

Bison. Today, population estimates range from approximately 200,000 to 500,000 bison, with roughly 30,000 living in the wild and the rest in commercial herds.

@@dougadams9419 Not even close to the original numbers, but yeah, I get it. BTW, 90% of those 'domestic' buffalo are hybridized with cattle. Point is, we completely destroyed a way of life and means of survival for several cultures, just like we did with the salmon, yet some points are lost on others. BTW, I was just wondering how much of an uproar would be caused if we found out there were only 30,000 wild salmon left?

What is going to damage the area?

Of course, Japan and S. Korea have it But China is in a fishing dispute with all countries facing its coastal borders

And the fish runs are dropping every year. To the point those fish will likely be functionally extinct...

@@thedivide3688 Not figuring in the "energy plant" disaster a few years ago. No one seems to want to talk about that.

Chinese dams have driven some species to extinction. Not necessarily the model country for environmental management!

The dams are not the problem. This whole thing is gaslighting.

You have it backwards Russell! It's the other way around, trust me, I live there and have worked on those dams for many years!😅

There are few people that live in the floodplain on the Klamath River downstream. No cities are at risk of flooding. Faulty argument.

As has been already stated- those dams were not used for water management.

In the 40s the farmers started using ground water for crops and it was believed that the farmers would use too much water and there would not be enough water for humans and animals.How many people looked at the archived news to see what was happening around Klamath Falls before the dams the damns were built?

Stop buying the product - the market ALWAYS has the last word

@@jjrr2273 this is true, but I don’t live in Asia. There are some of the most advanced commercial vessels in the world complete with factory packaging ships right off of our shores.