California Begins World's Largest Dam Removal/River Restoration Projects

Four California dams are now being dismantled, reports the Arizona Republic:
Sometime in January, work crews will start drilling a tunnel at the base of a concrete dam on the Klamath River, near the California-Oregon border. The tunnel will begin the process of drawing down the reservoir behind the dam, known as Copco-1, and prepare the site to remove the dam fro the river. Time was, removing a dam in the West was unheard of. Dams were built to store water, generate electricity, manage the use o