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The world’s population reached eight billion this week, just as the 27th annual U.N. climate summit was wrapping up in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Aspen Public Radio talked with local residents who have been attending COP27 over the last two weeks.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The largest dam demolition and river restoration plan in the world could be close to reality Thursday as U.S. regulators vote on a plan to remove four aging hydro-electric structures, reopening hundreds of miles of California river habitat to imperiled salmon.

It is the bedrock of the most ambitious salmon restoration plan in history.

U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world when it goes forward.

The largest dam demolition and river restoration plan in the world could be close to reality on Thursday, November 17, 2022, as U.S. regulators vote on a plan to remove four aging hydro-electric structures, reopening hundreds of miles of California river habitat to imperiled salmon.

After more than 100 years of being dammed, the lower Klamath River will flow free once again.

It is the bedrock of the most ambitious salmon restoration plan in history.

Federal regulators have approved a plan to demolish four Klamath River dams, a historic act that is intended to save imperiled salmon.

A nearly two-decade campaign to remove hydroelectric dams and restore threatened and endangered fish on the lower Klamath River has cleared its final hurdle.

The world’s population reached eight billion this week, just as the 27th annual U.N. climate summit was wrapping up in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Aspen Public Radio talked with local residents who have been attending COP27 over the last two weeks.