Tag: dams
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Boiling Point: Would filling a new reservoir give off lots of greenhouse gases?
Plans call for building Sites Reservoir in this valley north of Sacramento. (Risa Johnson / Calif. Dept. of Water Resources) This story was originally published in Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. When you think about sources of planet-heating greenhouse gases,…
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‘If You Unbuild It, They Will Come’
The Copco No. 1 dam on the Klamath River is slated for demolition in 2024. Photo by Stormy Staats/Klamath Salmon Media Collaborative The Klamath River Basin was once one of the world’s most ecologically magnificent regions, a watershed teeming with salmon, migratory birds and wildlife that thrived alongside Native American communities. The river flowed rapidly…
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‘30,000 Salmon’ Environmental Art Installation
The “30,000 Salmon” Art Installation at the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka | Photos: Stephanie McGeary Inspired by Klamath River Fish Kill, Environmental Art Piece Reemerges to Celebrate the Klamath Dam Removals After nearly two decades sitting in boxes in an attic, “30,000 Salmon” — a huge, collaborative art installation — is again…
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THE CONVERSATION: Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US
Water rushes into the diversion pool Wednesday morning from the ravine carved out from the damaged Lake Oroville flood control spillway. The California Department of Water Resources continues its outflow release of 35,000 cubic feet per second at the Butte County, Calif. site. Photo taken April 26, 2017. Brian Baer/ DWR Heavy rainfall in the…
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Here’s how much Lake Mead could rise after an epic winter and new water cuts
Photo: Intake towers for the Hoover Dam rise above the surface of Lake Mead in April 2023. Will Lanzoni/CNN Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, spent much of last spring and summer in free fall. Over the course of four months, Mead’s elevation plummeted an astonishing 20 feet, first exposing one of the lake’s huge intake valves in April…