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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>EDITORIAL</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Take
down the dams</span></font></b><font size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h1>
<p class=date><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><!-- START WRITER CREDIT--><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><!-- END HEADLINE/DECK & SUBHEADLINE/SUBDECK -->Tuesday,
February 6, 2007</span><!-- END WRITER CREDIT--></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><!-- end #contentheader --><!-- <hr> now part of stylesheet <hr noshade size="1" color="#CCC" />--><!-- START STORY --> </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>FOR YEARS, Indian tribes,
conservationists and fishing groups have argued that removing four power dams
blocking the headwaters of the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>
would reverse the losses of once-plentiful salmon. </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Free
flows of cold water are what the fish need, and the fearsome foursome of dams
near the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
border were major impediments. </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Now the
federal bureaucracy has joined the chorus in a roundabout way. As a result,
taking down the barriers has never been closer. </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Because
the dams need new licenses to operate, federal agencies have taken a long look.
The results aren't pretty for the dam operator, PacificCorp, owned by
billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Corp. </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>To keep
the dams humming, Commerce and Interior agencies now want $300 million in fish
ladders and screens. This price tag may be too high for PacificCorp, which
cranks out only enough power to light 70,000 homes. </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>A miracle
lies within reach. One of the country's biggest dam removal projects could
begin, affording a chance at returning surging waters not seen for almost a
century. Easing this change is the fact that <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> controls most of the land along
the river course, and no major city lies downstream. Taking out other dams on
big rivers won't be this easy. </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Much
remains to complete the dam demolition dream. Sediment behind the dam walls
must be considered. Other tolls on the Klamath's health such as timber cuts,
farm diversions and human building should be weighed. </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But an
amazing change is suddenly attainable. The dams that have plagued a once-mighty
salmon river may come down. A river's past could be restored.</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><i><font size=3 color=gray
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray;font-style:
italic'>Byron Leydecker</span></font></i></st1:PersonName><i><font color=gray><span
style='color:gray;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray;font-style:italic'>Friends of <st1:place
w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place>, Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray;font-style:italic'>California Trout, Inc.,
Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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lang=ES-EC style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray;font-style:italic'>Mill Valley,
CA 94942-2327</span></font></i><span lang=ES-EC><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=ES-EC style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;font-style:italic'>bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</span></font></i><i><span
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