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Gabrielle Canon

California tribes celebrate historic dam removal: ‘More successful than we ever imagined’

people with their arms around each other looking out
Leaf, Lisa and Chaas Hillman look on as construction crews allow the Klamath River to run freely for the first time in nearly a century, near Hornbrook, California, in August. Photograph: San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images

Explosions roared through the canyons lining the Klamath River earlier this year, signaling a new chapter for the region that hugs the Oregon-California border.

In October, the removal of four hydroelectric dams built on the river was completed – the largest project of its kind in US history.

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