An American committee seeking to restore a habitat of endangered fish on Thursday gave the operation of four dams located on the borders of California and Oregon, the largest damage of dams in the history of the United States.
It is expected that the removal of dams will improve the health of the Choumath River, which is the path that the Xinok salmon and Salon Koho, which is threatened with extinction from the Pacific Ocean to the spawning areas in the source of the river, and from where small fish returns to the sea.
The US Federal Energy Regulation Committee issued an order to waive the dams licenses and agree to remove dams.
The project has always been the target of many of the original tribes whose ancestors lived on salmon for several centuries, but their lifestyle is disrupted by European settlement and the demand to provide the countryside with electricity in the twentieth century.
“Salon of Klamath will return to the homeland,” Joseph James, head of the Eurok tribe, said in a statement.
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Climate and drought change also affected salmon, as the river became very warm and full of parasites, so that many fish cannot survive.
The dams built on federal lands, which provide full electric capacity, will be delivered to about 70,000 homes to the Pacific Corp Electricity Company, which is a unit of Berkshir Hathaway.
In the face of the new regulations in charge that included building barriers and ladders for fish, the company instead concluded an agreement with the tribes and the US government to turn off the dams..
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