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In this March 2, 2020, photo, Erika DuVal and her daughter Helena, 10, prepare to toss hay bales to cattle from the back of a truck at their farm in Tulelake, Calif. DuVal's husband, Ben DuVal, inherited the farm from his grandfather and worries that plan to demolish four dams on the lower Klamath River could set a precedent for dam removal that could eventually threaten his livelihood. The proposal to remove the dams on California's second-largest river to benefit threatened salmon has sharpened a decades-old dispute over who has the biggest claim to the river's life-giving waters. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

In this March 2, 2020, photo, Erika DuVal and her daughter Helena, 10, prepare to toss hay bales to cattle from the back of a truck at their farm in Tulelake, Calif. DuVal's husband, Ben DuVal, inherited the farm from his grandfather and worries that plan to demolish four dams on the lower Klamath River could set a precedent for dam removal that could eventually threaten his livelihood. The proposal to remove the dams on California's second-largest river to benefit threatene…

March 29, 2020

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Largest US dam removal stirs debate over coveted West water
March 29, 2020 8:18 a.m.

Largest US dam removal stirs debate over coveted West water

KLAMATH, Calif. (AP) — The second-largest river in California has sustained Native American tribes with plentiful salmon for millennia, provided upstream farmers with irrigation water for generations and served as a haven for retirees who built dream homes along its banks.