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In this March 3, 2020, photo, Barbara Austin, a homeowner who lives along the edge of the reservoir created by the Copco 1 Dam, walks along the shore at sunset near Copco, Calif. A plan to demolish four 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. The project, if it goes forward, would be the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history and would drain the reservoir. Residents who live on its shores are fighting the plan. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

In this March 3, 2020, photo, Barbara Austin, a homeowner who lives along the edge of the reservoir created by the Copco 1 Dam, walks along the shore at sunset near Copco, Calif. A plan to demolish four 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. The project, if it goes forward, would be the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history and would …

March 29, 2020

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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.