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March 31, 2020

Largest US dam removal stirs debate over coveted West water

By GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press

KLAMATH, Calif. — California's second-largest river 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.

With so many demands, the Klamath River has come to symbolize a larger struggle over the American West's increasingly precious water resources, and who has claim to them.


 
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