For people invested in the largest potential dam removal in U.S. history, PacifiCorp has been dragging its feet long enough.
On Tuesday afternoon, just over a month after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission threw the future of the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement into limbo, Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) held a virtual forum on the declining health of the Klamath River and its fisheries.
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