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Dam removal closer Klamath project advancing
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The Iron Gate Dam is the closest of the four dams to Del Norte County that the Klamath River Renewal Corporation is planning to remove. The dam is situated just west of Hornbook, about 200 miles from the mouth of the Klamath River. Michael Zogg/Del Norte Triplicate
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questions, and gave us an opportunity to make what was already an incredibly strong and thorough submission even more complete and compelling.� Cox said KRRC has spent about seven months going over the questions and suggestions that it received from the board of consultants. He said KRRC plans to submit additional information that answers those questions. “They had some pretty important questions,� said Cox. “For example, KRRC’s More Dam on Page A5
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Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said a letter that claimed to contain a suspicious substance was received Tuesday, July 23, in the administration building at the prison. Investigators sealed the letter in a bag to contain the threat of exposure and the building was evacuated. No injuries were reported and an investigation is
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By Cody Mann Triplicate Staff Writer
Houston-based subcontractor has been selected to help with restoration design and planning on the Klamath Dam Removal Project. The Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRS) and lead contractor Kiewit announced that Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC (RES) has been hired to fill that role. While RES will not be working on the dam removal itself, they will consult on and ultimately execute the restoration efforts necessary following completion the four dams’ removal. Michael Hare, the
company’s director of government affairs, business development, and corporate communications, estimated that the company has restored 70,000 to 80,000 acres of wetlands and close to 400 miles of streams, and conserved 10,000 acres of critical species habitat. “When you are doing something like this, whether it is dam removal — building a reservoir, building a road or whatever it may be —the impact of the activity associated with that project sometimes may require compensatory mitigation of critical wetlands or critical streams that are actually being degraded
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he Klamath Dam Removal Project is expected to take another big step July 29 when a supplemental submission is made to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The project aims to remove the Klamath River’s lower four dams in California and Oregon, all owned by PacificCorp. — the John C. Boyles Dam, Copca 1, Copca 2, and the Iron Gate Dam — all of which currently are being used to generate power. Matt Cox of the Klamath River Renewal Corp. (KRRC) said his organization believes the supplemental submission will provide FERC with the information it needs to make a determination on a pair of applications the renewal corporation has submitted. KRCC is a private, nonprofit organization overseeing a variety of aspects involving removal of the dams. “In 2018, KRRC submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission what is called our definite plan,� said Cox, “which is a comprehensive roadmap for the project. “It is common for FERC, in large projects, to request that the project is reviewed by what is called a board of consultants. This is a group of FERC-authorized experts that have broad expertise in areas relevant to the project, such as cost estimating and all sorts of things. “They have reviewed our submission, provided us with feedback, asked some
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Houston firm hired as project restoration subcontractor
By Michael Zogg Triplicate Sports Editor
teve and I are meeting an increasing number of nice, helpful people in our new communities of Crescent City, Brookings and surrounding area. And we’re fortunate to be working with some equally helpful, quality people staffing The Triplicate and The Pilot. One of those staffers is Jeremy Ruark, who’s actually been employed by Country Media for a decade. Before joining Country Media, Jeremy had worked for, among other media organizations, KGW-TV in Portland and KVAL-TV in Eugene. He’s also served as corporate radio news director for a Central Oregon radio group. His first management assignment for us was as editor and publisher of our weekly Seaside Signal, then later as editor for eight years of our weekly newspaper in Lincoln City. Not long ago, we again promoted Jeremy, this time to editor and publisher of our two weekly newspapers in St. Helens and Clatskanie in Columbia County, Oregon. A day or so after assuming ownership of The Pilot and The Triplicate on July 1, we asked Jeremy to spend a month in Brookings helping us staff the news side. Jeremy says he wants to remain at The Pilot as our long-term editor. We couldn’t be happier! Despite being a much-seasoned newsman with several decades of experience, Jeremy is not one to retire in place while boring you with tales of his successes in years past. Rather, whatever his current job, it has always brought out his best work. One of Jeremy’s key strengths is his insistence on building meaningful, trusting relationships with readers and news sources alike. He truly wants to do best by everyone, with no regard for social status or office.