Klamath river's issues told on film

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"The struggle over the Klamath River's dams may soon hit the big screen.

Independent filmmakers from Munich, Germany, have been documenting the process as Portland, Ore.-based PacifiCorp seeks to renew a 50-year federal license to operate its dams on the waterway. Area tribes, fishermen and farmers have sought to block the federal permit, pointing to water quality problems, a 2002 fish kill when more than 60,000 salmon washed up on the river banks and last year's commercial salmon fishing closure along 700 miles of the West Coast."

the full story is here www.triplicate.com/news/story.cfm
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