Draining a Lake: Copco lake draw down underway
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- Опубліковано 26 січ 2024
- On January 23rd the final concrete plug was blasted with 800 pounds of explosives releasing Copco Lake forever.
this video was taken January 26th, 2024
COPCO stands for the California Oregon Power Company. It was an acronym referring to the California Oregon Power Company, which merged into Pacific Power and Light in 1961 and is now known as Pacificorp[1]. The company was involved in the construction of hydroelectric dams, such as Copco 1 and Copco 2, which are located in Siskiyou County, California[2][4]. The impending removal of these dams has been a topic of concern for the local community[3][5].
Copco Lake is an artificial lake on the Klamath River in Siskiyou County, California, near the Oregon border in the United States. The lake's waters are impounded by the Copco Number 1 Dam, which was completed in 1922. The lake is used for various recreational activities such as kayaking, fishing, swimming, windsurfing, power boating, and sailing, and the surrounding area has facilities for picnicking and hiking. The removal of the dams is part of a larger effort to restore the Klamath River watershed and its native fish populations.
Citations:
[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copco_Lake
[2] hydroreform.org/hydro-project...
[3] www.ijpr.org/environment-ener...
[4] www.opb.org/article/2023/07/1...
[5] www.sfchronicle.com/californi... - Розваги
Yep the slow fade spoiled it a bit. A re-edit would be great 👍🏻
Agreed! I want to see both parts of the footage.
Came to the comments just to say this. The overlapping footage almost gave me a headache but I want to see it all lol
Why the sad music? For many people the restoration of the Klamath River to its natural state is a victory at the end of a long struggle.
Do you live there?
@@dronepilotcontractors4094 I live on the same planet.
@@ralphaverill2001 Well if you don't live there then you don't have an appreciation for the local issues or any of the environmental issues for that area. No matter what you do the balance is affected so probably best to keep your outside TROLL opinions to your own neighborhood.
@@dronepilotcontractors4094 Don’t publicize to the world on UA-cam if you aren’t interested in what the world has to say about it. Or do what some people do and close the Comments section altogether. That way you’ll never have to deal with a point of view different from yours. Have a nice day.
@@ralphaverill2001 you're funny justifying being a TROLL. There are people who live in the area on both sides of the fence with valid concerns. You on the other hand have nothing better to do than to Troll the Internet looking for someplace where what you have to say is relevant. Your opinion has no relevance here, sorry to break the news to you.
great shots, could not stand the slow fades.
Next time please show the lake. Almost every shot had other video playing at the same time and you couldn't see anything.
nice video. the slow fade from scene to scene was very distracting.
A couple years ago I caught a salmon in the mouth of the Klamath and it tasted great. A week later I caught one about 3 miles upstream and it tasted mossy. That should all change for the better.
After my parents recently selling their home on the Lake to age and not being able to retire at the lake. and for myself. Who grew up every summer on that Lake since the late 1970s. Could you please show clear footage. The changes are already emotional for anybody who watches, so we don't need an interpretation. But I do appreciate that there is at least something being shown.
1990's called they want your slow fade back...
What does the music have to do with it?
Why does a slow fade matter in this video???? I think the point is being made and cinematography is NOT the biggest concern.
IT IS A VIDEO.
How are you going to charge your Tesla ???
100 years of sediment
Copco made Medford OR. posable. For that matter it made the PNW posable. Summer time will be interesting.
Great footage but just show lake being drained. We don’t need the music in background. Also, why is there no footage of Iron Gate Reservoir being drained. Please capture footage of this too! Finally, I’m hearing JC Boyle Reservoir or Topsey has already drained out. There is great video footage out there.
I can confirm Topsy is drained.
Someone just discovered the fade feature in video editor 101.
Don't care at all for the superimposing one scene over the other. This should be to document the lake draining. Not an "art" project.
Then you should make your own videos and be quiet!! 🙏
It's like someone finally flushed the toilet after over 100 years of crap had accumulated! I am so glad to see these toxic algae cesspools finally gone! Good riddance to all the bass, yellow perch, bluegill, crappie and catfish! Hello salmon!
Good Luck catching a fish in the Klamath River for decades if
At All. It smells like a sewer pond. Got enough disasters already
This year will probably be off for tasty salmon, but given a few heavy springs that sediment should be either gone or fully planted and barely a concern. My understanding is that planting has already started.
Were you around in 2002? It smelled and looked like a sewer pond full of rotting bodies, and that wasn’t the last time. For years it’s been deadly to let your dog swim in the river. This should prevent that from being the norm.
who edited this? you should be fired...
Phasing in and overlaying scenes is good for a "B" grade in high school but not for documentaries such as this. Grade = D-
You may think that overlaying two video images is artistic, but it is visually annoying.
something wrong with this video. there's a shadow.
Didn't like the fade at all took away from the entire video
The slow fade was annoying. Ruined most of the imagery.
bad filming.
This idiots killed all fish !!!!! Just follow the money....
Yea all 3 of them...
Interesting way to tell us you don't know how rivers work.
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Removing dams is a stupid wasteful idea.
One wonders the gazzions of dollars being spent removing the dams, then on re-populating the salmon, then on killing the sea lions and cormorants that show up for their meals. Ten years ago they took out the Elwa River dams. Now the returning salmon populations are 4,000 or so -- approximately the same as 10 years ago...
I disagree. Creating a toxic, blue-green algae infested cesspool where there used to be a beautiful river was the bad idea!
I'm so glad to say good riddance to those nasty reservoirs, and hello to a liberated, free flowing Klamath River again!❤
Terrible video from good footage. Slow fades and dramatic music totally ruined it.