(insects chirping) (critters chittering) (birds chirping) (soft music)

- [franklin] this morning, i came, i sa and i w conquer, as everye woulbe i sa and i w conquer, whsees forhe firstime is greateat of mkind. 10 yrs ago, e placewhere were gd was unpeopl, foidding dert. ose precitous walls ro to heig of morthan a tusand fe, fled a turlent, dangerouriver.ig we areere to lebrate e compleon ring 726 ft abovethe bedrk r and alteng the ggraphy of a whole regn.

the pele othe uned stateare prou withhe exction of e w who arnarrow-vioned, thisreat damon unersal apoval. this ian enginri viory of t first oer. otr great hievemen of arican resocefulnes americ skill, d americaneterminaon.

(soft sic) - now the are, ts ishe tape om, rently ted 'em at, tch tchy lefit, anthen juskept em afterhe elwha but,eah. (chkl) (indtinct) etal claing soft) little qeter, th have a g dam canvas tpaint? - (laugh go for . but dot biggernd bette

definite do it bigg and b. don' you kno it'sike, gre, passe,t's old,een done taket a stepurther just sething, mething really. passe,t's old,een done ti n't knowhat that be, t comep with somethin (laughs [ben] iniration n be pretty dgerous tng. mikal's vice haunted for mons after wenterview him. what sort ofunatic rappels f a 200-ot dam with paint bket, alo, ainhe middlof the nht, ju to make a stament? anywayi'm gettg waahead ofyself. we'll t back to that my ne's ben,y the wa when i srted rking onhis film i us to sneainside their ovflow tunls on in awle, toake phos ofy friendskateboaing. sohe extenof my knledge about d on iwithow to avd gettinarrestd whilcrawlingnside th.g.

ms don'tust blend in apart the lancape to anymore knowg what inow now, it's impossible r me to look at dams the same way i did a few years ago. or even rivers for that matter. da and hropowereprent there'. but ju like another reurce delopment the u.s there'. we took too far there ar75,000 ds erhree feehigh in the uted stat. eryday sce thomajefferso ewathe present of e unite. in the uted stat. (soft muc contins) ew- en] damsaveof e unite. in been a commopart the amecan lascape foceuries. toivert rir flows watewheels trun machery.

ound theime edis had e light lb dialein, thfirst hyoelectri powe was bei generat ouon the.s. side of niara fas e light lb dialein, at o point, arly ha the coury's pow s beg fed by hydroper alone as ameri's depenncy onlectrici grew, new ms wereybeing ilt so ft that the eineeringechnolog struggd to keeup. one ofhe wst disasrs in u.s. hisry occurd in 188 when pennsylnia soutfork m failedith no wning. the city of johnstn was leld with 20 llion to of ter, takin2,200 lis. the flood still rerred to as a tural dister, wdespe the fa that the's ally notng natur0 lis. out impoding a rer behin a poor construct wall. inhe late 00s, the governc th a tou choice,hen ey begano alize that ery maj fishery in theountk ther sta regulatg the impact oharvespollutio

trading natureor scien. or mitay e answ was theational fish hch. in 12, the recmation act wapass trading natureor scien. or mitay to promo the ttlementf the we through the velopmen of irration prects to suppo small fily farm this wl-intentned ssion whose shorsideprojectsegan a gacy of source ase. ansporting and iounding absurdr to support unstainabledese e ansprawlg urban velopmen - [frankn] the mhty wars of thcolorado re running used to t sea. in a great nation posses. - [ben] in 191 a sevenear vironmenl battle led by t legenda sierra club fn, -endein vain,hen congssar vgavehe greenight to flood nationapark. to prode watertorage f the ty of safrancisc

on mch 12th,928, 12 urs tter a safetynspectio by its engineer william mulholland, california's st. francis dam broke free from its foundation, sending a wall of l.a.'s water supply plowing downstream. mulholland was cleared of any wrongdoing, but felt personally responsible for dam's failure. "i envy the dead," said mulholland at a court hearing. "don't blame anyone else. if there was an error in human judgment, i was the human." during the great depression, reclamation began the two most ambitious engineering efforts in u.s. history. the hoover dam on the border of arizona and nevada, and the grand coulee dam in eastern washington. both projects created thousands of coveted jobs, and were proudly embraced by the public as national treasures. the te coul's gerators wt online e u.s. hropower' syst was feeng

tannsatiabldemand for elecicitynline to bui airplan, ships and bomb. ifhe era odams d a gold age, it was t followi 20 year tharmy cor of engiers, e bureauf reclamion, d the teessee valley ahority re the gernment' dreateam. d the teessee if iflowed, itas damme anriver le unharneed was coidered dangero torrt with wted poteial. 30,000 pvatend federal dams wercompted between 50 and 10. byhat poin the yelwstone was one very fe altered tersheds left it. when t bureau reclation ben runninout ideal lations touild dam shit srting geing weir masse dams were oposed in grandanyon naonal par david ower, d by envonmt the erra cluworked qckly in grandanyon naonal par to rally massiveutcry of publidisapproval.

buwhile brer's atttion s focuseelsewhere, reclamatn's new seet apon wasuietly foding a lile known nation trr reclamatn's new seet apon wasuietly foding withery litt oppositn. - if hd had knn howbeautifutha, he wld've ught tooth a nail. brow now say thatas the bgest stake hever made - [b] in 197 the dangeredpecies at s set in motion by prede. a bo move torote endangedpeciesthe fromxtinctn,es at a conseence of economic d. could nobe held accountae by law in 1976, t bureau reclamaon set a claimoffice easterndaho, to divvy ou$300illion to the communities in the flood path of their newly completed teton dam. as its reservoir filled for the very first time, the 300-foot earthen dam started to liquefy and cave away, taking 11 lives downstream. duringn intervw with t highountry ns in 199

clintoappoind bureau of recmate in 1997,he 162-ar-old eards dam beca the fir major d on remol in u.s. histor, iriveconservaon ornizationamericanivers, becadecled 2011 er d on remoye of the river,, multipldam reval projts began beinuding e larges d on rein u. historriver,, oft music contins) fr that betiful ela - rir, let h run freay we're he to say lcome back to e salmon want yoto live ee aga. the are a and tota in thapool ovether someoncounted em yesterda 73 salm.

not 72not 74. (peoplchuckln i ve peoplwith fisheries anwildlife not 72not 74. (peoplchuckln "the are exaly 73, goveor." (peoe laughi) so, to tse, we s we wt 73,000ore. weome backcome on ba. that what th day all abo. rowd appuding) (crowd cering) (wer rushi) the ge andou look er. until u t ye, of our fin operatiswnthat ty up he on theam. u come io a plan anas you lrn to opate d spend me with em,

ceain vibrions that a not tical. weould blockoad it, d she'just run a run smoh. ju 1st was big day that w hard, il beonest wi y. to st down t perfect goodunning per plant that w hard, il beitasn't ea. to st down t perfect , as a cntry rig now,t it's n just enterpre tolow someing up anbuild sothing new and ander. i mean, 're remong thesfor good d we're t just taking ds out, t we'rhaving t relote famils. yeah, i vei probab have some pernal feelgs towar escially bng a dropoweruy. i think ere's a ry inntnal moment,

by vious gros in our country, to remo every d. i think ere's a ry thers not dot about at. 're all xious toee, s this thing rlly wortit? d it reay make aifferee? d if in or 20 years do the roa we looback anday, "notng rely chang that mu," th i think we' all gonna co some silar concsions. th i think we' and ly timesonna tl us - [b] what's yr ifhatgusay to y?ruor not. - wh's my gusay? - m not ruing foryspoliti, bu) a lot. (laughs) - ma a stament out taki out elw dam in my rst mont in offi

the esident, psident inton, tk me asi and sai - wh i firstoved tthe ate of whington 1991, i s told, otta g involve it gonnaappen anyear now so, 20 yrs later it's aually haening. - e dams, th of th, we illegalo start th, because existinlegislatn, had have paage r migratg salmon all the ecies wilfish at have er live inlwha e still ere, ologistsnow that adult snk salmonstill beingd againsthe bott of the m. a centy later, they'rstill ti to getpstrea into olympic tional pk. taking aam out a openinup a watshed, recoecting iwithnto thfish thawere the fohundredsf thsands ofears, taking aam out a openinup a watshed, it's very porful expience.

- the's threthings that ce to n there's pe, humity, d happess. the pe of covery i a loof theselaces, the humili when u go to placess and otr placeshere u see thabunnce, d just aasic spitual hainess at you c't find , and otr placeshere i cat find ia lot of oer things. (sofmusic coinues) - it washe elderthat pt the mory aliv it w the elds that passedhat knowledge, th don't me on. they don . they rember and they psistek restorion of wt was on. to s it happen in o lifetim

for maki sure th the sh come ck and sustn the ople. - the ople of e lower wha, ey enter into a treatyn 1855 that gavthe word of thenite, that ty would able to contue , and live ofthe ofhat freelowing rer. that ty would able to contue , althgh the u. constition sa that trties arehe sueme law the lan the peop of the wer ela saw on injusti for abou100 year but thers a healg now, beuse thats changi. all ofndian cotry here inpirit,

d their eyes areocused o thpeople othe loweelwha. en chantg) (mhinery wrring) (soft sic)

the answ sounds like a fa. the fareaches the sea w had th arrived anotr fairy le. the fareaches the sea by smming agnst onof the mt powerf rivs on ear, why hathey madsuch aninsane jrn. the way from thpacific. these lorestones a cleacurrentso high a far fromhe sea, ce ga them li. these lorestones a sohey'd beme cleacumotain cliers. far literal untain cmbs, thgh they ssess these lorestones a sohey'd beme cleano ls, hoos, fee far th'd climbhe rocki, to e pebbleof their bir, by swiing me, at t certn cost otheir lis, thin ord to creaki, to e tiny sver offsing." (mhinery wrring) - yeah, just wan welcome you fo.

of hydroectricit in nth ameca and thlargest ncrete structurin northmerica. for ny yearsit was the largt in theorld. 250,0 galls ofater a sond, going roh each of the b penstoc, d when is really crankin, will acally vibte throh the beock, you casometimefeel it clear r so y just rely knowtthere'a lo. throh the beock, there e those at wod take o every d, just tsave a cple of smon. ere are ose thathink tha the nave amerins goa raw de. me of th, of coue, woullike to back and have theirative saon ru and livoff the nd. me of th, of coue, but thgs progrs. (chuces) the wha, theondit, they were old ms oblete in rms of eicienc me of thos olde smallerams, not rely a proem there we c do that restorsome fisries,

rely, serisly, wting take th dam o. a dam, f salmon,essentiay is, l. thr basic fe histo reques the jenile fi a dam, f salmon,essentiay is, l. to go t to thecean, and the ult fisho come back to eir spawng strea , anythi that bl a river,ike a dam does, andis e of stor in term bacof tir abili to access partf the wothey nee ato cplete thr life cle. - [ben] me peoplstill dene pthe cific rthwest gion at anywhersalmon c swim. it a romanc thing say, b that wod mean thterritorhas been cut half byams. atne pointthe combian ake river, shownere in r, re the mt producve wildalmon fieries in t lower 4 w the ru hover aund of theiformer gry. evy fish tt passeshis ndow at nneville dam has to fd and netiate an elaborate psage move upream.

e onlyhance fotheir offsprinto get tthe ocea isf the dams a spilng water e onlyhbut at eques offsprinto wted poweocea so you'lcommonly see junis beintranorted inarges and truc downstrm,weocea past t dams. ns of thsands ofow enngered ske riverockeye . 1992, oy one fi made it home st all eht dams. if y equate e number of snae 19thatave retued inethe 20ea, it home st all eht dams. the amot of mon spt on recery effos, the vers are run li mae it comeso $9,000er fish. everaspect otheir fl is ctrolled compute in a ptland ofce. duri spring noff, wh the vers are crankin the's actuly a surus of energy ithe gr at time aving wi-generatedpower wio the's actuly a surus of enand one to y for it seeinghousandsf wind turbines genering windower the colbia rge, witno impac on salmoruns d water ality,

definily raisethe estion ato how h the pro-m crowd ems a little t. haveeanie baes. everyby h we, wind ia fad, tt evybody hato have nd. and you got all thesbeanie bies and whatre ty good f? anthat's just thsame th wind,t's just fad. - [b] it's rlly hardo ha a baland convertion on the sject of dams vsusaln wh the mosoutspokepro-dampolitiy fused alof our quests f intervis. - wellone of them reluctany let usn, and th not so luctany asd us to ave. i can't y i real blamthese gu r not wanting talk to us, but couldn't helbut wond whatheir rheric r nould sounlike.lk to us, but couldn't helbut wond luckfor us, heard ty we throwina ttle pty introduce bill th woulprohibitederal fding but couldn't helbut wond luckfrom ever beg used we tr dam reval, pty

the stu of dam moval, unless elicitl authized bcongress - thk you, m chairman, thank r your leadersh on thisssue. thk you, eeciall for hoing thisearing thank r your leadeto emine andxpose the ntinuingrive ofthe envi, for hoing thisearing thank r your to dtroy ourations'systems . leadeto emine andxpose at beforthe era of damon, the eness cyclof witheng drghts andiolent fods, aconsntly plaguedof damon, our wateheds. oudams tam these environy the eness cyclof witheng drghdestating ents.ds, ey turnedeserts to oasis anlaid theoundatio for a ntury ofrowth t over the lt fedecades, noon that ther ear it sine

must be stored ther even iit meansestoring then prtine preistoric ndition, tots priine prhistoricondition ey're nosatisfie witherely blking constrtion of new dams o retch anration every dr of wateand evy wad oflectrici in theirleak andtifling andimly. hos in wch grave has reaced gre lawns d toiletconstant back up to me,hese glang hypocsies deroy theicredibilylawns - is is e kind o luna we are cing. asou deal th these people, ye we areiterallyealing with theunatic fnge of ourociety, d th are in arge ofur publipolicy on thes, because let the we're nogoing to let th ae

(sofmusic) an chaering fatly) - [b] as teming as i let th ae wato stay d high-fe all ounew pro-m fries, - [the was a aceas i let th ae watst a fewiles awa all ounew pro-m fries, that ianted toisit. st 57 yes ago, athis ot on thcolumbiaiver, the ar corps oengineer commted whatoday at would be call an t of culral genode. - as shean alexi a spoka coeud'alenindianays, "salmon e the eucharisof the tbes." at roves te ingy acatt froranchescy and lls cooys that they'rdoingr - [womanthis is lilo fal.

e age-olfishing ounds of the cumbia rir indian e salmoneast gaering fr given welcomehe sprin and my d woke meup and iwas. "ce on, so let's g the fi are comg." itounded le a thound peop with anar, ating onhe water itas salmo comi up the ver. thgrandestendezvou place r our pele, and platu tribes, in geral. - matterenot whher you s yaka, nespers,matilla,ayuse,

whater you we, dn't mter. u was a rt of it whater you we, th mist anthe roar of tt water just, think abt it rig now d i can ar it. that's o of my gat thgs that,n my memies, wh i thinkbout it,i can aca. - th is the rst, a unfounately e last te, as you wl see, t greadalles d, ich is bng built sevel miles low here will sn back u ov these fls. th will ver the great shing gr, and e way of life th indianhave hadere

will dispear forer.eat shing gr, (soft sic contues) - celiloall. so h do you ink i felt? knew whawas therand knew whathey'd de. d i can ill see ere me things shld be, anthey're t there noore. e wind h chang,

beuse of t flat suaces ming up e columb. the teeratur of thewaters he e dead wer makes it harr h to get up and do. and w all its, is a git harr h bo of wate is all is. it means nhing to . and all means is a git harr h bo owhathey tookway.s. whathese damhave don as iwas thate rememb.is inot t - en] dati back re than ,000 yea, unl it waslooded i1957. atne pointthe ar corpof enginrs offered lower t water cked ubehind t dalles m,