(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 years agothe plac where are gatred was unpeopl, foidding dert. ose precitous walls ro to heig of morthan ahousand et, are he to cebrate thcompleti of the gatest dam in theorld, ring 726 ft abovethe bedrk r and alteng the ggraphy of a whole regn.

the pele othe uned stateare prou withhe excepon of th few o are naow-visned, thisreat damon unersal apoval. anher greaachievemt ofmerican sourcefuess, american skill, and american determination.

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definite do it bigg and b. don' you kno it'sike, gre, taket a stepurther passe,t's e justomethingsomethin real iressive. ti n't knowhat that be,se,t's e 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 statent? my ne's ben,y the wa we'll t 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 ar75,000 ds erhree feehigh in the uted stat. eryday sce thomajefferso wathe present ofthe unit . (soft muc contins) w- en] damsaveofthe unit . 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 s beg fed by hydroper alone as ameri's depenncy onlectrici grew, new ms wereybeing ilt so ft that the engeering thnologystru. one ofhe wst disasrs in u.s. hisry occurd in 188 when pennsylnia soutfork m failedith no wning. the city of johnstowwas leved with 20 llion to of ter, takin2,200 lis. the flood is sll referd tos a natul disast, wdespe the fa that the's ally notng natur0 lis. out impoding a rer behin a poor construct wall. th a tou choice,hen ey begano reize at every major fhery the coury was arisk.

ther sta regulatg the impacd dams owild fison or mitate th loss by tradinnat. e answer was t nationa fishatchery stem. or mitate th loss by tradinnat. in 12, the recmati act s passedy congre, to prote the settleme of the st through the velopmen of irration prects to suppo small fily farm this wl-intentd missio devolv into e buau of clamatn, whose shorsid projec began legacy oresourcebuse. ansporting and ioundin absu amounts owater to support unstainabledeseru ansprawlinurban velopmen - [frankn] the mhty wars of thcolorado re running used to t sea. in a great nation posses. led by t legenda sierra club fn, endein vain,hen congss gavehe greenight flood aational rk. yosemite stunninhetch hetchy vley was damm to provide wat storageor thcity of n francio.

onarch 12t 1928, 1hours after a safety insction by its engineer william lhod lifornia st. frais dam oke free from s foundaon, sendg a wallf l.a.'s weram lhod suly plowing downstream. mulholnd was cared any wrodoing, "i envy e dead,"aid lhollandt a courhearin "don'tlame anye else. if tre was aerror inuman dgment, was the ma" during t great dression, reclamt ambitis engineing efrts in u. histor the and thgrand coee dam of ar, in eastern washiton. th projes create thounds of ceted job d were pudly brac by the blic as national treares. the te coul's gerators wt online e u.s. hropower' syst was feeng

tan iatiable mand ger electritynline 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 fedal dams were mpted between 50 and 10. that pot, the ylowstone was ow altered tersheds left it. when t bureau reclation ben runninout shit srting gr d by envonmentalt david ower, the erra cluworked qckly shit srting gr to rally massiveutcry of publidisapprol.

buwhile brer's atttion s focuseelsewhere, reclamatn's new seet apon wasuietly foding a lile known nation treasur 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 econic dev. 1976, theureau 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 16year-olddwards d, on mne's kennebec river, becamehe firstajor dam remr on mne's kennebec river, riveconservaon ornizationamericanivers, becamehe firstajor dam remr decled 2011 the ar of thriver, multipldam reval projts began becamehe firstajor dam remr inuding e largese in u. historver, on whington'elwhriver, in olymp nationapark. oft musicontinue - we areere todato say ee that autiful wha ver, leter run fe. we're re to sawelcome back t. 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) , to tho, we say we wan7. weome backcome on ba. that's what th day all abo. (wat rushing w deep ts, rely deep is is. until u get rit here t thedge andou look er. ye, of our finalperationnthat ty up heron the d. u come io a plan anas you lrn to opate d spend me with em, u learn listen certain soundl

ceain vibrions that a not tical. buthis machi, for as many y, would blo load it, and 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 notust enterpre tolow someing up anbuild sothing new and ander. 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 varus groupin our country, to removevery dam i think ere's a ry thers not dot about at. 're all xious toee, s this thing rlly wortit? was isorth t $370 millio 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 tim gonna tl us gut y to you - [beu - what my gut y? , i justssume no say ything. aughs) - m not ruing foryspoliti, bu) a lot. (laughs) - ma a stament out taki out elw dam in my rst mont in offi

and it csed a loof troub. the esident, psident inton, tk me asi and sai - wh i firstoved to e ste of wasngton in991, 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, so, 20 yrs later becausof existg legislion, had to 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.

fohundredsf thsands ofears, t- the's threthings that cen openinup a watshed, there's pe, humity, d happess. thhope of covery i a loof theselaces, the humili when u go to placess and otr placeshere u see thabundance, d just aasic spitual hainess at you c't find , and otr placeshere i n't findn a lot of oer things., - it washe et pt the mory aliv it w the elds that passed tt knowdge, th don't me on. they don . they rember and they psistek restorion of wt was on. -and i'm ju gratefu othate're ablayers. toee it haen in o lifetim

for maki sure th the sh come ck and suain the ople. - the ople of e lower wha, ey enter into a treatyn 1855 that gavthe word of thenite, that ty would able to ntinue , anto live f the ofhat freelowing rer. for abou100 year but thers a healg now, beuse thats changi. all of iian couny isere in srit,

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. porful rivers on eth, past eig deadly dams, all the i why d they me such a insaneourney? other woer. these lored stonesnd clr curren so highnd far from t sea, on gavehem life they'd come untain cmbers. teral motain climber thou they poess noegs, hoos, ft. 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. is is thlargest oducer

of hydroectricit in nth ameca , gog through each of the b penstoc, and wh it's rely cranking goo u can sotimes fe it ear acro the rer. there arthose th woultake outvery dam ere are ose thathink tha the nati america got raw deal so of themof cours would ke to goack and have theirative saon ru and livoff the nd. so of themof cours but thgs progrs. (chuces) selectivy take o so o some of e olr, small dams, not rely a proem there we c do that restorsome fisries,

but th dam, i n't rely, serisly, wting take th dam o.dy a dam, f salmon,essentiay is, l. thr basic fe histo reques the jenile fi 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 pthpacific rthwest gion at anywhersalmon c swim. it a romanc thing say, b that wod mean thterritorhas been cut half byams. at one poi, the combian ake river, shownere in r, re the mt producven wildalmon fieries. in t lower 4 w the ru hover aund of theiformer gry. evy fish tt passeshis ndow at nneville dam an eborate psage has to move upream.te

e onlyhance r their offsprg ton isf the dams a spilng water e onlyhbut at eques offsprg ton to wted powe so you'lcommonly see junis beg tranortein bars and truc downstrm, 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, it com to $9,0 per fis thethe vers are run li mae spt on recery effos, everaspect otheir fl is ctrolled compute in a ptland ofce. duri spring noff, wh the vers are crankg, 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 hyopower cld be marketeds green ergy. one thgs for se though the prdam crowseems a little. 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 en not sreluctany asd us to ave. i can't y i real blamthese gu r not wanting talk to us, but couldn't hp but woer whatheir rheric r nould sounlike.lk to us, but couldn't hp but woer luckfor us, heard ty we throwina ttle pty introduce bill th woulprohibitederal fding but couldn't hp but woer luckfrom ever beg used wefor dam moval, pty

the stu of dam moval, less expcitl authized by congre. - thanyou, mr.hairman, thank foyour adershipn thisssue. thk you, eeciallyfor holdg g thank foyour adeto emine andxpose the ntinuingrive ofthe envi, thanto dtroy ourations'systems . adeto emine andxpose at beforthe era of damon, the eness cyclof witheng drghts andiolent fods, aconsntly plaguedof damon, our wateheds. the eness cyclof witheng oudams tam these environy drghdestating ents.ds, ey turnedeserts to oasis t over the lt fedecades, haseized o public licy. it sings frothe bizae noon that ther ear

must be stored ther even iit meansestoring then prtine preistoric ndition, tots priine prhistoricondition ey're nosatisfie witherely blking construction onew dams o retch anration every dr of wateand evy wad oflectrici in theirleak andtifling andiml. hos in wch grave has reaced gre lawns d toiletconstant back up to m these gring hyprisies stroy thr credibitylawns - is is e kind o luna we are cing. asou deal th these peopleyoue are lerally dling th the latic frie of our siety, an theyre in chge ofur pubc policy on thes, because let the we're nogoing to let th ae

(sofmusic) an chatting fainy) - [b] as teming as i let th ae wato staand highive 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 act of ctural gecide. - as shean alexi a spoka coeud'alene indianays, "salmon e the eucharisof the tbes." at roves te ingya fedel buy acatt froranches and lls cooys that they'rdoingr - [wom] this icelilo fls.

e age-olfishing ound of t columbiriver inans. e salmoneast gaering fr given welcomehe sprin - d my dadoke me and it s dark y. "ce on, so let's g the fi are comg." oke outsidthe te, he said, "sten." it snded lika thousa 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 matr. u was a rt of it whater you we, th mist anthe roar of thaw, dn't matr. 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. - thiss the fit, a unfounately e last te, at we wi ever ha a filmf this cemony. as youill see,he grt dallesam, ich is bng built sevel miles low here will sn back u overhese fal. th will cor 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 tngs shou be, anthey're t there no me. e wind h changed

beuse of t flat suaces ming up e columb. the teerates of th watersave chand. 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 . all means i whathey tookway. whathese damhave don theyompleteltore countrypart. this inot the me count as iwas thate rememb. [ben] dang backmore tha10,000 y, celi was onef the olst, ntinuous inhabit commities inorth america unl it waslooded i1957. atne pointthe ar corpof enginrs