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

- [franklin] this morning, i came, i sa and i w conquer, everyone would i sa and i w conquer, whsees forhe firstime is greateat of mkind. 10 yrs ago, e placewhere were gd was annpeopled forbding desert. in theottom of the glmy cao ose precitous walls ro to heig of morthan a tusand fe, we areere toent, dangers ri. lebrate e compleon the greest dain the wld, 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. this ian enginri victy of t first oer. another grt achievent ofmerican sourcefuess, american skill, and american determination.

(soft sic) now thesare, thi is t tape fr, cently ted 'em at, heh tchy lefit, anthen juskept em afterhe elwha (indisnct) (mal clankg softly little qeter, (met clankin) comped to th, you know? 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, taket a stepurther passe,t's e justomethingsomethin real iressive. ti n't knowhat that be,se,t's e but 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? my ne's ben,y the wa we'll t ju i'lle your nrator. 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 m

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 overhree feehigh the unid states n wathe present of e unitedtates. (soft muc continue w- en] damsaveof ebeen a commopart toivert rir flows watewheels trun machery.

ound theime edis had e light lb dialein, the fit hydroectric powers w being gerated ou the u.ssideis had e niagaraalls.ein, atne pointnearly lf the cntry's per ouwas being feby had e hyopower ane.ein, as ameri's depenncy onlectrici grew, ounew ms wereebeing ilt so ft e hyopower ane.ein, that the eineeringechnolog struggd to keeup. one ofhe worst disters in u.s, when pennsylnia soutfork m failedith no wning. the city of johnstowwas leved with 20 llion to of ter, takin2,200 lis. the flood istill refred as a naral disaer, abt impounng a riv behinda poor. thatvery maj fishery in theounk ther sta regulatg the impact oharvespollutio

thatvery maj fishery in theounk and ms on wi fish, e answer was t nationa fishatchery stem. in 12, the recmatiry in theounk act s passedy congre,, to prote the settleme of the st through the velopmen of irration prects to suppo small fily farm this wl-intentned ssion whose shorsideprojectsegan a gacy of source ase. ansporting and ioundin absu amounts owater to support unsusinable dert agricture - ranklin]he might watersf the corado, re rning unud to theea. - ranklin]he might watersf the corado, toy we tralate the in a great nation posses. led by t legenda sierra club fn, flood aational rk. yomite's snning heh hehy vallewas mmed to prode watertorage f the ty of safrancisc

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 anbombs . ifhe era odams d a gold age, it was t followi 20 year tharmy cor of engiers, e bureauf reclamion, anthe tennsee lley autrity re the gernment' dreateam. anthe tennsee if iflowed, itas damme re the gernment' any ver leftnharness was consered aangerous torrenwi. 30,000 pvatend fedal dams wercompled between 50 and 10. that pot, the ylowstone was ow altered tersheds left it. when t bureau reclation ben runninout shit srting gr massive ms were oposed in gra canyon tional pk and ut's dinosr nation monn leby envirmentalis david brer, the erra cluworked qckly and ut's dinosr nation monn to rally massiveutcry of publidisapprol.

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 how autifuthat aa was, brow now say that w the bigst mistakhe ever de. - [b] in 197 the dangeredpecies at s set in motion by prede. a bo move torote endangedpeciestfromxtinctn, dangeredpecies at a conseence of econic dev. 1976, theureau reclamaon set a claimoffice inastern iho, to vvy out 00illion 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, in beca the fir major d 1remol in u.s. histor riveconservaon ornizationamericanivers,r, in becadecled 2011 er d 1remoye of the river, ainuding e larges rin u. historbegan, on whington'elwhriver, in olymp nationapark. oft musicontinue - we areere todato say freehat beauful elwh we'rhere to y welcom backo the saon.free. want yoto live ee aga. the are a and tota in thapool ovether someoncounted em sterday,3 salmon

not 72not 74. (peoplchuckln i ve peoplwith fisheries anwildlife not 72not 74. (peoplchuckln "the are exaly 73, gor" (peoe laughi) so, to tse, we s we wt 73,000ore. weome backcome on back that's what th day all abo. (wat rushing see a loof pele don'tealize hodeep thi real deep th is. til yoget righhere to the ed a. 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, u learn listen certain soundl

ceain vibrions thatre not tical. weould blockoad it, d she'just run a run smoh. that wasard, i'l be hest with. to st down t perfect goodunning per plant that wasard, i'l beitasn't ea. we, a count right n, it's n just enterpre tolow someing up anbuild sothing new and ander. d we're t just taking ds out, t we'rhaving t relote famils. yeah,escially bngblyave me pa dropoweruy.towards 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, wathis thing reay worth ? was isorth t $370 millio tohe amerin taayer to this? d it reay make aifferee? anif in or 20 years do the roa we looback anday, "notng rely chang that mu," athen think we're all go years do the roa toome similar concsions. athen think we're all go and ly tim gonna tl us - [b] at's you gut y to you - wh's my gusay? , i justssume no say ything. aughs) - m not ruing foryspoliti, bu) a lot. (laughs) - ma a stament out taki out eha dam my firsmonths ioffice

the esident, psident inton, tk me asi and sai - wh i firsted to th statof washiton in 11, remol projec witd it gonna hpen any year n." so, 20 yrs later it's aually haening. - e dams, th of th, we illegalo start th, because existinlegislatn, which sted essenally th any damuilt, had have paage r migratg salmon all thspecies wild sh th have ev live in eha 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 iwitho thfish thawere the fohundredsf thsands ofears, taking aam out a openinup a watshed, it's very porful expience.

d happins. there's pe,, thhope of covery i a loof theselaces, the humili when u go to placess and otr placeshere u see thabdance, d just aasic spitual hainess at you c't find , and otr placeshere i cat find ia lot of oer things. - it washe et pt the mory aliv it w the elds that passedhat knowdge, th don't me on. they do. they rember an theyersisteny seek restorion of wt was on. - 's aanswer t our anstor's pyers. restorion of wt was on. and i'm ju gratefu thate're abl 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, th enterednto treaty i1855 at gave e word of the uted stat, that ty would able to contue , anto live f the ofhat freelowing rer. that ty would able to contue , althgh the u. constition the peop of the wer ela saw on injusti foabout 10years. buthere's healing w, becae that ichanging all ofndian cotry here inpirit,

d theieyes areocusedn thpeople othe loweelwha. en chantg) (mhinery wrring) (soft sic) - "whe had thecome fro

the answ sounds like a fa. the fareaches the s. how had ey arriv? anher fairtale. the fareaches the s. by smming agnst one the mos porful rivs on ear, sane jouey? anotr wonderwhy hadn these corestones a cleacurrentso high a far om the s, once gave thelife. literamountainlimbs, thgh they ssess om the s, once gno ls, hoos, ft. (mhinery wrring) - yeah, just wan welcome you fo. is is thlargest oducer

of hydroectricit in nth ameca and thlargest ncrete for ny yearsit was the largt in theorld.a. 250,00gallon of wer a secd, gog through each of theig , and wh it's rely cranking goo it will tually vrate thugh the drock, yocan somemes feelt clr across the rer. you jusreally kw the's a loof powerhere. therare thosthat uld takeut everyam, justo save aouple ofalmon. goa raw de. the s 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) the wha, theondit, they were oldams selectivy take o so o me of thos olde smallerams, 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 - dam, foralmon, sentiallis, lackf access thr basic fe histo reques the jenile fi to go t to thecean, and the ult fisho come back to eir spawng strea , anythi that bl river, le a dam does, isnd of sty, in tes ofheir abity to acss partf the wothey nee to cplete thr life cle. - [ben] me peoplstill dene pthe cific rthwest gion t anywhersalmon c swim. it a romanc thing say, b that wod mean pthethe rritory s beenn t anycut inalf by ds.m. at one pointthe coluian sne rive shown he in red werehe most oductivewild sas in t lower 4 w the ru hover aund of theiformer gry. everfish thapasses ts has to fd and netiate,

e onlyhance fotheir offsprinto get tthe ocea isf the dams a spilng water e onlyhbut at equates offsprinto wted poweocea beintranorted inarges and trks downseam, 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, everaspect otheir fl is ctrolled compute in a porand offi. duringpring ruff, when then 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 eing thoands of turbes generatinwindower the colbia rge, witno impac eing ton salmoruns turbesd water ality,ower

definily raisethe estion ato how hyopower cld be marketeds green ergy. one thgs for se though the pro-m crowd ems a lile thri haveeanie baes. everyby h we, wind ia fad, tt evybody hato have nd. and you t all of thesbeanies 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 tos, but couldn't hp but woer whatheir rheric r nould sounlike.lk tos, 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 we tr dam reval, pty

the stu of dam moval, less expcitl authized by congre. - thk you, m chairn,, thank foyour adershipn this issue. 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, oudams tam these environmtallyladevaatinevens ey turnedeserts to oasis anlaid theoundatio for a ntury ofrowth but over theast w decade haseized o public licy. it sings frothe bizae noon that ther ear

must be stored ther even iit meansestoring then prtine preistoric ndition, ey're nosatisfie witherely blking constrtion of w dams, theye not seing to dtroy r existing facities. we'lbe requid to 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 m these gring hyprisies stroy thr credibitylawns - is is the kind o luna we are cing. asou deal th these peopleyoue of our siety, an theyre in chge of our plic poli on thesessues, we're nogoing to let th ae

(sofmusic) an chatting fainy) - en] as tpting ast wato staand highive all ounew pro-m friend - etherwas a pleast wathat 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'alene indian says, "salmon e the eucharisof the tbes." 's that rious a mbol. and to r the damin a way thatip, is le there ingy aa feral burecracy at roves t catt froranches and lls cowbs thatgy - [wom] this icelilo fls.

e age-olfishing ound of t columbiriver inans. e salmoneast gaering fr - 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,

whatev you we, dn't matr. 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, en i thi about i i can tually hr it. - thiss the fit, a unfounately e last te, at we wi ever have a lm of th ceremon as you wl see, t greadalles d, ich is bng built sevel miles low here awilloon backp t ov these fls., they wl cover e grt fishing ounds, anthe way life th indis have h here they wl cover e will dispear forer.

(soft sic conts) - celi falls w gone. so howo you thk i felt? knew whawas therand knew whathey'd de. sometis i get t and look ovethat pla d i can ill see ere me tngs shou be, sometis i get t and anthey're t ere no me. e wind h chang,

beuse of t flat suaces aming up e columb. me. the teeratur of thewaters he e dead wer makes it harr h to get uand down and noall it i is a bi bodyf water,s all its. it means nhing to . and noall it i is a bi all means i bodywhathey tookway.s. it means nhing to . whathese damhave don this is t the sa country as itr - en] dati back re than ,000 yea, this is t the sa country as itr celi was onef the olst, ntinuous inhabit commities inorth america unl it waslooded i1957. atne pointthe ar corpof enginrs fered toower theater baed up hind thealles da