It's been years in the making and now the final hurdle has been cleared to remove four dams on the Klamath River near the California-Oregon border. This after yesterday's vote from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to allow the license of the dams to expire. The half-billion dollar project is the largest dam removal and river restoration effort in United States history. This aims to bring back the health of the once-mighty river and its decimated population of Salmon.

The dams owned by Pacifi-Corp are now under the management of local Native American tribes who will oversee their demolition.

To discuss further, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart spoke with Jared Huffman who represents the North Bay all the way up to the Oregon Border. He's also chair of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee and a partner of the Klamath Dam removal efforts.