Like a bathtub draining, after explosives were used to blow a hole in Southern Oregon’s JC Boyle Dam on January 16th, 2024, the water started emptying out of the reservoir above. Draining the reservoir is the first big first step toward dam removal. By the second day of the reservoir drawdown, the artificial lake was visibly shrinking, revealing the contours of the Klamath River. JC Boyle Dam is one of four Klamath River dams that are coming out in the country’s largest dam removal project. Deco