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Part 1 Fish and Paper Part 2 A Business Decision Part 3 The Backup Plan Part 4 Blue Creek Part 5 Homecoming Part 1 2 ... Read moreArticles by Staff Writer Jake Bittle
Jake Bittle is a staff writer at Grist, covering climate change, energy, and natural disasters. He is the author of The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration, and a forthcoming book about the evolution of Kern County, California.


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How the Klamath Dams Came Down
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Anita Hofschneider
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Jake Bittle
Illustrations by Jackie Fawn
March 19, 2025
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