Raising Shasta Dam Could Put Sacred Indigenous Sites Underwater | KQED
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Shasta Dam is just nine miles north of Redding, California.It's one of the state's largest dams, built in the late 1930s and early 1940s.Behind it, three rivers backup creating Shasta Lake, the largest reservoir in the state.As California looks for ways to alleviate drought, the federal government is considering raising Shasta Dam by 18-and-a-half feet in order to store more water in wet years.
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