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Undamming Ojai with Paul Jenkin
Few people, perhaps no one, has been more involved in pushing for the removal of Matilija Dam than Paul Jenkin, campaign coordinator for the Surfrider Foundation and founder of Matilija Watch. Paul was there in 2000 when U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt climbed on top of a giant crane and removed a 16,000 pound chunk of the dam.
He's still there now, guiding and directing the process through innumerable delays and complications, including rebuilding bridges and levees, all designed to handle the release of 9 million cubic feet of sediments behind the dam. The dam was built in 1947 and…
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