Bringing California's Dams Up to Date

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Shasta Dam

There are more than 1,400 dams in California. When the earliest of them was built, the goals were clear: store water, control floods and generate electricity. Since then, new priorities have been added, such as protecting endangered species, which makes relicensing the dams a very pricey and lengthy process. Reporter: Molly Samuel

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