[cripplecreek]

I think I would choose a different name since the occupy wall street crowd brings up negative imagery but I fully support leaving the dams in place. Sounds like there was considerable manipulation that lead to the decision to remove the Boardman dam.

Grand Traverse Residents 'Occupy' the Boardman

[jwsea55]

Have you been pretty active in fighting the dam issue?

I find it interesting how people can look at issues like this and imagine that there is some idyllic view of restoring everything to its original state. There isn't much consideration about the cost to those around the communities. Will it raise electrical rates? What form of electricity is going to replace the hydro and how will that effect the environment? Do people think taking electrical capacity out of the system doesn't have a consequence? Does the 'lake' provide economic benefit to local businesses? Does the lake and the dam, themselves, provide a different aesthetic beauty? Were the lakes put in to control 50 or 100 year floods?