The value of the dams locally are great. They provide power for twice the population of Siskiyou County. They provide premier white water rafting opportunities at the border. They provide a bass fishery. They provide a hatchery that feeds the commercial fishery. They provide $700,000 of tax base annually to the county. They provide lakes for people to live around.
Irrigated agriculture is our principal economy at $125 million annually in raw product which circulates another 5 times in the economy. Why should one area be economically destroyed so that people downstream can benefit.
Why should one area be economically destroyed so that people downstream can benefit.
Because lobbyists and politicians have made sales and purchases of land tracts that will provide them with enormous profits once this is accomplished.
FOLLOW THE MONEY.