[green iguana]

Which fish are they taking out this dam for? This a significant power dam, or are they just trashing people’s property values by draining the lake?

[Baynative]

From local media: "The largest dam demolition in the nation’s history will begin Saturday when an excavator claws away at the concrete supports for Washington’s 108-foot Elwha River Dam, a ceremonial act of destruction that will signal not only the structure’s demise but the latest step in a broad shift in the way Americans are managing rivers. Faced with aging infrastructure and declining fish stocks, communities are tearing down dams across the country in key waterways that can generate more economic benefits when they’re unfettered than when they’re controlled."

The environmental left are dancing with glee. But, the biggest leverage cam from the tribes that support only liberal (say; Politically Correct) politicians.

The Elwha Dam supplied electricity to Washinton's Olympic Peninsula. We are now going to "purchase" energy from wind mills and solar farms. But the potential for fish going up the river that isn't there and that only tribes will be able to farm is apparently huge. (at least in the eyes of democrats)