[Vince Ferrer]

List of California dams removed

[builder]

Wasn't the last dam built or enlarged in California , the one down near Hemet- like 20 years ago ??

And they dam-ed sure have torn out boatloads of small dams in the last ten years to satisfy the fish run enthusiasts.

[SierraWasp]

Why not list the Auburn Dam that was 2/3rds completed when the selfish corporate white water rafters stopped it even though they were given the ownership of the South Fork American unaffected by Auburn on the North and Middle Forks. Now nature has ripped out the coffer dam and us taxpayers have financed the destruction of the diversion tunnels at even further expense. (talk about "sunk cost!")

The greater Sacramento Area has destroyed it's own nuclear power and a great multi-purpose hydro-electric, flood control, storage/peak power and back-up for Folsom Reservoir to keep it full as the most popular State Recreational Area in CA!!! This has also left the highest bridge structure in CA high and dry on the Foresthill Road from I-80 to Foresthill.

There are few greater monuments to abject stupidity than these landmarks along with the twin cooling towers at Ranch Seco in southern Sacramento county!!!