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Bill gives rafting preference over hydropower
Mountain Democrat ^
| Friday, April 19, 2002
| By EDMOND JACOBY
Posted on 04/19/2002 4:59:36 PM PDT by Phil V.
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To: Phil V.
BUMP.Thanks for posting this.
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04/19/2002 9:55:38 PM PDT
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Helix
To: Dinsdale
Many of these dams are capable of sending a five foot wall of water All of these dams are also capable of drying up the river bed entirely below the dam. Though personally I've never seen a five foot wall of water below a dam, what a dam is capable of doing is not at question. What is at question is, what's a more important use of a resevoir in a drought year; providing plenty of water for rafters, or holding back water to generate electricity?
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04/20/2002 4:12:32 AM PDT
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jimtorr
To: farmfriend
Thanks for the bump.
I spent most my summers rafting and swimming the American river when I was a kid. The dams and fish ladders didn't bother us at all. In fact we had a totally different view of things when I was a kid. Our view was that there could be multiple uses of public lands and resources, no problem. And everybody got along just fine, thankyou very much.
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