Results for keyword: Dams And Water Supply Projects
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Nobody gives a damn about this dam
The Army abandons Red Butte Reservoir in Utah, and leaves no one responsible for the dam, its reservoir and the June sucker fish that live in the water.
by Jim Woolf, Apr 27, 1998 -
The birth, life, and coming death of a Wyoming dam
Someday the Shoshone Dam at the end of the North Fork of Wyoming's Shoshone River will be only a memory, transformed by its silted-up reservoir into a gigantic waterfall.
by Lynne Bama, Apr 13, 1998 -
The power politics of dam removal
Sen. Slade Gorton waffles over the removal of one of the two unpopular dams on Washington's Elwha River.
by Tim Mcnulty, Mar 02, 1998 -
Looking at dams in a new way
An unusual new book put out by the U.S. Geological Survey, "Dams and Rivers: A Primer on the Downstream Effects of Dams," is reviewed by Tom Knudson.
by Tom Knudson, Feb 02, 1998 -
One dam falls, another rises
A dam on the Diamond Fork River goes down, but the Central Utah Project still lives, with a plan to pump reservoir water to farmers, although not to Salt Lake City.
by Jeff Schmerker, Dec 08, 1997 -
Reclaiming a lost canyon
Those who remember and still mourn for drowned Glen Canyon find new allies in the fight to destroy the dam and restore the canyon.
by Greg Hanscom, Nov 10, 1997 -
A tale of two rivers: The desert empire and the mountain
A careful study of the history of the Colorado River Basin and Glen Canyon Dam reveals that the hated dam may have had some good consequences, saving the Upper Basin states from overdevelopment and industrialization.
by George Sibley, Nov 10, 1997 -
Drain Lake Powell? Democracy and science finally come West
The proposal to drain Lake Powell is exhilarating because of the debate it will inspire.
by Ed Marston, Nov 10, 1997 -
Dam deconstruction - what's next?
Other dams under consideration for possible destruction include eight in Washington and Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona.
by Marc Reisner, Oct 27, 1997 -
Deconstructing the age of dams
California rice farmers decide to destroy salmon-blocking dams in their Sacramento Valley irrigation district.
by Marc Reisner, Oct 27, 1997
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