63 Dams in 16 States to be removed in 2002

[davetclown]

http://www.amrivers.org/pressrelease/dam...>Chatanika River (photo available)<br><br>California<br>Crocker creek<br>Golden Gate National Recreation Area<br>Unnamed Tributary, Point Reyes National Seashore<br>Solstice Creek <br>Ferrari Creek<br>York Creek (photo available)<br><br>Colorado<br>Platt River Tributary, Florrisant Fossil Bed National Monument (2x)<br><br>Connecticut<br>Eight Mile River (photo available)<br><br>District of Colombia<br>Rock Creek (2x) (photo available)<br><br>Illinois<br>Fox River (photo available)<br>Brewster Creek (Trib to Fox River)<br>Des Plaines River (3x)<br><br>Massachusetts<br>Town Brook (photo available)<br>Third Herring Brook<br><br>Maine<br>St. George River (photo available)<br> PresumpscotRiver (photo available)<br><br>Michigan<br>Chippewa River<br>Pine River<br>Sturgeon River<br>New Hampshire<br> BearcampRiver (photo available)<br>Bellamy River (photo available)<br> AshuelotRiver (photo available)<br><br>New York<br>Back Creek<br><br>North Carolina<br>Hitchcock Creek (photo available)<br>Little Sugar Creek (photo available)<br>Marks Creek Tributary<br><br>Ohio<br>Little Miami River<br>Cuyahoga River, Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area<br>Huron River (photo available)<br><br>Oregon<br>Beaver Creek<br>Wagner Creek<br><br>Pennsylvania<br> ConodoguinetCreek (photo available)<br> PerkiomenCreek (photo available)<br> ChickesCreek<br> ConewagoCreek (photo available)<br>Ridley Creek (photo available)<br>Delaware River Tributary, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area <br>Trindle Spring Run (photo available)<br>Wyomissing Creek (3x)<br><br>Wisconsin<br>Bass Creek<br> MagdantzCreek<br>Cedar Creek<br>Woods Creek<br>Onion River Tributaries (13+ dams) (photo available)<br><br> <br><br>For various reasons, some dams currently scheduled for removal may be delayed past 2002.<br><br><br><A HREF="http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/MESS6438/" target="_new">http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/MESS6438/</A> <br>For Kids Sake <br>Recycle your old Equipment<br>Dave

[johnincolorado]

I'm glad to hear that 63 dams will be removed, if they actually will be. The Army Corps of Engineers has gone hog wild in building dams, levees, bridges and other structures, not because they were needed but because they needed to deplete their budget in order to justify more dollars. Spend it or lose it.<br> I'm sure there are many fine engineers with the ACE, but it has gotten too big, outgrown its original mandate and has ignored sound engineering and ecological priniciples. For example, the ACE is still recommending erosion control methods twenty years old that has proven to be ineffective and actually does more harm than good.<br> So, let's tear down the dams and let the rivers flow free once again. I'm sure the fish will appreciate that action.<br><br>