Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul

                                                - Edward Abbey

How do dams harm rivers?

screekfallcolor_robe.jpg (28676 bytes) Dams have played a key role in the extinction and decline of nearly two-thirds of the state's native fishes and other aquatic species.

- "RIVERS AT RISK" 1998 California's Rivers threatened by dams,a special report from Friends of the River.

"Creek Fall Color" © 1998 Robert Ellis

Most people are on the world, not in it -- have no conscious sympathy or relationship to anything about them - undiffused, separate, and rigidly alone like marbles of polished stone, touching, but separate.

- John Muir

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"Carmel River, proposed dam site" © 1999 David Gubernick


Dams do not live forever. A dead or dying dam may have silted up, stopped producing electricity, or become increasingly unsafe, at which point it may be a candidate for removal...

- "RIVERS AT RISK" 1998 California's Rivers threatened by dams,a special report from Friends of the River.

For information on the proposed land swap, click here

Visual Voices: Threat of the Dam

Water Over The Dam