Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul
- Edward Abbey
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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 |
![]() "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