07-21-2002, 12:10 PM
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>