03-26-2008, 03:26 AM
A big part of the Wasatch Mountains water goes to provide water for the citizens like us. If we were to dam up the remains, in a few years, the GSL would start to decrease dramatically. What would happen to Willard Bay and the wetlands along the GSL then? Just look at what happens in late July and August to the Bear River. It is reduced to a trickle in dry years. And yet, there are still plans to build another three dams on it. Two in Idaho and 1 in Utah if a recall correctly. They had an exibit at the Utah Museum of Natural Hisotory about it in December of last year. The dams would also ruin the natural cutthroat fisheries in the rivers too. They would not spawn and would soon disappear and probably be replaced by rainbows or browns. All that is worth daming is damed up already. If you do not beleive me go check out the Burreau of Reclamation site and see that they are currently not building more than five major dams.
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