63 Dams in 16 States to be removed in 2002

http://www.amrivers.org/pressrelease/damremoval071802.htm

Alaska
Chatanika River (photo available)

California
Crocker creek
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Unnamed Tributary, Point Reyes National Seashore
Solstice Creek
Ferrari Creek
York Creek (photo available)

Colorado
Platt River Tributary, Florrisant Fossil Bed National Monument (2x)

Connecticut
Eight Mile River (photo available)

District of Colombia
Rock Creek (2x) (photo available)

Illinois
Fox River (photo available)
Brewster Creek (Trib to Fox River)
Des Plaines River (3x)

Massachusetts
Town Brook (photo available)
Third Herring Brook

Maine
St. George River (photo available)
PresumpscotRiver (photo available)

Michigan
Chippewa River
Pine River
Sturgeon River
New Hampshire
BearcampRiver (photo available)
Bellamy River (photo available)
AshuelotRiver (photo available)

New York
Back Creek

North Carolina
Hitchcock Creek (photo available)
Little Sugar Creek (photo available)
Marks Creek Tributary

Ohio
Little Miami River
Cuyahoga River, Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area
Huron River (photo available)

Oregon
Beaver Creek
Wagner Creek

Pennsylvania
ConodoguinetCreek (photo available)
PerkiomenCreek (photo available)
ChickesCreek
ConewagoCreek (photo available)
Ridley Creek (photo available)
Delaware River Tributary, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Trindle Spring Run (photo available)
Wyomissing Creek (3x)

Wisconsin
Bass Creek
MagdantzCreek
Cedar Creek
Woods Creek
Onion River Tributaries (13+ dams) (photo available)

For various reasons, some dams currently scheduled for removal may be delayed past 2002.

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Dave

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.
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.
So, let’s tear down the dams and let the rivers flow free once again. I’m sure the fish will appreciate that action.