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Hydroelectric dams aren't all sunshine and roses. > “The river was transformed from being a thriving producer of millions of fish such as shad, herring, striped
by mullingitover 6y ago
Hydroelectric dams aren't all sunshine and roses.
> “The river was transformed from being a thriving producer of millions of fish such as shad, herring, striped bass, Atlantic salmon, sturgeon and alewives and supporting a wide cornucopia of other species ranging from otters to eagles — into a wastewater drainage system,” Jeff Crane, a dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Saint Martin’s University, wrote in a paper published in 2009.
https://therevelator.org/edwards-dam-removal/ https://therevelator.org/edwards-dam-removal/
- markdown 6y agoSounds like something else is going on. There shouldn't be much difference between the amount of water flowing into and out of a hydro dam.
- mullingitover 6y agoIt's not about the water flow, it's that there's a physical barrier that blocks migrating fish from going between the river and the bays/estuaries/ocean.
- markdown 6y agoMost fish species don't migrate.
- mullingitover 6y agoI mean, that's true, but also every fish species listed in the above quote does, and were severely negatively impacted by the dam. They in turn feed a large amount of other wildlife.
- markdown 6y agoI see. My mistake, I thought only salmon (from your list) migrated.