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Environment & Energy

captain queeg

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3. Sediment behind dams is an issue most people don't think about when discussing removal.

Reply to hunter (Original post)

Thu May 23, 2024, 01:02 PM

May 2024

I think of the dams in the lower Snake river and the proposed removal. The sediment from the Palouse all ends up there and there must be cubic miles worth accumulated.

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When dams come down, what about the ocean? [View all] hunter May 2024 OP

Score one for Mother Nature! GreenWave May 2024 #1

A friend of mine does that. SarahD May 2024 #2

Sediment behind dams is an issue most people don't think about when discussing removal. captain queeg May 2024 #3