In recent years environmentalists have started to urge the removal of some dams, to restore the natural state of rivers and help fish.  If this seems like an obvious idea to you, think about how the Clemson area would change if the dam that created Lake Hartwell was removed.  Whether it is a good idea to remove a dam will usually be a matter of the tradeoffs for that particular dam.  So rather than arguing that dam removal is always a good idea or always a bad idea consider the tradeoffs--under what circumstances do you think it is a good idea to remove dams?  Make sure to explain the views both of those people who think dam removal is usually a good idea and of those people who think dam removal is usually a bad idea.

Why might we want to remove dams:

http://www.irn.org/revival/decom/brochure/rrpt2.html

http://www.americanrivers.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AMR_content_8cf8

http://open-spaces.com/article-v1n4-babbitt.php

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_27415---,00.html

http://whyfiles.org/169dam_remove/index.html

http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/Publications/RiversReborn/main3.html

Why not?

http://www.bluefish.org/isueover.htm

http://hydro.org/policy/removal.asp?t1=index.asp&n1=Policy+%26+Advocacy&t2=regulatory.asp&n2=Regulatory+Issues

http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050724/NEWS01/507240352/1022/NEWS0105

http://www.conbio.org/cip/article34OPE.cfm

http://www.familyfarmalliance.org/docs/Norm%20Semankoopinion.pdf

http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=13995

http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050607/NEWS0503/506070311/1055/NEWS0105

http://www.pprc.com/dam_breaching.htm

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-08112004-346245.html

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