Another dam-removal success story, this time from Gouldsborough Creek in Washington State’s Mason County. The 30-foot-high Gouldsborough Dam blocked salmon from migrating upstream for more than a century. The dam was yanked out five years ago and the salmon returned.
On the negative side of the ledger, a decision by Vermont’s Public Service Board is holding up removal of the Peterson Dam from a Lake Champlain tributary.
From the (Vermont) Rutland Herald’s coverage: “The board said it had to weigh the benefits to fish against the environmental benefits of generating enough power for 3,000 typical Vermont homes without discharging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, citing a 2005 law that calls on the state to get an increasing share of its power from renewable sources.”
OK, but it’s still a bad deal for walleye, sturgeon and salmon.
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