Iron Gate Lake (circa 2022). Photo: William E. Simpson II
I am living on the shore of a once vibrant and beautiful lake, Iron Gate Lake (above).
But greed, driving deception and misrepresentation have changed a once vibrant ecosystem into an environmental murder scene.
Now, like the white chalk outline drawn around the body of a murder victim, the sad remains of the murdered Copco and Iron Gate lakes are outlined by their white shorelines, guts…
William E. Simpson II is an ethologist living among and studying free-roaming native species American wild horses. William is the award-winning producer of the micro-documentary film 'Wild Horses'. He is the author of a new Study about the behavioral ecology of wild horses, two published books and more than 150 published articles on subjects related to wild horses, wildlife, wildfire, and public land (forest) management. He has appeared on NBC NEWS, ABC NEWS, CBS NEWS, theDoveTV and has been a guest on numerous talk radio shows including the Lars Larson Show, the Bill Meyer Show, NPR Jefferson Public Radio and NPR National Radio.
I was not happy at the destruction caused by the dam removal on the Kalamath. And was not suprised at how California and Oregon experts screwed it up so badly. I live a couple miles from the Elwah River in Washington. The lefties here starring Patty Murray along with the tribes did the same thing beginning in 2011. Lies and more lies resulted in two dams taken out. Two pristine lakes gone. Flood damage in the (at least) hundreds of millions. A major 101 highway bridge gone. Patch after patch to our roads highways and fresh water systems. Permanent damage to the road entering Olympic Park. For what? No more fish except for a couple stragglers. THEY will lie their butts off about fish counts. But 12 years later and the river that we fished for sixty years is STILL CLOSED to sportsfishermen. This is a river of lies and cornball eco politics. Beware everyone they are after the dams on the Snake. How stupid is that?
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I was not happy at the destruction caused by the dam removal on the Kalamath. And was not suprised at how California and Oregon experts screwed it up so badly. I live a couple miles from the Elwah River in Washington. The lefties here starring Patty Murray along with the tribes did the same thing beginning in 2011. Lies and more lies resulted in two dams taken out. Two pristine lakes gone. Flood damage in the (at least) hundreds of millions. A major 101 highway bridge gone. Patch after patch to our roads highways and fresh water systems. Permanent damage to the road entering Olympic Park. For what? No more fish except for a couple stragglers. THEY will lie their butts off about fish counts. But 12 years later and the river that we fished for sixty years is STILL CLOSED to sportsfishermen. This is a river of lies and cornball eco politics. Beware everyone they are after the dams on the Snake. How stupid is that?
Thank you sir! it is tough to cut through the malarky, I to have had many tell of same concerns and also lived in the area. First Hand…