Imagine for the moment you have a problem. You have a few dams with lakes behind them that have been accumulating and concentrating toxins and heavy metals for decades into their sediments. And you want to be able to remove the dams and send those toxic sediments down a wild and scenic river. What to do?
Arguably you find the best science money can influence, design the study to provide the desired outcome, and instead of using…
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William is one of the most intelligent, trustworthy, thoughtful men in Syskiyou County.
I’m in Santa Cruz county, and not directly affected by the effects of dam removal and sediment release in the Klamath River area. However, I’m disturbed by dirty politics supported by dishonest scientists. This was a great article, and thumbs up to Mr. Simpson for preparing this article, and to the Siskiyou News for publishing this article.
How did all this pollution get there in the first place? Colonizers who exploited the natural resources so carelessly and continue to do so today. The mining industry blasted the mountainside released thousand of tons of wasteful byproduct that leached into the river. The farming industry practices continue to release detrimental pollution into watersheds. This amount of dirty PCBs, DDT, Chromium, Arsenic, Aluminum, Lead, Dioxin, Furan, Copper should never have used in the first place. Natural process needs time to clean up after over 100 years of abusive industry practices before final judgement of succeess or failure.