Comments on: stupidity redux: Teton Dam eyed again http://www.jhunderground.com/2009/10/28/stupidity-redux-teton-dam-eyed-again/ news, sports and music blog from Jackson Hole, Wyoming Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:55:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dswift http://www.jhunderground.com/2009/10/28/stupidity-redux-teton-dam-eyed-again/comment-page-1/#comment-70097 dswift Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:32:56 +0000 http://www.jhunderground.com/?p=6460#comment-70097 Marc Reisner's indispensable book "Cadillac Desert" should be required reading for all who live in the West. It's entertaining, filled with gems (such as the origin of the oft-used "a billion here, a billion there . . ." quote) and it climaxes with a cinematic description of the greed, stupidity, hapless construction and failure of Teton Dam. Marc Reisner’s indispensable book “Cadillac Desert” should be required reading for all who live in the West.

It’s entertaining, filled with gems (such as the origin of the oft-used “a billion here, a billion there . . .” quote) and it climaxes with a cinematic description of the greed, stupidity, hapless construction and failure of Teton Dam.

]]> By: Chester Copperpot http://www.jhunderground.com/2009/10/28/stupidity-redux-teton-dam-eyed-again/comment-page-1/#comment-70086 Chester Copperpot Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:53:45 +0000 http://www.jhunderground.com/?p=6460#comment-70086 We should be spending all this money on ways to use our water resources more effectivly, not on building more dams. The water laws that were signed in the 1920s need to be revisted and rewritten. Please call your government officals or get into action in other ways. Especially on the new Green River Dam. Water has already become a litited resource in other parts of the world. We must protect what we have hear before we are fighting over creeks rivers. We should be spending all this money on ways to use our water resources more effectivly, not on building more dams. The water laws that were signed in the 1920s need to be revisted and rewritten. Please call your government officals or get into action in other ways. Especially on the new Green River Dam. Water has already become a litited resource in other parts of the world. We must protect what we have hear before we are fighting over creeks rivers.

]]> By: JP http://www.jhunderground.com/2009/10/28/stupidity-redux-teton-dam-eyed-again/comment-page-1/#comment-70083 JP Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:01:37 +0000 http://www.jhunderground.com/?p=6460#comment-70083 Definition of insanity = doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.... Definition of insanity = doing the same thing over and over expecting different results….

]]> By: D http://www.jhunderground.com/2009/10/28/stupidity-redux-teton-dam-eyed-again/comment-page-1/#comment-70074 D Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:14:08 +0000 http://www.jhunderground.com/?p=6460#comment-70074 Also raise your voice about the Green River. These are tough issues but in the end we need to learn how to live with the resources available. Within reason and not alter so much of our water ways. I studied water quality from the upper green river lakes all the way down to Utah below the dam to Browns Park. Then I floated Cataract Canyon in From Green River Utah through where the Green and Colorado come together. When you see the whole river system like this you feel its power and its purpose we have already altered her enough with the Gorge dam and Fontanel. I don’t know much about the Idaho situation but I am sure it is similar. We must put end to this. Also raise your voice about the Green River. These are tough issues but in the end we need to learn how to live with the resources available. Within reason and not alter so much of our water ways. I studied water quality from the upper green river lakes all the way down to Utah below the dam to Browns Park. Then I floated Cataract Canyon in From Green River Utah through where the Green and Colorado come together. When you see the whole river system like this you feel its power and its purpose we have already altered her enough with the Gorge dam and Fontanel. I don’t know much about the Idaho situation but I am sure it is similar. We must put end to this.

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