Originally Posted By: eyeFISH
What the dam WON’T do:
• Prevent flood damage for residents throughout the basin
• Generate hydro power for Lewis County residents
• Supply irrigation water to Chehalis basin farmers
• Create new recreational fishing and boating opportunities

What the dam WILL do:
• Require significant logging and costly ongoing debris removal
• Drown six miles of critical salmon and steelhead habitat
• Worsen the Chehalis River’s existing water quality issues
• Increase the risk of future flood damage, if it triggers more floodplain development


Well, $hit, what are we waiting for? This looks like a slam dunk!

One would think this BS project might be set back a bit by the fact the State and the Feds are going to be severely underfunded when this virus thing is done with us, probably for many years to come. Governments are hemorrhaging unemployment and meanwhile bringing in much less revenue. Our state budget relies heavily on consumer taxes that get cut off severely when people aren't buying a lot of gas, for example. Not a lot of good will come from our present circumstances, but maybe, just maybe, we can quit talking about spending much needed infrastructure dollars on a dam with so little social value for a while.