Basically, here's about 10 good reasons why dams suck!

1) They kill fish!
2) They make the water either much colder or much warmer then what nature makes it!
3) They create feeding grounds for predators (including man)!
4) They force us to have hatcheries to supplement the natural runs that make us pay more for fishing licenses (more dollars)!
5) They delay fish during their smolt and spawning timing cycle (more dead fish)!
6) They make us spend hundred of millions of dollars every year to do what nature did for free (big lost to both man and fish)!
7) They create a hatchery fish that allows a surplus net fishery because of the hatchery fish timing!
8) They kill as many as 10% of a run at each dam (fish passage...do the math)!
9) They create nitrogen gases when spilling that kills fish! (again do the math)
10) They create a "false sense" of security for people who live below the dams!
(they have already done the math!)

P.S. I can come up with about 10 more... do you need me to do more?


Cowlitzfisherman