http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwha_Dam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condit_Hydroelectric_Project
http://www.rvcog.org/mn.asp?pg=NR_Gold_Ray_Dam


Dam's are relicensed on a maximum fifty year cycle, Elwha will be 100 next year. I'm sure the costs to relicense were far above the cost to remove it, biggest changes might come to the PNW when all the Columbia Dam's turn 100 starting with Bonneville in 2038..


Edited by SBD (11/15/10 11:22 AM)
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