great video! I'm anticipating the removal of the ballville dam in Fremont, Ohio so that walleyes from lake Erie can gain nearly 25 miles of spawning habitat along with many other spieces including the endangered lake sturgeon.
mdsleep, you are correct, but this is not one of those dams. It is a very outdated dam; the recreation benefits of a free-flowing river do outweigh the miniscule amount of power generated. There were also tons of heavy-metal-laden sediments behind the dam from 100 years of mining. On the other hand, there are some extremely beneficial (and more productive) hydropower dams in Montana where power generation and recreation on their reservoirs go hand-in-hand. Everyone: we must have balance.
Hey mdsleep, The people who lived for thousands of years before the invention of the modern dam seemed to do pretty well, the whole world didn't flood. And yes, rivers did and do flood but the people who live by them know when, and how to use it to benefit them. Look at the Nile river and The Amazon river.And dams do have negative effects, and sometimes the cons out weigh the pro. I'm sorry but I think that the enviromental threat is a little higher up than your recreational time on a reservoir.
I've seen far too many dams that have more drawbacks than benefits, including sediment buildup, wildlife damage, and pollution. The worst is when the State can no longer afford to maintain the dam and it's in danger of collapse.
Sediment is NOT toxic. It is just soil & needs to be redistributed down stream. There have been numerous dam removals without hauling away the sediment & just letting nature run it's natural course.
because the dam is too old and the State can no longer afford to maintain the dam and because of the age of this dams, over time the risk for catastrophic failure increases, that why they remove it
Maine Man Must have been another "Maine Man". NO! I WON'T SHUT UP! "This is a Public Video. I made a Public Comment. You Replied. That's how UA-cam works. No Big Deal! Thank you for your advice. I'll give it the Consideration it Deserves. ..... BYE!
Thanks for the coverage! It's great to see that its early stages have turned out successful.
Pretty amazing shots and time lapse effect.
Fabulous.
Thx
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great video! I'm anticipating the removal of the ballville dam in Fremont, Ohio so that walleyes from lake Erie can gain nearly 25 miles of spawning habitat along with many other spieces including the endangered lake sturgeon.
mdsleep, you are correct, but this is not one of those dams. It is a very outdated dam; the recreation benefits of a free-flowing river do outweigh the miniscule amount of power generated.
There were also tons of heavy-metal-laden sediments behind the dam from 100 years of mining.
On the other hand, there are some extremely beneficial (and more productive) hydropower dams in Montana where power generation and recreation on their reservoirs go hand-in-hand.
Everyone: we must have balance.
awesome time lapse work. well done
Thanks for the explanation merlinmuldoon, I was wondering why the dam was removed but it seems it didn't serve much of a purpose.
You don't remove the sediments. Let the river take care if itself by transporting it down river to prevent coastal erosion.
Nice video!
is that a oldskool midi sound track?
Brilliant. Next stop: Hoover Dam!
Hey mdsleep,
The people who lived for thousands of years before the invention of the modern dam seemed to do pretty well, the whole world didn't flood. And yes, rivers did and do flood but the people who live by them know when, and how to use it to benefit them. Look at the Nile river and The Amazon river.And dams do have negative effects, and sometimes the cons out weigh the pro. I'm sorry but I think that the enviromental threat is a little higher up than your recreational time on a reservoir.
Thank Mother/Father Earth, whatever your pleasure, for the humans around that love life, all life. peace and love
I wish I knew what that song was.
Check out the documentary, Damnation.
Whoa, look at how fast that is eroding! 1:50
I've seen far too many dams that have more drawbacks than benefits, including sediment buildup, wildlife damage, and pollution.
The worst is when the State can no longer afford to maintain the dam and it's in danger of collapse.
nice time lapse
Ok, uninformed here, What is Doha!,? Just asking my friend. Peace.
goodbye to milltown dam and donner dam(upper Clark Fork River, side of the woodmill)
YAY
I bet they found hundreds of pounds of fishing lures below the dam when they took it out, I know i've lost my fare share there.
Sediment is NOT toxic. It is just soil & needs to be redistributed down stream. There have been numerous dam removals without hauling away the sediment & just letting nature run it's natural course.
because the dam is too old and the State can no longer afford to maintain the dam and because of the age of this dams, over time the risk for catastrophic failure increases, that why they remove it
As long as we have the Corps of Engineers and big city water hogs we will have dams.
Seems as though it served no purpose in the first place.
The music was not needed!
+Maine Man You again! Do you go around to all of the Videos and post this same "Cut & Paste"?
Richard Simpson I don't cut and paste anything. This is a public video. I made a public comment. So shut the hell up!
Maine Man
Must have been another "Maine Man". NO! I WON'T SHUT UP! "This is a Public Video. I made a Public Comment. You Replied. That's how UA-cam works. No Big Deal! Thank you for your advice. I'll give it the Consideration it Deserves. ..... BYE!
Why do they make those dams out of coffee. Seems like it would pollute.