Dems Demo of Dam Damns Salmon

California has enough water problems as it is, but dems, in their typical knee-jerk lack of foresight, decided to demolish a number large dams providing fresh water to California farmers and residents...in order to protect the spawning grounds of local salmon.

Unfortunately, like most democrat policies, in addition to making California's water problem worse, their feel-good, woke, decision ended up destroying exactly what they were attempting to save.

Hundreds of thousands of Chinook salmon have just been painfully murdered by woke idiots who were attempting to save hundreds of thousands of salmon.

Exclusive: Historic California dam removal, meant to help salmon, sees massive die-off

Hundreds of thousands of young salmon are believed to have died this week at the site of a historic dam removal project on the Klamath River, after an effort to restore salmon runs on the newly unconstrained river went awry, the Chronicle has learned.

The dead chinook salmon were among the first hatchery fish released on the Klamath since four hydroelectric dams were breached near the California-Oregon border, to allow the river to flow freely again and ultimately help fish flourish. One of the dams has been fully removed, and the three others are scheduled to come out later this year.

The salmon die-off, discovered downstream of the 173-foot Iron Gate Dam, is thought to be the result of trauma the small fish experienced when they went through a tunnel at the dam’s base, which had been opened to allow the river to pass and dam demolition to proceed. Water pressure in the outlet tunnel was presumably too great, causing the fish to die of what appears to be gas bubble disease, California officials told the Chronicle.

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a reply to: CarlLaFong

Maybe the salmon had it coming and this was a well planned in advance carefully orchestrated strike against that specific salmon population.

a reply to: CarlLaFong

Well, I'll be damned...

Tragic consequences of stupid leftist policies end up greater than the original issue.

a reply to: CarlLaFong

my shocked face.

originally posted by: watchitburn
a reply to: CarlLaFong

Well, I'll be damned...

Tragic consequences of stupid leftist policies end up greater than the original issue.

Some Whales off the east coast called and were heard laughing....

originally posted by: network dude

originally posted by: watchitburn
a reply to: CarlLaFong

Well, I'll be damned...

Tragic consequences of stupid leftist policies end up greater than the original issue.

Some Whales off the east coast called and were heard laughing....

Yeah, those Humpbacks are having a gay old time.

a reply to: CarlLaFong

Stobbit!

Let's not go down that route.

Anyway, all sounds fishy to me...

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: CarlLaFong

Stobbit!

Let's not go down that route.

Anyway, all sounds fishy to me...

Dam Straight it does!

a reply to: CarlLaFong

At least they were spared the canning factory.

Pardon my ignorance.


Where in California are these dams located?

a reply to: JinMI

Klamath River, on border with Oregon?

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

Is it safe to say then that this is happening in northern CA?

a reply to: JinMI

I'd have to look it up myself?

originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: Oldcarpy2

Is it safe to say then that this is happening in northern CA?

As north in California as it gets without it being Oregon.

a reply to: CarlLaFong

Alright, thank you.

Just making a mental note.

originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: CarlLaFong

Alright, thank you.

Just making a mental note.

Brought to us by Guv. Gavin Newsom...democrats favorite alternative to Joe Biden.

The destruction was celebrated by environmentalists and rubber-stamped by the media.

Native American tribes, environmentalists and state officials have been big advocates for this dam removal. Governor Gavin Newsom announced “California’s Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future” in hopes of restoring salmon populations in the state. The governor lists his six priorities: removing barriers and modernizing infrastructure for salmon migration, restoring habitat, protecting water flows, modernizing hatcheries, transforming technology and strengthening partnerships.

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a reply to: CarlLaFong

We have "fish ladders" over here.

They seem to solve the problem of having reservoirs and rivers made by men to appease the rowdy salmon population.


Guess we're old school out this way.

I did not know fish could get the bends that way. Learned something new.

When the local wildlife adapts to man-made changes, they do tend to have adverse reactions to the man-made changinges being undone.

a reply to: JinMI

Here too. Here's how they did it at Pitlochry:

pitlochry-scotland.co.uk...

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

Ours are very similar:

www.grandrapidsmi.gov...