This article from High Country News demonstrates that no matter what the O.N.R.C. publishes now, their real objective is to remove all the dams and control of all the water.This organization is endorsed by the Idaho Conservation League , The Lands Council and other radical environmental groups.Read the list of dams they have slated for removal. Western Roundup High Country News -- Febuary 7, 1994 (Vol. 26 No. 2) Damnable Dams The Oregon Natural Resources Council makes the case for eliminating 13 finished, one unfinished and four proposed dams. Historically, questions about dams have been limited to where dams should be built, but now the council asks whether they should be allowed to remain. Here is the council's list of Damnable Dams, with the name, river, general location and owner. Ice Harbor Dam, Snake River, southeast Washington, federal Lower Monumental Dam, Snake River, southeast Washington, federal Little Goose Dam, Snake River, southeast Washington, federal Lower Granite Dam, Snake River, southeast Washington, federal Hells Canyon Dam, Snake River, Oregon-Idaho border, Idaho Power Co. Brownlee Dam, Snake River, Oregon-Idaho border, Idaho Power Co. Oxbow Dam, Snake River, Oregon-Idaho border, Idaho Power Co. Chiloquin Dam, Sprague River, southern Oregon, Modac Point Irrigation District (proposed) Elk Creek Dam, Elk Creek of the Rogue River, southwest Oregon, federal (one-third complete) Milltown Hill Dam, Elk Creek of the Umpqua River, southwest Oregon, Douglas County (proposed) Pelton Dam, Deschutes River, central Oregon, Portland General Electric Round Butte Dam, Deschutes River, central Oregon, Portland General Electric Salt Caves Hydroelectric Project, Klamath River, southern Oregon, City of Klamath Falls (proposed) Savage Rapids Dam, Rogue River, southwest Oregon, Grants Pass Irrigation District Gold Ray Dam, Rogue River, southwest Oregon, Jackson County Winchester Dam, North Umpqua River, southwest Oregon, Winchester Water Control District Three Mile Falls Dam, Umatilla River, northeast Oregon, federal Abert Lake Dam, Abert Lake, Southeast Oregon, Abert Lake Hydroelectric Association (proposed) -- Paul Koberstein, Willamette Week Save our wild Salmon States that: The goal of the Columbia & Snake Rivers Campaign is to bring back salmon and steelhead by modifying or partially dismantling 5 federal dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Partial removal of the four dams on the lower Snake River in Washington State and lowering the reservoir behind John Day dam on the Columbia bordering Oregon and Washington # # # Forest Heath | Salmon/Dams | Conservation Watch | Fire Watch Contact | Links | Newsletter | Guestbook | Home