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No One Wants Their Dam

Back Once Its Gone

Clean Rivers, Clean Lake

Conference

April 25, 2013

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The rivers (and their communities)

best tell the story of dam removal.

But arent they a handy cork against Asian Carp?

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Baraboo River, Sauk County

4 dams removed 1999 2001

Marked improvement in water quality, fish

and other aquatic animals flourish

The community has a new asset

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Prairie River at

Merrill,

Wisconsin

..shoreline frontage along small impoundments confers no increase in residential

property value compared to frontage along free-flowing streams . Non-frontage

residential property located in the vicinity of a free-flowing stream is more valuable

than similar non-frontage property in the vicinity of a small impoundment.Provencher, Sarakinos, Meyer Contemporary Economic Policy Journal (April 2008)

Ward Paper Mill Dam

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Site of the former

Woolen Mills Dam

West Bend, WisconsinMilwaukee River

As for city accomplishments

during his [18 years] as mayor,

Michael Miller cited the

demolition of old Woolen

Mills dam

April 18, 2005 Milwaukee Journal

Sentinel

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Centerville DamCenterville Creek, Manitowoc

County

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Centerville Creek 50-year rain event (March 2013)

(Image courtesy Inter-Fluve, Inc.)

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Went up to the dam

til dark caught 15

sauger and 1 walleye

1 legal sauger all on

plastics we also

caught what we

beleive to be a big

head asian carpabout 4 feet long

and somewhere

around 75 lbs not

sure but comparing

pictures to the

internet it sure looks

like itHughseee, Lake-link.com

But arent they a

handy cork against

Asian Carp?

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The healthy rivers argumentClean, free-flowing rivers will repel invasive species..they cannot thrive in

healthy rivers.

But is really dams that will keep Asian

carp out of Wisconsin rivers?They catch minnows all the time at Prairie du Sac dam

And what if the guy throws the bighead carp back in the

river above the dam or into another river?

MAYBE dams could befirst line of defense..but

very few dams are in that

position.

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