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Elk Creek Dam: What a boondoggle.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-JUL-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Elk Creek Dam: What a boondoggle.(Commentary)

Article Excerpt
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Doug Larson

Anyone seeking a perfect example of an outrageous pork barrel project should consider the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Elk Creek Dam in the Rogue River Basin. For nearly 20 years, the dam has been sitting unfinished, its deteriorating, roller-compacted concrete uglifying the once-beautiful Elk Creek Valley and blocking passage of Pacific salmon and steelhead.

Since 1992, the corps has spent untold millions trapping migratory fish below the dam and trucking them upstream. According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, this effort not only has failed to restore steelhead in Elk Creek, but it has killed and injured coho salmon listed as an endangered species.

Unable to dither any longer, the corps finally has agreed to spend about $8...

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