Tom Kiernan, in the Grand Canyon
4:21
Initial opening of Iron Gate Dam
0:23
Tsegi Canyon
19:42
10 ай бұрын
Why remove hydropower dams?
0:52
11 ай бұрын
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@user-hi8rf7dh4e
@user-hi8rf7dh4e 23 сағат бұрын
Holy cow, I think I’m stupider for watching this.
@BB.0101
@BB.0101 Күн бұрын
The supreme court didn’t get rid of anything! They just made it clear that the clean water act was not written the way the federal government wanted to pretend it was! Take the propaganda elsewhere.
@BB.0101
@BB.0101 Күн бұрын
This was weird. Can we not blame the Supreme Court? They interpret law, they don’t make the laws, politicians do. If politicians failed to write a good law, that’s on them, not the courts.
@Brex806
@Brex806 2 күн бұрын
Listen to Cheryl Wheeler "The Rivers" Rich buying water rights I hear 😮
@dickybyrd6865
@dickybyrd6865 5 күн бұрын
Your opinion,
@karenannmiller8588
@karenannmiller8588 13 күн бұрын
Very good, simple explanation. Thank you.
@tomwestbrook
@tomwestbrook 14 күн бұрын
Just look what happened to the Owen’s Valley in California. It’s pretty much a wasteland now. I hope the Valley preserves.
@miriamhoukcunningham8491
@miriamhoukcunningham8491 19 күн бұрын
I agree. Keep the canyon free of human destruction! Period.
@user-hc1hj1vs4w
@user-hc1hj1vs4w 24 күн бұрын
Those with intervenor status who want removal should push FERC hard to do its job and order removal of the dam, rather than give PG&E all the time in the world to do nothing while it plays for time in the hope someone will take the problem off its hands. Its plan for decommissioning is an empty shell in which is found another empty shell. The Russian River diversion is a classic California water theft that can no longer be tolerated or accommodated. Without the dam in question it could not have been possible and without the dam it can not for all practical purposes continue. Northern California is drying out. The Eel River desperately needs all its water as do those in its drainage basin who depend on it.
@Owl350
@Owl350 24 күн бұрын
Please use miniature hydrogen, miniature hydro, miniature methane ,and miniature free energy generators . Of course solar and wind may work better depending on the location.
@peterdorn5799
@peterdorn5799 Ай бұрын
nez perce are stepping up project
@lag9765
@lag9765 Ай бұрын
And in earthquake prone California our stupid governor and the Nevada Irrigation District in Placer County are pressing for more dams.
@marknoiseux3551
@marknoiseux3551 Ай бұрын
Current events in Minnesota should be a wake-up call for how important dam removal is!!
@_CAT-lg4sr
@_CAT-lg4sr Ай бұрын
Sure what's next? Why not remove the Hoover dam? The Columbia River dams? Let's remove all the dams providing us with hydroelectric power and reservoirs for our drinking water. We don't need any of those things.
@Owl350
@Owl350 Ай бұрын
You still need to make clean fuel ,by making your own electricity .
@mylesstopmotionsandcats2482
@mylesstopmotionsandcats2482 Ай бұрын
Back in the 60s all the economy in Craig was just agriculture, then it died out in the 80s, and now what do we do?
@rickpetersen41
@rickpetersen41 Ай бұрын
This is bs. They killed millions of fish draining these dams. Salmon numbers are down in the US and have been for years. These Indians are just looking at dollars signs like everyone else.
@user-es4eh7rw9z
@user-es4eh7rw9z 2 ай бұрын
The number one thing, no HOAs😮
@parathings
@parathings 2 ай бұрын
Using this in school, thanks. How are the water levels? declining like the Colorado River?
@joshuaisrael2494
@joshuaisrael2494 2 ай бұрын
It’s not just the dams but ocean conditions and Chinese Trawlers off the West Coast and Alaska of North America. National maritime boundaries need to be extended beyond the 200 miles to a minimum of 500 to 1,000 miles to protect the fisheries. We also have to bring beavers back and then possibly our fisheries will have a chance. New England has alot of dam removals as they’re attempting to bring alewife/herring back which feeds lobster/cod/etc. There is alot of work still to be done. Progress is being made though.
@aljay2955
@aljay2955 2 ай бұрын
Climate change is not daunting it happens every year winter, summer, spring and fall so keep your hands off my climate change. I like climate change.
@johnkilty5091
@johnkilty5091 2 ай бұрын
That is the seasons changing, not the climate. Parroting deniers' rhetoric just makes you look dumb and hateful.@aljay2955
@snoshorts
@snoshorts 2 ай бұрын
Our country is run by idiots.
@db9818
@db9818 2 ай бұрын
“Free flowing” yeah no kinda but not really, there’s still two dams and one is a diversion dam.
@williamlloyd3769
@williamlloyd3769 2 ай бұрын
Climate change or not, dams were obsolete and didn’t make economic sense nor were they providing any benefit.
@frankmarin5421
@frankmarin5421 2 ай бұрын
O Boy you must be a city liberal I grew up here . Before the dam start with the Japanese off the coast and our government can't touch them then over catching of Indian fish no regs. Then Casino money government funded. Watch your power bill go higher each bill. Southern CA. Sell your electric car no power to charge it. O can't go to work don't worry government will send you a check. HA HA
@billsmith5109
@billsmith5109 2 ай бұрын
Maybe you could communicate your ideas better by just typing using your first language, and letting people use Google Translate to read it. What you typed is incomprehensible to an English speaker.
@jameslasswell5821
@jameslasswell5821 2 ай бұрын
Don’t forget stocks of salmon and steelhead are down across the west. Not just dams rivers. I fish a free flowing river and it’s doing bad theses days. We need hatchery’s to plant smoltz by the million
@eriks9576
@eriks9576 2 ай бұрын
bingo
@pchinnIII
@pchinnIII Ай бұрын
Hatcheries are as bad as dams. Man is not smart enough to manage nature.
@stanthurman9008
@stanthurman9008 2 ай бұрын
I turned the volume off , but the work was on the other side !
@samstheman6178
@samstheman6178 3 ай бұрын
60 Minutes working on story about this scam
@tombeno8746
@tombeno8746 2 ай бұрын
Whiner hydropower bot crying about science and objective reality
@johnkilty5091
@johnkilty5091 2 ай бұрын
@samstheman6178: You are full of it. Go back to bed.
@drone_boss
@drone_boss 3 ай бұрын
Total spin and taken out of context. This only keeps “ EPA agents” from saying a drainage ditch due to construction is a wetland. Do your research!
@scpatl4now
@scpatl4now 3 ай бұрын
Not true. I went and looked and this will have a drastic impact on clean water by allowing developers to fill in wetlands that aren't "visually connected" to protected bodies of water. The unqualified members of the SCOTUS (not scientists) failed to realize that wetlands act as filters for groundwater. They are not protected and can be filled in and polluted...which guess what...pollutes drinking water sources. That is not a ditch.
@DaveMace-ux9cm
@DaveMace-ux9cm 3 ай бұрын
None of us can survive without clean drinking water.
@cheswajda
@cheswajda 3 ай бұрын
Haha - I love Splashy! Let's see more!
@annbregmanrascoe6913
@annbregmanrascoe6913 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for drawing attention to a situation that needs to cooperation of many, if not all, people.👏👏
@georgehaydukeiii6396
@georgehaydukeiii6396 3 ай бұрын
I think the Klamath is the river of the century! It was once one of the greatest life supporters on the West Coast. It was almost completely killed, and now it is being restored. Such a unique, beautiful River with some of the most caring, unique people living on it.
@normanmyrick
@normanmyrick 3 ай бұрын
What an insane joke. You destroyed the river. Killed every living aquatic creature from the dam to the ocean. Can’t hide any longer the word is out. Failure in epic proportions.
@matthew3136
@matthew3136 3 ай бұрын
Science needed to take over. Praying wasn't working.
@angeliqueaddington5846
@angeliqueaddington5846 3 ай бұрын
Apparently you haven’t been there recently. There’s geese and ducks and their baby chics. There were cows grazing pretty close to the river, they didn’t die. They released a bunch of salmon in a different spot and so far they’re doing good 🤷🏽‍♀️ It’s already changed so much in just 3 months. It was never going to be fixed in the snap of a finger. It’s going to take time but it’s already improving quite a bit. You’re statement is false information, it’s fear mongering and hyperbole. It is OBVIOUSLY NOT DESTROYED 🙄🤡😂 Why do you want it to fail so bad? That’s just gross. You can hate that it was done, but it’s done. There’s no stopping it there is no going back or rebuilding. So be all big mad but why do you want it to be destroyed? We know some wildlife and thousand s of non native fish died. It was expected. It sucks and it’s really sad. But it’s literally not destroyed. So why keep saying it is?
@1SpiritEye
@1SpiritEye 2 ай бұрын
I think some who had river front properties and lived along the river are mad, but these dams never should have been ... so when we are gone, salmon will be running again. This was right for the longevity of the land.
@tombeno8746
@tombeno8746 2 ай бұрын
Maybe if you repeat the hydropower/rancher FUD talking points, they will somehow become true. Loser of epic proportions.
@dphillips4351
@dphillips4351 2 ай бұрын
Get rid of the gill nets!
@Brew311
@Brew311 3 ай бұрын
Glad I donate my contributions through my employers matching program and able to see the funds at work.
@dorothythomas9281
@dorothythomas9281 3 ай бұрын
This song brings tears to my eyes. It is so powerful 😮
@SuperBajafresh
@SuperBajafresh 3 ай бұрын
To clean the rivers of tijuana contact me and only if your a serious environmental clean up business. It's not that difficult to clean any river or water waste using a epa recognized means they have reported on how to do. The problem is the epa does not promote this method. And I tired to do it in Mexico but the officials all wanted us to pay them to clean and remove oil waste on agricultural land caused by flooding. Duh, I can afford to pay bribes.
@chrishedlund2688
@chrishedlund2688 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for your advocacy
@aptorres01
@aptorres01 3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your most important work. Water is life.
@Chris-gr7ll
@Chris-gr7ll 3 ай бұрын
You want to bridge the divide? Start where it starts, the politicians protecting deep pockets and influence.
@peterdorn5799
@peterdorn5799 3 ай бұрын
will be a joyous day when the river flows free
@masterspin7796
@masterspin7796 4 ай бұрын
Stanislaus River is also bad now...
@AvalonDreamz
@AvalonDreamz 4 ай бұрын
Most endangered rivers are all being self made. Removing dams all across America will be a very dumb mistake. smh
@AvalonDreamz
@AvalonDreamz 4 ай бұрын
Well they just removed the dam where I live and there is nothing there now. Where we could fish and there was water before, now there is nothing but rocks and maybe ankle deep water in spots. 47 yrs of a beautiful river now looks like absolute garbage why again? I have a feeling you all are screwing things up more than helping.
@AvalonDreamz
@AvalonDreamz 4 ай бұрын
Just noticed our dam was removed where I live in Indiana. Now we have ZERO fish. Where the dam was we had water flowing constantly. Now there is nothing there but small patches of water. I have never in my 47 yrs seen the "floor" of where our river is but now that is all that is there, rocks. How this is supposed to help anything or anyone is beyond me. Where we once fished.. you can't fish anymore. There are none. The water isn't deep enough. You can literally walk across.
@ry-land-
@ry-land- 4 ай бұрын
Beautiful video.
@NicholasSzatkowski
@NicholasSzatkowski 4 ай бұрын
Hello American Rivers--this video is well done, with spectacular footage. But if only 148 have viewed it after 9 months, then clearly it's not reaching many people. I live in the Chilkat Valley, and I'm grateful for your support. I really hope you can use your organization and Nation-wide scope to inform more American citizens about how special and precious the Chilkat River is! Gunalchéesh!
@christopheraparicio7671
@christopheraparicio7671 4 ай бұрын
Is there an update on the water rights? Did that company end up winning and pulled the water out?
@patrickmchose7472
@patrickmchose7472 4 ай бұрын
I grew up outside of Bethlehem and spent much time on the river. I wish the creators of this content would have explained why warehouses are so terrible. Living across the river from the Bethlehem Steel company I saw issues at the river daily. If you poked the sand at the riverbank you would see a small oil slick appear. We never caught Bass or Trout in the river. Only suckers. It was a shame that this waterway was so polluted. I left the area in 1979. The steel mill has closed down. I can only hope that it gets better.
@jimbear3797
@jimbear3797 4 ай бұрын
830,000 dead salmon and counting. Throw in a herd of elk that got caught in the muck.