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Snohomish County wants to dam Sunset Falls

While in a serendipitous coincidence three major dams in Washington are being removed right now (Condit Dam on the White Salmon, and the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams on the Elwha River), the Snohomish County Public Utility District is seeking to build more dams, specifically targetting several waterfalls as locations to do so.

The PUD just began operation of the first new dam in Washington State in decades, a relatively small project on Youngs Creek near Monroe capable of producing (at peak flow) 7.5 megawatts of electricity - enough to power about 5000 homes. The Youngs Creek project was built well above Youngs Creek Falls, which serves as a natural barrier to migrating fish, and didn't have a terribly sigifnicant impact on the surrounding forest. The Youngs Creek project was done right.

What is now being proposed by the PUD at other locations is entirely different. Licences have been applied for to put a 30 megawatt facility in place along the South Fork Skyk... [Read More]

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Oct 30, 2011 : Snohomish County wants to dam Sunset Falls
Sep 13, 2011 : New Content...Finally!
Apr 19, 2011 : For the Academy's consideration
Mar 01, 2011 : 2011 Workshop Schedule Posted
Jan 26, 2011 : Forthcoming changes and 2011 Workshops
Oct 30, 2010 : The Reason for Measuring
Sep 11, 2010 : Waterfalls of Washington Guidebooks
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Jul 15, 2010 : The Summer Season Begins
Jul 04, 2010 : Abiqua Falls is open again

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