Dam a Pristine River? No Way

摘要

The alaska energy authority is pushing to build the second-tallest hydropower dam in the United States on the Susitna River. The project would create a 42-mile-long reservoir, flooding approximately 24,000 acres of wilderness. It would also threaten the river's economically and culturally significant salmon runs as well as the habitat of such iconic Alaskan wildlife as brown and black bears, moose, caribou, wolves, and bald eagles. Two experts in NRDC's water program, senior scientist MONTY SCHMITT and staff attorney NOAH GARRISON, call out numerous inaccuracies in a recent AEA brochure promoting the proposed project.