California Demolished Dam to Save Salmon, Killed the Salmon Instead
https://www.frontpagemag.com/california-demolished-dam-to-save-salmon-killed-the-salmon-instead/California, which is in a state of perpetually self-inflicted drought, restricts all sorts of practical water solutions based on the idea that they would hurt some living creature somewhere. (People, especially farmers, don’t count.) And along the way the state decided to demolish a dam to help some salmon.
The destruction was celebrated by environmentalists and rubber-stamped by the media.
Native American tribes, environmentalists and state officials have been big advocates for this dam removal. Governor Gavin Newsom announced “California’s Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future” in hopes of restoring salmon populations in the state. The governor lists his six priorities: removing barriers and modernizing infrastructure for salmon migration, restoring habitat, protecting water flows, modernizing hatcheries, transforming technology and strengthening partnerships.
Tribal leaders, environmentalists, and state officials are the only people who count in California.
$500 million was spent to make California a worse place. For human beings. And for salmon too.
Removing the dam ended up killing salmon. How quixotic.
