Penobscot River Restoration (Video)

June 18, 2012, vimeo.com | “June 11th, 2012, marked the first day of the Great Works Dam removal. Over ten years in the making, the Penobscot River Restoration Trust and it’s associated members have worked tirelessly to open 1,000 miles of the Penobscot River, the largest watershed in Maine.”

“Great News for Mother Earth.Penobscot River Restoration

“Removing the lower two dams and bypassing a third opens up nearly 1000 miles of habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon, sturgeon, river herring and eight other species of sea-run f

ish in Maine. As fish passage is improved at four remaining dams and energy increased at others, these ecological benefits will be realized while maintaining or even increasing energy production. By reconnecting the river to the sea, the Penobscot Project promises large-scale ecological, cultural, recreational and economic benefits throughout New England’s second largest watershed.”
Penobscot River Restoration
June 11th, 2012, marked the first day of the Great Works Dam removal. Over ten years in the making, the Penobscot River Restoration Trust and it’s associated members have worked tirelessly to open 1,000 miles of the Penobscot River, the largest watershed…”
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    • Shalahnia Riversong“For more detailed information and a longer video of the breaching of the dam ~

      The Penobscot River Restoration Project is one of the largest, most creative riv

      er restoration projects in our nation’s history. Successful implementation of the project will revive not only native fisheries but social, cultural and economic traditions of New England’s second largest river”
    • Shalahnia Riversong “audio is choppy on first video, but worth the three minutes of visuals.”

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Kenya’s dam buster

Courtesy of the Goldman Environmental Prize

July 10, 2012, www.newint.org | “Ikal Angelei is at the forefront of one of the most polarizing environmental and economic battles in Africa: the fight to save Kenya’s Lake Turkana, the world’s largest desert lake, from Africa’s biggest dam project. For her work and courage, the 31 year old has been awarded the 2012 Goldman Environmental Prize – a sort of Nobel Prize for grassroots environmental activists.”

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Ikal Angelei is winning the fight to save Lake Turkana from Ethiopia’s Gibe III dam…
Introducing… Kenya’s dam buster.
The fight to save Kenya’s Lake Turkana has pitted the environmental campaigner against some mighty opponents. But Ikal Angelei is not for turning – and has scored a major victory.
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Brazil tribes call for halt to dam project

June 28, 2012, www.aljazeera.com | “Work on part of a huge hydroelectric dam being built in the Brazilian Amazon has been halted by a tribal protest for an eighth day.  One hundred and fifty indigenous people from five different tribes are occupying a work area at the Belo Monte dam construction site, saying promises made to them by the builders and the government have not been fulfilled.”

 

“~ TRIBAL RESISTANCE TO BELO MONTE DAM BEGINS!
150 people from five different tribes have occupied the site and shut down operations in the Brazilian Amazon. Watch the VIDEO on this link that shows their strength.
For more info, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belo_Monte_Dam
Tribes say government broke promises and constructed dam that cuts the flow of river where they fish.”

Protesters dig canal through Belo Monte dam in Brazil

Belo Monte protest.

June 16, 2012, www.mongabay.com | “In an symbolic protest of the giant Belo Monte Dam, Friday morning some 300 locals dug a channel in an earthen dam that blocks a portion of the Xingu River and serves as the first step for the controversial hydroelectric project, reports Amazon Watch.”

Protesters dig canal through Belo Monte dam in Brazil

In an symbolic protest of the giant Belo Monte Dam, Friday morning some 300 locals dug a channel in an earthen dam that blocks a portion of the Xingu River and serves as the first step for the controversial hydroelectric project, reports Amazon Watch.

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Green activist ends fast after government accepts demands

March 23, 2012, www.newzfirst.com | NEW DELHI – Environmentalist G.D. Agarwal, 80, who was on a fast-unto-death since Jan 15 to save the Ganga river, Friday ended his fast after the government agreed to call a meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA), a central government constituted body for cleaning the Ganga, on April 17.
Agarwal, a former Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) professor and member of Ganga Sewa Abhiyan, broke the fast after drinking juice at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where he was shifted Monday from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh after his condition deteriorated.

“I will only take liquid diet till any concrete decisions are taken to save the Ganga. The government has called a meeting of the NGRBA on April 17 and I don’t know what will happen. I will only consume food after some concrete decisions to ensure uninterrupted water flow and purity are taken,” Agarwal told reporters.

Agarwal said he doesn’t have much time and won’t live long so the government should take measures to clean the Ganga before the January 2013 Allahabad Kumbh.

 

“I will only take liquid diet till concrete decisions are taken to save the Ganga.” — G.D. Agarwal, in response to government decision to call a meeting to address his concerns, 3/23/12
Green activist ends fast after government accepts demands to protect the Ganges River
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‎~ thanks to Françoise Dévaud for sharing this song to the River Ganges when she shared this post. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0gSeV0xrpU&feature=youtu.be
Hanspeter Höpperger “She is a spirit being, not just a body of water. Along her banks thousands of sages have meditated and taught for millennia.There was a little private bay just upriver from Sivananda Ashram outside Rishikesh. It was surrounded by rocks and could only be reached by climbing over them and then down to the narrow strip of sand. That’s where I went every day to immerse myself in Ganga for at least an hour although the water there was ice cold. I very often felt embraced and even communicated to.

So, you are right, “I don’t know what it is, but sure had/has a tremendous impact on me.”

On Battle Creek, the rules are working

December 12, 2011, www.redding.com | “The streams in the greater Battle Creek watershed were blocked to salmon and steelhead access in the early 1900s when dams were constructed to provide for flood control, irrigation, and power generation.  Private landowners, government agencies, members of the environmental community, and others have come together to restore some 50 miles of freshwater streams in the Battle Creek watershed.”


Dan Tomascheski is vice president of resources at Sierra Pacific Industries.

Historic Condit Dam Removal in Washington State – Time Lapse Video

  National Geographic News, 10/28/11, For 98 years, the 125-foot high Condit Dam in southeastern Washington State held back the White Salmon River, creating a serene lake, but choking off the waterway to salmon. Wednesday, in an historic effort, the dam was dramatically breached, and ecologists hope the increased flow of water will restore the waterway to fish and other aquatic organisms, as well as the birds and mammals that rely on them. GoodNews FortheEarth likes this. Submitted by Polly Howells  

Comment by GoodNews FortheEarth ‎ “~ AMAZING VIDEO of an historic event! An excellent article accompanies the video. PacificCorp the owner of this dam, is also the owner of dams on the Klamath River in California that are also slated for removal.” November 3, 2011

A White Salmon River free of Condit Dam is monumental for tribal elder, kayaker and a fish biologist

Oct 25, 2011, www.oregonlive.com | In 1913 the Condit Dam went up near the mouth of the White Salmon, supplying electricity to a paper mill but stopping salmon cold.  It’s scheduled to be breached Wednesday. With 700 pounds of dynamite, PacifiCorp contractors will set off a final charge to complete a drain tunnel blasted into the bottom of the dam, creating a hole that will empty the last of Northwestern Lake and begin the dam’s demise.”

“~ DAM REMOVALS FREE RIVERS FOR SALMON!
See also this in-depth article re 8 OTHER DAM REMOVALS in the Pacific Northwest, http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/10/for_a_tribal_elder_a_kayaker_a.html
Condit Dam Removed from the White Salmon River in Washington
www.whitesalmonriver.org”
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