I certainly agree with most, if not all you have said. We need more water kept upstream, and more hydro-electric power. Is the Auburn Dam Site the place for it, I dont' know. What I do know about the Auburn Dam is this:
1.The reason the original dam construction was halted was due to a fault that was discovered. It was this fault that was deemed too dangerous to build upon/store water upon in the event of an earthquake.
2. The Bureau of Reclammation just invested many millions of dollars to restore the river to it's original path, and at the same time put in a recreational "rapids" simulation for the rafters and kayakers to use.
My biggest beef (and believe me it is a thorn in my side) is that when the money was funded for this restoration/rapid simulation project, it included a bridge for safe equestrian crossing of the river. Surprise! They ran out of money. A few years ago there was a public meeting that many of the endurance riders in the area attended. There were over 100 riders there, standing room only. They had all these fancy drawings (wish they would have saved the money used on those) with different options for the type of bridge to be put there. Of course it was all a farce. They never intended to do ANYTHING. Now, a trail that has been used for many, many years, is closed. Wendel Robie used that trail. Hal Hall showed it to me 20 years ago. We can go only so close to the river before we run into closed signs, and we can no longer do a favorite loop that went through Cool.
We can still ride to Cool, crossing No Hands Bridge, but have to turn around and retrace our steps instead of a very nice loop.
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> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:14:44 -0400 > From: tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: raneller@xxxxxxx > CC: bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx; greenwoodann@xxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [RC] Auburn Dam > > I expect there will be a damn somewhere. CA is needs water and we all > need alternative sources of electricity from other than oil fired > electric plants. Damns address both issues nicely. If there is one thing > 4 buck per gallon gas will do to the population is swing support away > from such things as environmental concerns raised by such things as > damns toward projects that will have some promise of reducing or at > least stabilizing energy prices. > > If not for the massive oil spill in the lower Mississippi River you > would now see a very loud drum beat for more off shore drilling in the > Gulf of Mexico. It was warming up when the two tankers collided. A shift > in the public perceptions and public opinion because of the high cost of > oil (just wait till this winter and the cost of fuel oil has its major > impact) - will I expect lead to a big shift in public policy related to > all things energy related. > > Places like CA, the SW and the inter-mountain Rockies which have > experienced population growth and with all the research related to > global climate change pointing to less natural water fall than in the > past (which has been the case more or less over the past 10 years) are > going to have to address the water issue anyway they conceivably can. > Scientific American had a interesting series of articles recently on how > precious and scarce fresh water resources will be come both world wide > and in the US (particularly the West and Southern tier of states) in the > future and the future is not that far off. > > Truman > > Ranelle Rubin wrote: > > If I lived in the suburbs, I would be the first person to have what > > used to be called a "victory garden". My grandmother had one, and IMO, > > planting a vegetable garden in your front lawn is a much better use of > > water! We could start an online source for free fertilizer right here > > on RC!! > > > > I would be surprised if they ever built the Auburn Dam to be honest. > > They just invested millions of dollars to create a "rapid simulation > > area" just for the rafters in the immediate area of the long > > moth-balled Dam Site. > > > > Of course, they forgot to honor the commitment they made to provide an > > equestrian bridge now that the river has been "restored" and is not > > safe to cross there any longer! > > > > > > > > /Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. ~ John Wayne/ > > > > Ranelle Rubin, Business Consultant > > http://www.rrubinconsulting.com > > Independent Dynamite Distributor > > raneller@xxxxxxx > > > > 530-885-3510 home office > > 916-718-2427 cellular > > 916-848-3662 fax > > > > -- > > “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a > monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also > into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil >
