Trout Unlimited Canada writes: "Metro News asked our thoughts about a proposed dam on the upper Elbow River; this plan was put forward by the province's Flood Recovery Task Force as way to protect Calgary from future floods."
Scientists pan Alberta’s massive dam plan for Elbow River
By Robson Fletcher, Metro News, Tues Nov 26, 2013
Scientists, environmentalists, and the former superintendent of Banff National Park are raising serious concerns about the Alberta government’s plan to build a dam in Kananaskis capable of holding more than twice as much water as the Glenmore Reservoir.
Variously describing the plan as “disheartening,” “gut-wrenching,” and “pretty crazy,” Brian Meagher, a provincial biologist with Trout Unlimited Canada, said the government is overselling the protection the proposed dry dam on the Elbow River would offer Calgary from future flooding, and downplaying its environmental impact.
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