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Title: The Legend of
the Auburn Dam: 41 Years of Water Resource Controversy Author: Audrey Squires Abstract:
The Auburn Dam, which was approved in 1965 yet never built nor
decommissioned, highlights many of the common water issues in the western
United States: aridity, insufficient or unsteady amounts of water, flood
control, water allocation and bureaucratic intervention. If constructed, the
dam will negatively affect fall-run Chinook salmon habitats and the species’
viability due to increased water temperature, destruction of redds and the
introduction of another physical barrier in their anadromous life cycle.
Current recreational activities in the American River canyons, which would be
flooded by the Auburn Reservoir, contribute to a thriving river-based
recreation economy. The Auburn Dam would eliminate many of those activities
thereby greatly hurting the Auburn economy. Key References: Bartholow, J. M., Campbell, S. G., & Flug, M. (2004).
Predicting the thermal effects of dam removal on the Klamath River. Environmental
Management, 34(6), 856-874. Myrick, C. A. & Cech, J. J. (2002). Growth of American
fall-run Chinook salmon in California’s Central Valley: Temperature and
Ration effects. California Fish and Game, 88(1), 35-44. Smith, J.F. (2005). Nature noir: A park ranger’s patrol
in the Sierra. New York: Houghton
Mifflin. United States Geological Survey, Department of the
Interior. (2005). Water resources data California water year 2004:
Northern Central Valley Basins and the Great Basin from Honey Lake Basin to
Oregon State Line (Water-Data Report
CA-04-4). Sacramento, CA: US Geological Survey. Websites: http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=502 Return to Water
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Date: May 2006
Student: asquires@willamette.edu
ENVR 327: Water Resources
Instructor: Dr. Karen Arabas
http://www.willamette.edu/~karabas/courses/envr327w