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Title: Dam Removal on the Yuba River Author: Jonathan Hillerich Abstract: The Yuba River Watershed in
Central California has strong support from organizations such as the South
Yuba River Citizen’s League (SYRCL) that are actively promoting an environment
that is untouched and pristine in order to help preserve and rebuild
anadromous fish population as well as natural beauty. However, this goal is a difficult one
to accomplish due to the history of mining and dam construction that has been
a strong part of the area’s culture for hundreds of years. This paper outlines the conflicts of
dam removal that have plagued the area and breaks down the reasons for those
conflicts using both social and ecological approaches. Key References: James, L. Allan. (2005).
Sediment from hydraulic mining detained by Englebright
and small dams in the Yuba basin.
Geomorphology, 71, 202-226. Knight, Samuel. (1898).
Federal Control of Hydraulic Mining. The Yale Law Journal, 7, 385-392 Pejchar, L; Warner, K. A River Might Run Through It
Again: Criteria for Consideration of Dam Removal and Interim Lessons
from California Environmental Management [Environ. Manage.]. Vol. 28, no. 5,
pp. 561-575. Nov 2001. South Yuba River Citizen’s League. www.syrcl.org Return to Water
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Date: May
2008
Student: jhilleri@willamette.edu
ENVR 327: Water Resources
Instructor: Dr. Karen Arabas
http://www.willamette.edu/~karabas/courses/envr327w