New Threat to Mokelumne River: Now They Want to Raise the Dam, Flood More River

From the Trout Bums on the Web blog comes news of a new threat to the Mokelumne River – an attempt to raise the dam, flooding more of the river in the process:

EBMUD is attempting to get approval to raise the height of Pardee dam. If they succeed, miles of the Mokelumne river will disappear under the raised dam. In my humble opinion, the potential recreational opportunities provided by the expanded dam will not even come close to the destroyed recreational opportunities buried under feet of water.

Mikey Weir has put together a video:

Mokelumne Wild and Scenic from Mikey Wier on Vimeo.

At this point, we’re attempting to raise “awareness” of the issue, which sounds achingly familiar to the ongoing attempts to raise Shasta Lake, flooding out miles of the Upper Sacramento, McCloud, and Pit Rivers.

That’s not good. I’ll keep an eye on this, and hopefully we’ll be able to take action on this front sometime soon.

See you on the Mokelumne, Tom Chandler.