Those thinking the Conowingo Dam and associated Lower Susquehanna River sediment issues would be lost during the fall election season are starting to second guess themselves.
With gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan making political waves with demands for dredging the dam at the same time that a U.S. Army Corp of Engineers preliminary assessment indicates that dredging would have little impact on the Chesapeake Bay in the event of a catastrophic storm, things are heating up.
And adding fuel to that fire is a new op-ed piece by conservationists in the New York Times this week advocating that the dam (a major source of electric power for the region) be removed entirely to improve fish migration.
Given the renewed interest in Conowingo debate, the Spy sought out the response of the Clean Chesapeake Coalition, representing the interests of ten county governments in Maryland, that is pushing for mediation with the dam’s upstream sediment problems before counties begin spending on high cost conservation programs as part of the State’s overall Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP).
in his interview with the Spy, Chip MacLeod, the Clean Chesapeake Coalition’s general counsel, discusses in detail his organization’s response to the Corp of Engineers assessment, the importance of focusing on the Lower Susquehanna River as the top priority of any long term solution for protecting the Bay.
This video is approximately eleven minutes in length
Jim says
Yeah, let’s ignore facts based on science and go with the political hacks.