Cuyahoga River at flood stage. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio . Dam behind Sheraton. DAMS ARE BENEFICIAL

This is the third flood in 10 days. The river is up a good five feet above normal. The dam here is one the Ohio EPA is planning on eliminating along with one about 500 yards up stream and the large Edison Dan about a mile down stream. My question is "What's going to happen during floods to the people, businesses and property below these dams if they are removed?" I guess my question is why doesn't the EPA value humans and property over an ideology? And then there are kayak and crooked clubs who VERY SELFISHLY think that we need to put every thing back into the pre "white man" era BUT they selfishly disregard the needs and security of Man Kind. HIPPIES, trust me .... there is NO ONE who loves the river MORE THAN ME!!! I have spent my ENTIRE LIFE around it!!! I use it 12 months a year and use it sometimes 7 days a week. If you spend much time on the river between Hiram and Edison Dam then you've seen me in my orange canoe with my dog up front. Proof that the velocity is changed by removing dams is the FACT that after the Kent Dam was modified and the Monroe Falls Dam was removed we had TWO MAJOR "HUNDRED YEAR" FLOODS... coincidence??? I figured out the BENEFIT of DAMS when I was four playing in my gravel driveway with a hose!!! Your telling me the EPA can't figure it out!!!! Do I have a dog in the fight??? PARTIALLY, I use the part of the river dammed above the boardwalk in Cuyahoga Falls for fishing and so do HUNDREDS of people every year!! The BIGGEST EPA LIE is that "stagnant water" CRAP!! Be hind the Kent dam and the Monroe Falls dam the water was as clean as ANY LAKE in the middle of summer!!!! Why were there still TONS OF FISH???? MORE THEN THAN THERE ARE NOW??? You should be fighting the ODNR, they are the ones stocking non-native fish that have decimated the natural fish in other Lake Erie rivers (steelhead). If you're gonna give he "thumbs down" then PLEASE COMMENT. I purposely allow ANY and ALL comments and ratings. I LOVE DEBATE!!!

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[MarkCox73]

AMAZING!!! I saw last night a show on TV how BEAVER DAMS in creeks and rivers CREATE NEW HABITAT and CONTROL FLOODING. Why is the BEAVER CELEBRATED and MAN , who is even better than the beaver, IS DEMONIZED???

[jonnytheninja2R]

then tell me who build anything around a river dam anyway? if you want house on a river, build it upstream. if you want a business up river, build it upstream. leave nature like it is. no reason to urbanize the river, what are inner city morons gonna use it for other than to litter in it anyway?

[Crazyriver1]

storage capacity of the river channel is reduced by the elevated height of the dam pool in direct correlation to the height of the dam. The gorged out nature of the river from Bailey Rd to the Chuckery Area of Cascade Park prevents increased flow spilling out of the channel. Its only when there are flood plains (non-gorge areas) that increased flow will cause flooding as the river is no longer restricted.

[Crazyriver1]

So what you are saying is the the removal of the 2 dams upstream caused additional precipitation in the watershed that resulted in flooding? Sounds like solid science to me! Yeah right! All the dams on this river have NO impact on whether or not the river floods. Since there is no mechanism to release water from the dam pools (no gates on any dams), all water flowing into the dam pool flows over the dam and downstream. If anything these dams can create flooding since the storage capacity ..

[ohiocanalgirl]

bye bye lowhead dams!