Boone has initiated efforts to draw 4 million gallons of water a day from the South Fork of the New River at Todd.
This project is still not a done deal and citizens of Todd are organizing to fight this project which threatens to destroy a national treasure. Boone has some two dozen other possible sites from which they could draw water, but they've chosen the South Fork because it's the cheapest. They've gone to the trouble to contract with a public relations firm to spin public opinion in their favor -- claiming that they'll put nearly all the water back in the river and it will be cleaner when they took it out. If you've seen or gone down the river in recent years, you know there's not nearly as much water in the South Fork as their used to be. Sucking more water out of it may just destroy it and everything in it.
There are plenty of opportunities to challenge this proposal and more information will be posted here in coming days. If you're a friend of the river and willing to help, let us know. Drop an email to jimlewis@skybest.com to get involved.
This project is still not a done deal and citizens of Todd are organizing to fight this project which threatens to destroy a national treasure. Boone has some two dozen other possible sites from which they could draw water, but they've chosen the South Fork because it's the cheapest. They've gone to the trouble to contract with a public relations firm to spin public opinion in their favor -- claiming that they'll put nearly all the water back in the river and it will be cleaner when they took it out. If you've seen or gone down the river in recent years, you know there's not nearly as much water in the South Fork as their used to be. Sucking more water out of it may just destroy it and everything in it.
There are plenty of opportunities to challenge this proposal and more information will be posted here in coming days. If you're a friend of the river and willing to help, let us know. Drop an email to jimlewis@skybest.com to get involved.
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