NATIONAL DAM REMOVAL SHAPED
BY WISCONSIN SUCCESSES
BARABOO, MILWAUKEE & WILLOW RIVER DAMS HIGHLIGHTED
12/13/99

Madison -- Wisconsin's progressive leadership in recognizing the economic, recreational and environmental value of a healthy, free-flowing river has helped shape a new national outlook on dam removal according to a recently released report entitled "Dam Removal Success Stories: restoring rivers through selective removal of dams that don't make sense."  The report, released today by Trout Unlimited, American Rivers and Friends of the Earth, celebrates Wisconsin's national leadership in removing unsafe and uneconomical dams, including dams on the Baraboo, Milwaukee and Willow Rivers.  The report also documents more than 465 dam removals across the nation.  Wisconsin tops the list with 73 dams removed in the past 30 years - over one-third more than any other state.

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