20k people are affected. They can be easily compensated and can easily be relocated along the same river and still have their lifestyle and culture... perhaps better than before for generations to come. Check out the overall usage of flood against the land available. Check out the improvements water retained year round can bring.... seriously... why do think there are only 20k along the system to be flooded... it's BECAUSE the river won't support MORE than that.

Simply... beavers build dams and the environment thrives. The FIRST ENGINEERS knew what they were doing. That's why I worship the beaver.

Oh, one more thing... donate as much money as you can to the STOP THE BEAVERS FOUNDATION... yeah, that's right... yer gettin sucked in.

Now... back to the weather eh? There is another thread about the dam for posts about the damn dam damnit... >;-)