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RE: Quick notes on Keystone Lake, to give a feel for the size of it.
Always fascinating to see how man tries to dominate nature. Wondering about the HUGE and DEVASTATING changes to the environment this one dam created. Appreciating the scale and the feeling (and your pics x) but worrying about what we do to Mother Earth.
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Well there are no salmon being blocked, so there isn't that worry. Eventually, it will silt in, and they will loose the ability for flood control, but will make some impressive farmland in another couple of centuries.
Lots of new fish habitat, above and below the dam, and the paddle fish are from a hatchery. There wasn't enough water for them here originally.
The hydroelectric power is the cleanest we have, better than wind and solar; because it is on demand.
These lakes (there are several) were added to avoid any chance of another dust bowl in this region , which was devastating to just about everything!
This part of Oklahoma is calked "Green Country" now, in part because of the moisture.
This dam is part of the navigation channel water feed, for low cost transportation from the Gulf.
So some of the environmental impact is a positive here too. This dam saved a lot if life during the recent rains, it also limited damages down stream.
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