Those who would breach or destroy dams have no adequate response for an alternative source of electric generation and transmission that is even remotely comparable to the efficiency and cleanliness of hydroelectric power. Moreover, they have no adequate alternative proposals to flood control. Restoring fish is vital to the region. Maintaining the federal hydroelectric generation and transmission system is vital to the region. Freight transportation on the inland waterway is vital to the region.
Irrigation is vital to the region.
Flood control is vital to the region. Municipal water from the river system is vital to the region. I am not, nor do I pretend to be, an expert on fish, but it is clear to me that there is no simple solution to problems of fish restoration. Fish runs in the region are down whether the fish encounter dams or not. Dam breaching and dam destruction proposals come with no evidence that these will help fish.