River Ways. A Dispute Over Fish in Idaho
Description
What do you do when the fish disappear? That's the question haunting Idaho. It's become the center of a bitter debate. The solution - removing four dams on the Snake River - is as controversial as the problem. It could be the only way to save the fish, but it also has dire consequences for the 50,000 people who depend on the dams for their livelihood. On one side are the commercial fishermen who want the dams removed. On the other side the farmers say removing the dams will be the end of them. As this documentary points out, the solution will be a disaster for one side or the other.
Runtime
60 min
Subjects
- Water-supply (180)
- Dams (34)
- Political planning (192)
- Policy sciences (61)
- Land use (186)
- Economics (3707)
- Public policy (69)
- Fish habitat improvement (3)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2012], c2011
Database
Films on Demand
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