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Saving Rock Dam from Damnation

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Saving Rock Dam from Damnation
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Environmental journalist, Karl Meyer and Gill Selectboard member, John Ward, take Monte on a journey to explore Rock Dam in Great Falls. Rock dam is the best-known spawning area of the federally endangered shortnose sturgeon. But is it currently being polluted? And will the federal relicensing of the dams upstream solve the problem? Listen to their conversation below. And read Karl’s blog here. 

https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/saving-rock-dam-from-damnation

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