US Plans Its First Megadam In 40 Years

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Mount Susitna (4396 feet); Susitna River Delta (middle distance); Knik Arm (foreground). The Susitna River is a 313-mile (504 km) long river in the South central Alaska. It is the 15th largest river in the United States of America, ranked by average discharge volume at its mouth. The river stretches from the Susitna Glacier to Cook Inlet, into the Gulf of Alaska. Caption Wikipedia. Photo source: ©© Walter Siegmund

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Later this month, Alaskan authorities will file plans in Washington DC for a 213-metre megadam on one of the country’s last remaining wild rivers: the Susitna…

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