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River Wild, River Tamed

Saving The West by Alex Warren

Nov 28, 201829:42News & Politics

The over 3 million miles of American rivers and streams meet between 80,000 and Two Million dams. They were built for water storage, hydroelectricity, and flood control. Since the nation was founded, we've built an avera...

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River Wild, River Tamed is an episode from Saving The West by Alex Warren. The over 3 million miles of American rivers and streams meet between 80,000 and Two Million dams. They were built for water storage, hydroelectricity, and flood cont...

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