A dam tears at all the interconnected webs of river valley life.

If I could go back to a point in history to try to get things to come out differently, I would go back and tell moses to go up the mountain again and get the other tablet. Because the Ten Commandments just tell us what we are supped to do with one another, not a word about our relationship to the earth. Genesis starts with these commands: multiply, replenish the earth, and subdue it. We have multiplied very well, we have replenished our populations very well, we have subdued it all too well, and we don’t have any other instruction.

It's not just water. It's not just ecology. It's not just fire. It's when you add it up. It's mutually reinforcing.

Environmental groups are not completely against dams. We approve of appropriate development.

Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.

...er det meget sterke krefter som søker å erstatte friluftsliv med mekanisert miljøødeleggende og konkurranseformet opphold i natur.