Pacificorp's newly proposed dam in the Oneida Narrows will likely negatively impact the already beleaguered Great Salt Lake:
The Bear River is the major source of water for the Great Salt Lake (and its ecosystems) which of course is already in serious trouble. This proposed dam would be the second dam on this section of the river.
While the project location is in Idaho, Utahns need to weigh in on yet another ill-advised dam that will likely have serious downstream consequences. Dams are short-lived and create ecological collapse. It is exactly these types of projects that have contributed to the shrinking of the Great Salt Lake, the ultimate loss of which would have devastating human health as well as disastrous environmental consequences for wildlife and related native plant ecosystems.
Comments are due by December 26.
Project background information:
https://www.pacificorp.com/energy/storage/oneida.html
Friends of Great Salt Lake newsletter (see page 16):
https://www.fogsl.org/newsroom/newsletters/74-2023-winter/file
Advocacy group opposing this project:
https://www.oneidanarrows.org/
Their petition:
Ferc comment link:
https://www.ferc.gov/how-file-comment
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