[at-l] People, Nature and "Development"

[Marsha]

a little of AT topic here, but.....

the railway that transported the dam employees from Boulder City into Hoover 
dam is now a trail.

http://www.nps.gov/lame/planyourvisit/hikerr.htm

Marsha

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Lynch" <jplynch at crosslink.net>
To: <AT-L at Backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] People, Nature and "Development"


> There might be another angle.
>   The beaver builds the dam for his families personal use and protection.
> They live there.  Its not remote to them, its home.  The dam is very much 
> a
> part of their life.
>   Hoover Dam was built by individuals who had no personal interest in it
> (other than doing a job well).  The dam, and its impoundment meant nothing
> to them after it was done.  The benefit of the dam accrues to people who 
> are
> remote from it and the benefit is indirect (e.g. the dam is but one of 
> many
> providers of electricity and water).
>   Not to suggest that one is good and the other isn't; but there is a
> difference.
>
>
>
>> In a message dated 12/29/2006 10:21:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> icw at wardanddavis.com writes:
>> *
>> *
>> *
>>
>> “Describe in defensible, logical terms, the
>> difference between a beaver dam and Hoover Dam.”
>>
>
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