Comments about ‘USGS: Gains from Grand Canyon flooding short-lived’

and I wonder where the other 90% of the sediment is now? Wonder why Hite marina is nothing like nor ever will be what it once was. Bullfrog and Hall's are next saddly.

The problem is the itty-bitty U.S. Geological Survey scientists trying to play God. You can't do it! You can't mimic and replicate Nature 100%!

You can do the best you can do... But you shouldn't be dissapointed when you come up short of what Nature would have done without man intevening.

The dam is there. It's going to change things downstream. Man can't negate that and play god with manipulating the spillways to mimic nature.



Something to think about...
Since almost EVERY waterway in America has changed since the 50's... Why is THIS waterway the one that must be maintained at it's pre-1950 state???

What waterway in America can you point to that hasn't changed, the level hasn't changed, the beaches haven't changed, the fish species haven't changed, etc?

Climate changes over the ages. Rivers change over the ages. What makes us men feel it is our job to make sure everything stays the same?


Maybe this is the new reality for this river. Just as there are new realities for climate, glaciers, ocean levels, and rivers worldwide. Maybe we don't have to fix it.

2 bits: the Earth will survive in one way or another no matter what we as a species do to screw its natural adaptivness to humans. Question is how far do you want to test the limits of what will work for humans.
At some point all of these changes be them natural or man made in this case will permanently alter the balance. The fact that there is so scant trace of organisms on other planets and solar systems is testament to the fragile balance that made our species possible in the first place.