Feds' plans to 'flush' Grand Canyon stirs concerns (this IS Bushco)

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Wed Mar-05-08 06:28 PM
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Feds' plans to 'flush' Grand Canyon stirs concerns (this IS Bushco)

The Grand Canyon is about to take a bath, and National Park Service officials who oversee the natural wonder are worried.

Federal flood control managers, led by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, this week plan to unleash millions of cubic feet of water from behind Glen Canyon Dam to "flush" the huge canyon bottom with a simulated springtime flood.

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In a statement, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility condemned the flush as a "staged canyon greenwash" meant to attract television cameras while following a flood timeline that would "magnify the benefits for power production at the expense of environmental benefits."

"The Bush administration is trying to extend its control through the term of its successor -- a dead man's hand throttling the Colorado River management," said Jeff Ruch, executive director of the environmental group.

http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-grand4mar04

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Wed Mar-05-08 06:35 PM
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1. Why is it that, when I think of Bush, I think of flushing?

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