Harnessing The Headwaters -- First Dams on the Mississippi

This documentary explores the dams that are a prominent feature of many of the waterways in our region. Viewers will learn about the history of their creation and the ecological, economic, and cultural impact they have had on individuals and communities within the area.
Original Air Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014
lptv.org

[@gingerwood1969]

Although no longer there,never mentioned was the Knutson Dam on Cass Lake.

[@ralphbiggers928]

We had the South Dakota Dam. Open Pierre. And Port Thompson the Missouri River

[@daveb8362]

At 42:48 Renee Hanson of the Army Corps of Engineers states that a basketball is about 1 cubic foot. An NBA basketball has a circumference of 29.5 inches and a volume of only about 1/4 of a cubic foot. That's a tremendous underestimate. Even using a cube with face dimensions equal to the diameter of a BB is only about 1/2 cubic foot. I wonder how much of the other science the ACoE gets wrong.

[@mariopuzo4509]

Gull lake walleye.....? Whaaaaaaat?more like Pike crappie bass and panfish

[@DF13939]

Why is the Mississippi River drying up? Are the dams being shut down for some reason?

[@johnurseth3770]

I live in the headwater region and I can say this, we have a lot more people from Minneapolis moving up to this area and with that comes irrigating their houses year round, plus a few years of lower than average rainfall/snowfall and farming. Contact your local natural resources agency about river rewilding and using beavers to create natural reservoirs for the benefit of us and them

[@fishermaninabox]

That narrator accent is the weirdest Scandinavian voice I’ve ever heard. ...uffda...

[@pedrovelecela4276]

What is the name of this Dam

[@colormedubious4747]

Which one? If you'll actually WATCH the video, you'll see that they discuss 6 different dams (and their impounded lakes).

[@lee8830]

hurra the dams r coming down

[@heorbi]

Remove the Dams. Free the River. Build Fishladders.

[@colormedubious4747]

Stop drinking water. Stop eating farm products.