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Vision Tulsa: Fisheries biologist damns dams' impact on fish and fishing

Fisheries biologist Chris Whisenhunt with a sauger he caught in the Arkansas River beneath the 96th Street (Jenks) bridge, an area that would be affected by the proposed south Tulsa / Jenks dam. Tulsa fisheries biologist Chris Whisenhunt has some concerns about the dam's effect on fish and fishing....

Posted by Michael Bates on April 4, 2016 1:20 AM

Dam hazards: Ohio cities removing low-water dams

It's very typical of Tulsa to embrace an urban development fad just as other cities are rethinking and reversing course. (Case in point: No sooner did we close off Main Street for a pedestrian mall than other cities began noticing that pedestrian malls killed retail businesses and started reopening pedestrianized...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 4, 2016 12:23 AM

Dams, not studies, promised in Vision 2025

An edited version of this piece was published in the July 25, 2007, issue of Urban Tulsa Weekly. The edited, published version of the piece is online, but badly formatted. Posted on the web November 3, 2012. Out of Whole Terry Cloth Simonson says, but it ain't necessarily so What...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 25, 2007 4:21 PM