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ntr 1 5 age <br />...Cat trap • <br />Ore in poor condltbn and no <br />(OngeP produce any power. <br />The overwhelming <br />concern with towhead dams <br />is offen pubic safety. In such <br />cases, removal is the best <br />alternative for these towhead <br />dams. <br />Most dams, however, <br />continue to serve important <br />purpose (such as maintaining <br />water levels in recreational <br />lakes). In considering <br />maintenance versus removal, <br />severe! Issues ore considered <br />~cluding: public safety, effect on local <br />economy, ecological impacts, recreational <br />imposts, costs of repair, long- <br />term maintenance needs, <br />and effects on hlstoricol and <br />other resources. <br />The aging inventory of <br />Minnesota dams will! require <br />a substanciai investment for <br />years to come. More dams <br />wit! be removed to improve <br />public safety and avoid long- <br />term maintainance costs. <br />Others will be maintained to <br />help reduce flooding, create <br />habitat, produce hydro- <br />power, or maintain lake <br />levels. In a state rich with <br />water, working with dams is <br />sure to be an ongoing job. <br />mis sma0 dam <br />Hoar fosston, <br />Minnnosob, <br />provides habitat <br />for woteAowl, fur <br />bearers, and <br />other wildOfe. <br />fie 5pllt Rock Dam fatted durfrt0 the tloodir-0 of t 993. fie Repairs to the :fracture wore completed in 1944 of o east of <br />dam provides recrwtional opportunities and sotrto ttabibt. approxlrnately 5480,000. <br />