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Article: Editorials.(News)(Editorial)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2000
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No one prescription for Fox dams
For many, the long-standing dams across the Fox River are a source of good fishing and boating or the man-made obstructions that create the mesmerizing lull of falling water. To die-hard environmentalists and paddlers, they are unnecessary obstacles to migrating fish and canoes.
For rescue personnel up and down the river, the dams have a fearful reputation, with good reason. Two Elgin firefighters and a power skier have died in the powerful curl at Elgin's dam, for example, and two others died at or near dams in Batavia and North Aurora.
For the residents of Elgin and Aurora, Kane County's two most populous ...