Richard Leo

OPINION: The more the public learns about the proposed Susitna Dam's costs, impacts, risks, and alternatives, the more preposterous the project seems.

OPINION: The proposed Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project appears to be a done deal moving forward, but there are big problems no one seems to be thinking about.

The Susitna dam, the most expensive state-funded project in Alaska's history, would reduce the Susitna River to a drainage canal while the 40-mile-long reservoir filled. The fourth-largest king salmon run in Alaska is on the Su.

The final insult of the monstrous Susitna River dam project is that it will produce a ridiculously small amount of electricity for such a huge public expense. There are many cheaper, less destructive alternatives for power, more in keeping with Alaska values.