Jackie Fenton wrote: > > Bob Myers sent the below URL to me. The LA Times newspaper article > describes how a 16 year old girl was drowned on the Chatooga River > where, after six weeks, her body still remains following several > attempts to retrieve her body from the river. <snip> > There is ongoing debate over whether > or not the Forest Service has the legal right to alter the river > to retrieve the body (according to Williams, the Wild and Scenic Rivers > Act says the river shall not be altered and is concerned that this > may set a precedent for altering the course of the river). <snip> > I'm passing this on to > interested parties in South Carolina (or anyone else, for that matter) > that might wish to write the Senator. Other than this article, I have > no more details. If someone local to the area who happens to be > knowledgeable of this incident finds that the information from this > articles is not accurate, please post here (I'm somewhat skeptical when > it comes to newspaper articles...). Thanks. > The article is consistent with local reports. Portadam brought in a temporary dam, carried into the wilderness area by 30 convicts from a local prison. Unfortunately, the attempt coincided with a couple of days of rain, and the river rose too high to make it feasible. A major concern is that the attempt will create a greater hazard by leaving bolts in the rocks, or moving a rock and creating a more dangerous hole. This is a constant theme whenever there is a death on the Chatooga (average is 1-2/year): the family of the deceased says "We need to fix the hazard to prevent future deaths." The futility of this should be obvious, especially to sea paddlers. Steve -- Test Scoring and Reporting Services University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-5593 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 15 1999 - 07:01:07 PDT
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