I’m a fan of hydro power and the clean energy it provides. But, as a commercial fisherman, I’m against Alaska Power & Telephone’s Connelly Lake dam. No matter how much research is done, there’s no guarantee the dam won’t harm the fisheries.
AP&T’s reports estimated the value of the Chilkoot River system fishery at more than $1 million annually. Alaska Department of Fish & Game estimates that 41 percent of the sockeye in the upper