...but after reading the last paragraph in the article below, I see I was mistaken.

Cindy

http://www.ifbf.org/article.aspx?articleID=21494

Cindy Hildebrand
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Ames, IA 50010

"Flood control dams have no relation to the cause of floods. Check dams and terraces do not touch the cause of erosion...The practices we now call conservation are, to a large extent, local alleviations of biotic pain. They are necessary, but they must not be confused with cures." (Aldo Leopold)

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