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Environmental fight over New Hope Dam in North Carolina
Environmentalists and opponents clash over the 1300 foot New Hope Dam across the Haw River in Chatham County. Proponents call it essential for Cape Fear stabilization while critics urge a smaller dam or dry option and stronger water quality safeguards amid EPA and state concerns.
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Moncure
N.C
New Hope
Haw
Chatham County
North Carolina
Army Corps of Engineers
New Hope Creek
Cape Fear River
James Wallace
Chapel Hill
The
Conservation Council of
Chatham
Orange
Wake
Ecos Inc
ECOS
U.S. District Court
Edwin Stanley
Durham
Fayetteville
Wilmington
Wallace
Environmental Protection Agency
Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Fisheries Bureau
North Carolina League of Women Voters
Corps of Engineers
Jane Sharp
League
EPA
State Department of Water and Air Resources
State Department
North Carolina State University
Raleigh
Cape Fear
Congress
Albert Costanza
State Board
New Hope Reservoir