Alaska's Susitna was the first big northern river to pique my interest. Bob Blackadar was the first to try and raft it, and there had been two other attempts, but none were successful.

If Susitna-Watana Hydro Project is completed, the landscape and watershed won't be the only things permanently changed. Alaskan attitudes themselves will be altered. Sections. Sections ...

The proposed Susitna River hydro project would involve building the biggest dam in the United States in 50 years and change the flow of one of the most loved rivers in the state.