 How do you be a good neighbor to the people who live downstream? And that neighbor includes the humans and the not-so-human folks that are downstream of us. As we continue to enter into a new climate era, the infrastructures we put in are not built for the climate we're about to continue to inherit. Blue Earth County has considered removing the Rapidan Dam because of frequent flooding damage in the past. However, ecologists say removal would need to go slow to prevent sediment from rushing downstream all at once.