Dam on slough helps Big Delta man protect home along Tanana River

Big Delta resident Tom Gorman said a small dam he built earlier this year to protect his home from the meandering Tanana River held steady over the past couple of weeks as the river rose to near-flood level, due to recent rains.
Gorman now hopes the river falls quickly enough to allow him to finish work on the dam before snow flies.Gorman stands at the edge of a 20-foot-wide slough off the Tanana River that runs along the foot of a ridge on which he built his house about seven years ago and sai