I agree, the Whatcom County Council must be bought and paid for. This is far
from thinking, simply politics.
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David Weitl mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Poulsbo, Washington WA Statewide Fishing Reports
http://www.nwfishing.com
"The gods do not deduct from a man's allotted span
the hours spent in fishing"
-- Babylonian Proverb
-----Original Message-----
From: Jewelee at Cluster Businesses [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 10:10 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: "Dams help salmon. . .
> . . .according to the Whatcom County Council"
>
>.... which notes the dangers rivers
> can pose to fish and ways in which dams can alleviate those hazards.
> Council Chairwoman Marlene Dawson proposed the letter in reaction to a
> request from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners which passed a
> resolution last month against breaching Snake River dams.
> 'Natural rivers have always presented certain hazards,' the letter states.
> 'The shallows create higher temperatures and constricted areas where
> predators find the fish easy prey. The rapids are notorious for bruising
> and damaging fish.'
> Dams, it says, make passage less demanding for fish."
>
>
Do you think that they could explain what happened to the Elwah salmon then?
After all, they started diminishing in size and numbers after the dams were
put
in place.
This kind of thinking blows me away.
Darin
That's not thinking - it's politics. The two are in no way associated.
-Jewelee
