Re: Dams and well Clinton did it first.

[Kent Lufkin]

Like it or not, the demise of anadramous fishing in our rivers is a 
direct result of a series of value decisions made on the local and 
national political stage. There's nothing in this forum's charter 
that precludes discussions about how political decisions impact 
fishing. If list members don't wish to participate in such 
discussions, that's their choice.

IMHO, it's disingenuous to refuse to tolerate discussion about the 
political impacts on fishing while while at the same time wringing 
our hands about the decline of our fisheries.

As Tip O'Neill once opined "All politics is local", local activism 
and coalition-building is a first step to meaningful political 
opposition. Neither can take place without discussion.

K