It’s Thursday, and while Northern California continues its slow melt into the earth’s crust, this weekend could shovel a little relief our way. Just think “cool” and maybe everyone gets out alive…
Those who might not survive include a lot of birds and animals who count on the annual upwelling off the California Coast. For the second year in a row, it’s not happening. Via blogfish – an excellent conservation blog – we bring you this story about two years of starvation for some animals off the California Coast.
In a lighter vein comes this story from Moldy Chum: When Good Mayflies Turn Bad…
And because we all love learning more about our country’s simple, uncomplicated legal system, MidCurrent covers the story regarding the ongoing fight over access to a ditch slough in Montana. It’s the Stars vs. the Rest of the World in yet one more example of people moving somewhere beautiful and deciding to reserve all that beauty for themselves.
And just so our backpacking friends at GetOutdoors.com (one of the last pockets of backpackerism in the world) don’t feel left out, we’ve got what amounts to a working model of what happens to Northern California’s water table every time some bastard waters his acre of green lawn in the SoCal desert. Ladies and gentleman, the Fishing Toilet… (no, I am not making this up).
That’s it for now. I’ve got a fishing report to write. See you on the Internet, Tom Chandler
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A comment on the Montana access issue. I’m on the side of access, but I think one thing that is causing the problems is the type of usage allowed. In this months issue of “Fly Fisherman” there is an article on the over use of the river by rafters on the Montana rivers. You can’t fish the Upper Rogue on a Sunday because of this. Where I am at we have jet skis, and people water skiing, which is insane. The drop in flow gets rid of the water skiers, but not the jet skis. They also run hopped up jet boats that make a Boeing seem quiet.
I think jet skis are ok on a place like Lake Shasta, because its so big, but not the Rogue. I would not own one anywhere.
When one water use precludes another, I don’t think it is right. I hate more laws, be we have use issues on our water ways that need to be fixed.
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