Tried to post this as a reply on the McCloud thread, couldn't read Bjorn's post because of the board bug, couldn't reply to PGW. I have been on this board long enough to know how Dale and Paul feel about CalTrout and whitewater and unwanted solicitations. It's just sad, though, when an issue like this is dismissed out of hand without any consideration of participation. If you go to
http://www.calsport.org/index.htm and look at the organizations that are working together on this, to try and protect one of the great fishing resources in not just the state but the world, it seems plain dumb to piss on the effort. In the last year Nestle tried to ram a water bottling facility down the throat of California, and it was through the work of these organizations that this has been stopped. Worth applauding? Hell yeah. Did any of you take the time to look at the report CalTrout just put together, through the work of Peter Moyle, et al? That's a phenomenal achievement, and complaining that CalTrout and its peers need money to support work of this kind is honestly just a bunch of bull. Here's a link to the report in pdf
http://cal...s-Native-Fish-Crisis.pdf
and the supporting research
http://cal...-Crisis-Final-Report.pdf
If you want to use the resource, participate in the conversation. Support the organizations doing the work. Otherwise when the resource is gone you'd better just keep your mouth shut. You haven't earned the right to complain.
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