05-07-2003, 05:24 PM
[cool]As a resident of Arizona, I have also been following the US Game and Fish program to reduce the "non native" fish population in the lower Colorado, to enhance survival of the native chubs, suckers, pikeminnows, etc. As a sportsfishermen, I have been opposed to the wholesale eradication of great gamefish. As an environmentalist, I have tried to see the logic in physically addressing the problems created by erecting dams and changing the ecosystem.
My opinion. It is a tragedy to lose even one species of life on earth. But, it is foolish to throw tons of money and manpower towards changing something that can't be changed...and is not that big of a deal in the greater scheme of things.
For those who would like to see the actual gameplan, I picked up a link to a powerpoint presentation from the federal agency working on the program. You need Acrobat reader to access this, and then just click through it. it is interesting...if not depressing.
[url "http://www.gcmrc.gov/Pubs_FS/removal_overview.pdf"]http://www.gcmrc.gov/Pubs_FS/removal_overview.pdf[/url]
I think one of the things I find most distasteful about the trout removal program is that the fish are all being given to the native American peoples in the area to bury in their fields. What an inglorious end to glorious fish.
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My opinion. It is a tragedy to lose even one species of life on earth. But, it is foolish to throw tons of money and manpower towards changing something that can't be changed...and is not that big of a deal in the greater scheme of things.
For those who would like to see the actual gameplan, I picked up a link to a powerpoint presentation from the federal agency working on the program. You need Acrobat reader to access this, and then just click through it. it is interesting...if not depressing.
[url "http://www.gcmrc.gov/Pubs_FS/removal_overview.pdf"]http://www.gcmrc.gov/Pubs_FS/removal_overview.pdf[/url]
I think one of the things I find most distasteful about the trout removal program is that the fish are all being given to the native American peoples in the area to bury in their fields. What an inglorious end to glorious fish.
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