Besieged river
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Dear HCN,
Alan S. Kesselheim's lead story on the Yellowstone River hits the nail on the head (HCN, 3/27/00: The last wild river). A classic, one-of-a-kind, free-flowing river gets ruined because of greed and stupidity. The fact that anyone can build anything in a 100-year floodplain is insane. Look at the Mississippi if you want to see what happens when a natural river is channelized with nowhere for the water to go during floods.
Also, a friend of mine saw a fisherman pull a pike out of the Yellowstone River last week. Add that to the problems with whirling disease and you have another problem of immense proportions.
David Haines
Phoenix, Arizona
Alan S. Kesselheim's lead story on the Yellowstone River hits the nail on the head (HCN, 3/27/00: The last wild river). A classic, one-of-a-kind, free-flowing river gets ruined because of greed and stupidity. The fact that anyone can build anything in a 100-year floodplain is insane. Look at the Mississippi if you want to see what happens when a natural river is channelized with nowhere for the water to go during floods.
Also, a friend of mine saw a fisherman pull a pike out of the Yellowstone River last week. Add that to the problems with whirling disease and you have another problem of immense proportions.
David Haines
Phoenix, Arizona
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