Dear HCN,
I have seen several
articles in your paper regarding problems with water on the Klamath
River (HCN, 10/28/02: The mesasge of 30,000 dead salmon). All of
the articles fail to mention just how much water is running into
the lake behind the dam. The dam was built to store excess water
for human use. To try to make up for a water deficit by releasing
stored water is a mistake. I believe that during the drought, the
flow out of the dam and into the river should match the flow into
the lake behind the dam.
That way the fish will
get exactly as much water as nature provides for them. If there is
excess water it would go to the farmers. If the lake runs dry, then
both the farmers and the fish will suffer. This allows the fish
(and the farmers) to get a better grasp of Darwinism and the law of
the jungle.
Rodney Eveland
Gillette, Wyomin
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