C'mon folks, I think we are discussing something worth talking about here,
let's keep the ideas flowing and maybe somewhere along the way a small
project might crop up where this idea can be tried.
Luke
On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 Noturus_at_aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/16/00 10:42:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> mcclurgl_at_washburn.edu writes:
>
> << What about an underground tube? It could be run for many miles if
> necessary and come out above the normal pool height of any impoundment and
> in times fo extreme flooding could be used as a secondary spillway. >>
>
> Unfortunately, many small, non-game fish won't even use a culvery going under
> a four lane road. A tube extending for many miles would be a pretty
> inhospitable place. Some of these fish don't travel more than a couple of
> pools/riffles in their lifetime! Madtoms that we did some tagging on didn't
> leave their pool in four years!
>
> J.R.
>
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