--Bruce Stallsmith
the land of springs, Tennessee Valley
Huntsville, AL, US of A
>From: "Crail, Todd" <tcrail-in-UTNet.UToledo.Edu>
>Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
>Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- Flame Chub Testimony On Friday
>Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:27:10 -0500
>
>Bruce,
>
>What are the conductivities in the populated vs devoid springs? Is the
>spring
>in the neighborhood getting any kind of enrichment from the lawns? What
>really struck me on the Barrens wasn't so much that there was agriculture,
>and
>fertilizer from that... That didn't seem to be the problem. In fact the
>springs were literally choked with vegetation, as though the springs
>_themselves_ were huge points of productivity, mining enrichment from the
>earth. The rest of the stream might have a straggler patch of elodea,
>cabomba
>or rotala here and there. It was certainly clear enough in the mainstem to
>allow the growth of submerged plants. It seemed more related to cows
>walking
>banks, and introducing obscene amounts of ultra fine particles.
>
>Are you seeing a similar thing in 'bama?
>
>Todd
>Where the mud runs like a river...
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