Jay DeLong wrote:
> Chris Downs said:
> > An uninteresting question. A more interesting question is who is
> > paying the
> > $$$ for habitat protection/restoration for those native fishes?
>
> Until the public sees a need to protect habitat, there won't be money for
> this, except for efforts like:
> 1- small groups of people across the country now involved in local stream
> clean programs (community stream-clean groups, school groups, etc). But
> what they do can be undone in a second if there aren't laws and money
> permanently directed at the problem.
>
> 2- the USFWS and NMFS, who step in when a species is endangered, but they
> don't protect habitat unless it impacts a rare species. Then who pays? You
> and me. But is that really the solution? Geez, I hope no one says Yes.
>
> 3- The Nature Conservancy. We are lucky an organization like this exists.
>
> --
> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA
>
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