Re: NANFA-- Give Me A Home Where The Buffalo Roam

mcclurg luke e (mcclurgl_at_washburn.edu)
Fri, 15 Sep 2000 11:17:51 -0500 (CDT)

I don't disagree with you Steve. My point is that those days are
gone. What we need to do now is EDUCATE people as to how we can first
stop the downward slide and THEN begin to try to reverse some of the
damage. Getting people to understand that a river is not necessarily to
be judged by how "clear" or "muddy" it is would be a big start. You get
your drinking water from the Kaw like everyone else around here, and I'm
sure you know it's problems (probably a LOT better than I do). Do you
want to let people continue to misunderstand it's problems based on false
perceptions? I doubt you do. On the other hand...do you want
misinformed extremists who come in and tell us now that the EPA has
to regulate every single body of water in the state including a farmers
stock pond used for watering cattle to meet safe drinking standards for
that water? You and I both probably know that is not only a ludicrous,
but also unenforcable law and it's already caused a severe
anti-environmental backlash. And it's going to get even uglier, and a lot
of valuable dollars will be wasted before all the smoke clears. All
because some extremists had an "all or nothing- our way or the
highway" approach to the issue.

Luke

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 SHasloue_at_kdhe.state.ks.us wrote:

>
> I've spent the last 25 years getting paid for working in streams and rivers
> in Kansas, doing fish community sampling above and below point sources and
> non-point sources.
>
> If I had my druthers, I'd just as soon go back to the days when roving
> herds of bison were "the" major impact on water quality. At least they
> "moved on" when they had overstayed their welcome!
>
>
>
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