The National Research Council recently released a report entitled Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin: Causes of Decline and Strategies for Recovery. An article in last Friday's Science summarizes the recommendations: "tearing out dozens of small dams, resotoring wetlands, altering logging practices, and refilling long-drained lakes." Notably, the recommendations do not include substantial restrictions on the use of water for irrigation. Critics of the report say that the recommendations will take too long to implement.
Posted by Kent at November 4, 2003 2:08 PM | TrackBack