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Eleanors38

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10. We face a similar problem in Texas with drought and climate change...

Fri May 9, 2014, 08:17 PM

May 2014

Sure, the Lower Colorado River Authority can cut back fresh water supplies to the rice farmers SW of Houston, and has for 3 years, thus conserving water upstream for Austin and river towns, but the lack of fresh water input to bays & estuaries threatens Texas's (wonderful!) shrimp stocks, and may have long-range impact on red fish pops & other animals, including birds. They all live in or on the Gulf, but salinity is a crucial lynchpin in shore life.

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How the US stopped its fisheries from collapsing [View all] HuckleB May 2014 OP

Hello. HuckleB May 2014 #1

I have to agree; there have been some great successes in this area. badtoworse May 2014 #2

Interesting, and a definite bummer. HuckleB May 2014 #3

Personally, I believe it is the loss of coastal wetlands. badtoworse May 2014 #4

That would make sense. HuckleB May 2014 #5

I believe the issue is being studied, but I'm not aware of any measures aimed at restoration badtoworse May 2014 #13

We face a similar problem in Texas with drought and climate change... Eleanors38 May 2014 #10

Ugh. I'm sorry to hear the bad news. HuckleB May 2014 #11

Yes. Outside of Texas, our Colorado is often called Eleanors38 May 2014 #12

Interesting! Very interesting. HuckleB May 2014 #14

Anytime! Eleanors38 May 2014 #16

It's all about competition for limited resources. badtoworse May 2014 #15

Austin is in the process of building a 1bill. dollar treatment Eleanors38 May 2014 #17

K&R SalviaBlue May 2014 #6

Thanks! HuckleB May 2014 #7

Kicking for good news. nt okaawhatever May 2014 #8

Yeah! It's nice to get good news once in a while! HuckleB May 2014 #18

Good post. Our federal & state agencies charged with protecting Eleanors38 May 2014 #9