Report: Feds ordered salmon study rewrite

[JoFerret]

More Bush junk science.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=2&u=/ap/salmon_study

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Federal biologists evaluating the effects of shifting millions of gallons of water to Southern California from rivers in the north were ordered by their superiors to revise a conclusion that the plan would hurt endangered salmon, a newspaper reported Saturday.

At issue is a state-federal plan for the network of reservoirs and aqueducts that moves water to Southern California.

Biologists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration initially found that the water project would harm fish in many rivers in Northern California, including salmon in the American River. But NOAA administrators overruled the report's findings and supervised a rewriting of the analysis, according to documents obtained by The Sacramento Bee.


Some agency employees who asked not to be identified said some of the changes had no basis in science and will substantially weaken protections for endangered winter-run salmon, steelhead and other fish.
<more>

[nosmokes]

1. ahem!

"will substantially weaken protections for endangered winter-run salmon, **steelhead** and other fish."

excuuuse me, you little fucking sqworm with your talking points and your corporate ass kissing, but d'ya think you could leave us enough of the fucking planet so we could survive, huh?

(some of us have a vested interest, doncha know...)

[Erika]

2. Bush's Legacy....

Destroy the fish. Let our kids and grandkids suffer. He has his priorities and his stocked pond at Crawford where he can sit on a pondside chair and "catch" fish. The ultimate elitist.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. "Ultimate elitist" -- you are so right -- yet so many are fooled!

[Mechatanketra]

4. This ought to be a major campaign position for Kerry, durnit.

Not so much the fish themselves -- sadly, I think environmentalism is something of a lost cause with Joe Sixpack, who won't believe any bad news until his local lake catches on fire -- but the approach. This "if you don't like the results, order them changed" approach pops up very often under Bush's reign (e.g. the "let's reclassify fast food service as manufacturing" ploy). I think Kerry could build a whole attack front on this simple message: Bush isn't even trying to fix your problems, just hide them under the carpet.

[annabanana]

5. rate it and keep it kicked

We can't let anything get by anymore. This one's for those folks who care more about the fishin' than they do about the killin'.

[UpInArms]

6. shouldn't those "Sportsmen for Bush"

think about how his policies are destroying their world?

[struggle4progress]

7. kick

:kick:

[pinniped]

8. So that piece of shit * got his cronies in at NOAA too eh?

They also want to count the hatchery fish with the wild population.

Pretty soon the * cronies will want to count POS farm raised salmon with the wild population. Hey it's all the same.:eyes:

[sr_pacifica]

9. Of course you know why they're routing water to SoCal

Because they consistently vote Republican. I'm sure some big-buck contributors were promised some sweet deals and this is one of them. Northern California, on the other hand, votes consistently Democrat---after all its the home of San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, etc.

I grew up near the American River and, on my trips back to see the salmon run at Natomas Hatchery, I have seen the diminishing numbers. This will surely drive wild salmon to extinction.

[sweetheart]

10. come on... beyond politics... it just ain't natural

Los Angeles is a natural desert, as it san diego. The water must,
come from somewhere else... and OBVIOUSLY, it is going to suck those
places dry, be they the colorado river or the watersheds to the north.

There must be some honesty to reflect the reality of the terrible
mismangement of water for such areas... and to add to the mess.
cities like tucson and phoenix are relying on the same colorado
river watershed.

Some reality must cross the fantasy borders of politics to communicate
that water supplies are short, and no amount of bullshit will change
the facts of building cities in deserts and expecting other people,
watersheds and speicies of animals to absorb the stupidity.

Is there anyone left who can hear the voice of the earth's crust
as it screams for sanity?