Re: Growing Seasons
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Growing Seasons
- From: K* H* <s*@mtnweb.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 06:20:45 GMT
At 04:27 PM 4/17/96 MDT, you wrote:
The Colorado River suffers at least as badly from the same problem as
>the Rio Grande as it exits into the Gulf of California. And the
>builders in southern Calif want more and more and to hell with the
>environment (can you tell I'm from northern California). The "water
>wars" out here continue beyond any intelligent thought, by any of the
>parties. Do they affect the flora and fauna?? Of course. The idiots out
>here almost cost the world the supply of pacific salmon, not to mention
>many other fish stocks, by bottling up the water flow in western rivers
>for the sake of "development". Then there was the selenium problem
>contaminating the run off water shed, and , and , and
The subject of irigation water is off the subject of Iris but relating in a
convoluted way. A good book to read about this subject is 'CADILLAC DESERT'
It is all about the water politics of the west. In many ways it is
frightning because it shows what a fragile thread we have built our south
western cities upon.
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Karin Hinsen seconfid@mtnweb.com
Central coast of California
