published by Steven on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 12:43am
Some noteworthy developments in the free-the rivers movement in the last few weeks:
First, there's this video interview with seasoned federal Judge James Redden: http://soc.li/QsyRj0Z
Redden, of course, spent the final decade of his career presiding over the longest running ESA court case in American history, National Wildlife Federation v. National Marine Fisheries Service, better known as dams versus what's left of Columbia and Snake River Salmon.
published by Steven on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 11:20pm
"The trout hatchery at iDeath was built years ago when the last tiger was killed and burned on the spot. We built the trout hatchery right there. The walls went up around the ashes...
The hatchery has a beautiful tile floor with the tiles put together so gracefully that it's almost like music. It's a swell place to dance. There is a statue of the last tiger in the hatchery. The tiger is on fire in the statue. We are all watching it."
-Richard Brautigan In Watermelon Sugar
published by Steven on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 5:44am
Evening before last, I was at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, along with two dozen other folks, just a few clicks from Kennebunkport, Maine. I'd already proved myself persona non grata in the rarefied atmosphere of privilege that pervades the community hereabouts. What I thought was a portrait of George Washington in one of the local cafes turned out to be a likeness of Barbara Bush, the former first lady, who apparently vacations here along with the rest of the Bush clan.
published by Steven on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 11:23am
Time for global current affairs update: Burmese President Thein Sein, citing a groundswell of public opposition in his country, suspended a Chinese-financed, 6,000 megawatt dam earlier this week. (You can read about it in the Wall Street Journal)
published by Steven on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 9:31am
Take a look at Andy Maser's time lapse camera work, charting the progress of the removal of Condit Dam.
While you're at it, here's a photo by Michael Peterson (www.petersonstock.com) of the first tule chinook to spawn above Condit in a hundred years. These fish have been trapped below the dam and released above it by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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