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Article #44Re: Lessons Learned: California's Opportunity to Achieve Improved Flood Control
From: Mark
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:00
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David Underwood wrote: > > Mark wrote: > > > > Dear L. Needham Sutter County, California: > > > > Your below post is most interesting and shows your sharp > > perception. I wish more shared your sharp perceptions. > > > > I have heard from a great distance that the Endangered > > Species Act (ESA) also contributed to the floods. By > > preventing needed maintenance on damaged levees for the > > sake of the Long-Horned Elderberry Beetle. In this case > > there is room for adjustment in the ESA and also for those > > who blindly act under its name displaying archaic environmentalism. > > > > Mark, from the land of the Mighty Columbia!! > >--------------------------------------------------- > Yes you heard that a levee failed due to some kind of environmental > protection. However, this tale was started by Rep. Richard Pombo, > a true ecco-terrorist if ever there was one. The Stocton Record > reported on the levee failures, Pombo could not document such > events due to "bugs and rodents in levees", the California Chief > of the U.S.F.& W.S., Wqayne White said that there was little > substance to these charges. Several experts on levees including > people on the levee district director and farmers in the area said > that the reason the levees failed was because there "was just too > much water." > ----------------------------------------------- > If there is junk science it is Needham, and Pombo, not the > environmentalists. The references are there to be read if you want to > do the research. > needham@syix.com wrote: -------------------------------------------- Dear David Underwood: I question the credibility of your reference to the U.S.F.& W.S. - I believe that refers to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. If that is the case the US Fish and Wildlife Service credibility is extremely suspect. The US Fish and Wildlife Service is well know to back their agendas with any deception that would serve their cause. Why they do so is not explainable. Perhaps they have problems facing the truth. Mark, From the land of the Mighty Columbia!!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,9019729c0c775325 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 102cad,9019729c0c775325 X-Google-Attributes: gid102cad,public X-Google-Thread: 10df74,9019729c0c775325 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public X-Google-Thread: fe1ad,9019729c0c775325 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe1ad,public X-Google-Thread: f9e58,9019729c0c775325 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9e58,public X-Google-Thread: 1052ed,9019729c0c775325 X-Google-Attributes: gid1052ed,public X-Google-Thread: 1078fc,9019729c0c775325 X-Google-Attributes: gid1078fc,public X-Google-Thread: 105030,9019729c0c775325 X-Google-Attributes: gid105030,public From: Mark <mebooker@atnet.net> Subject: Re: Lessons Learned: California's Opportunity to Achieve Improved Flood Control Date: 1997/03/13 Message-ID: <3328C5E1.7739@atnet.net> X-Deja-AN: 225412676 References: <332643E6.3205@syix.com> <33271BBB.9AE@atnet.net> <33279455.4020@earthlink.net> Organization: Wolfe Internet Access, L.L.C. Reply-To: mebooker@atnet.net Newsgroups: alt.org.audubon,alt.org.earth-first,alt.org.sierra-club,ca.general,ca.news,ca.environment,sci.geo.hydrology,sci.geo.rivers+lakes,sci.environment,sci.engr.civil,ca.water