Posted on 05/11/2005 1:50:08 PM PDT by freebilly
DAVENPORT — Almost two months after a dozen fish were killed at a Davenport hatchery, federal investigators are looking for a break in the case.
NOAA Fisheries investigators are offering $5,000 for information about the mid-March killing of the steelhead at the hatchery operated by the Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project
"If we crack it, it will be because of public input," NOAA Fisheries Agent Joe Giordano. "We just haven’t had much luck."
Investigators said a freshwater tank had been tainted with chlorine. The dead fish were discovered during a routine check of the tank.
Steelhead in Central California are listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act and harming them can land a person in jail for up to six months.
The incident cut short this year’s effort at restoring steelhead to the San Lorenzo River, said Dave Streig, the only paid employee of the otherwise volunteer group.
Seven of the dead fish were females, he said. Those females can produce 5,000 to 9,000 eggs.
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Three mature females were able to be released back into the river.
The hatchery has operated since 1982 on property owned by Big Creek Lumber Co.
The group has released more than 2 million salmon and steelhead into streams since the effort began, while also offering educational programs for schoolchildren.
Steelhead are born in freshwater and migrate to the ocean, where they reach adulthood before returning to fresh water to reproduce.
Investigators asked that anyone with information call NOAA’s law enforcement hotline at (800) 853-1964 or call Giordano at (707) 575-6073.
Seems a bit counterproductive to me
You don't know diddly about these people, or me.
As much as you might not like environmentalists, they care very deeply about endangered species.
Then why, pray tell, are so many of their policies inevitably destructive to the fish? They think whatever they are told to think buy a professorate and bureaucrats with vested interests in the outcome, not to mention politicians who make a good buck pleasing the corporate interests that cash in on the game.
I have a close friend who seeks out and photographs threatened and endangered wildflowers all over California, every year, and donates his pictures to preservation projects and museums.
I spend full time, six days a week, restoring habitat. The full time work has gone on for three years, and before that there were twelve years part time. I have nearly 300 plant species on my property, most of which I have photographed in all their phases (better than CalPhotos). When your friend has spent $250,000 on land and improvements, spent fifteen weeks solid bent over weeding, when your friend is willing to hang off the end of a rope over a cliff to do it, then I'll know he "cares." Until then, he's doing his volunteer work for self aggrandizement and the sheer pleasure of controlling other people's land.
It's very easy to show that your friend is very likely to be a plant killer. Here's how: Take tarweed for example. This is a species that is endangered in Santa Cruz County. Never mind that it probably isn't a separate species and produces viable hybrids, let's just presume it is in trouble. Well, what do the econuts have codified into law? They have the land where there is tarweed REQUIRED to be preserved, and not touched. Too bad for them that the plant REQUIRES occasional disturbance to survive. It pops up all over wherever a bulldozer has broken up the surface. Worse, a no disturbance policy absolutely guarantees eventual weed infestation and thereafter, extinction.
Most plants on the endangered list in California are either threatened by weeds or are post disturbance (early succession) species.
That's how stupid and destructive these people are, and clearly, so are you to have taken such a pompous position without knowing what you are talking about or whom you are addressing. Your covetous greed to control other people's property without any accountability for the consequences makes me puke.
Read the tagline, and repent.
Crime investigations in low security public areas probably aren't too successful.
Speaking as someone at a public university who had to call the police in to investigate several burglaries/thefts, nothing changes until you change locks, leaves doors always locked, and put in self-closing doors.
Pretty difficult where they are. The tanks are outdoors. A fence wouldn't help much because the spot is so remote.
Obviously, you didn't follow the conversation.
"They" are "ELF", "Earth First" and the general population of the enviroWACKIES.
I should know, I used to be one.
You obviously did not READ anything stated here.
Why not REREAD the ENTIRE post.
ELF is famous for burning houses, Earth First is famous for burning houses.
Both groups have killed ppeople.
No, it is not a simple matter of disagreement, it is a matter of right and wrong, and who is more important people or animals.
ELF, Earth First, and envirowackies in general see ALL human technology as a threat to pristine peaceful animals living in harmony with nature and each other.
Build wind turbines for electricity?
NEVER!
WHy not?
"Birds MIGHT fly into them and be killed!"
Pebble bed nuclear reactors that are pretty much meltdown proof?
Not on your life!
Why not?
"Nuclear power is an evil in all it's forms!"
Again, I used ot BE an enviro.
Trying to feed me a line of BS about how I'm over-reacting and jumping to conclusions on envirowackies won't work.
High fences with barbed wire on top and security cameras. Hoping it won't happen again is probably wishful thinking.
It's a volunteer group on donated space; they don't have that kind of money. They're probably screwed.
If you are interested, I know some of these people and can find out what they plan to do.
Hmm.
Then I'd have to put my money on the envirowackies.
Earth Fist! has a record of activism on that property. They have made death threats too.
I sponsor a college honor society group (engineers) that put together several public assistance projects a year. If I get them motivated, maybe they could raise some money and even though it's a bit far to travel from Kansas to California, who know a couple of the might get a bee in their bonnet to put in a working weekened.
Kansas farmboys come engineers are usualy pretty skilled.
I'll run it by the group.
Since Earth First! has the history of activity there, they should get the first eyeballing.
Wonder if they sing "The Ballad of the Lonely Tree Spiker" before all their terror activities.
Wonder how long it will take for someone to jump on me for calling Earth First! a terror group?
"Isn't it easy to demonize the many based on the actions of a few? "
"Just because you disagree with eco politics doesn't mean people who care about the enviornment are criminals."
Say, aren't you the one who posted links to gossip rags about Princess Diana?
Funny how you Demonized her.
And when you burn houses, equipment, drive spikes into trees to cause damage to lumber mill sawblades and cause death, it is quite easy to disagree with them.
You might want to choose your heroes a little better.
And isn't it funny how you're chastising me for 'lumping' envirowackies together, and you were gossiping about Princess Diana.
Hmmm.
Very interesting.
LOL No kidding - I've got a couple in my freezer that I bought at the supermarket. How could I be allowed to purchase and eat them if they were endangered in any way?
BTTT!!!!!!!
Only thing is... it ain't free, billy!!! (grin)
LOL!
Top o the mornin to ya, freebilly!!! Keep alla them Santa Cruzers on their toes down there to turn back the tide of un-American thinking!!! It sure be's stinking!!!
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