Re: Water control

Posted by kcm.MN on May 17, 2017 at 08:19:36 from (174.219.145.166):

In Reply to: Water control posted by Adirondack case guy on May 13, 2017 at 10:58:06:

You know, these last two posts sorta open up this discussion on a whole new level. Let's take first of all the smale-scale mining community. In many areas (and nearly everywhere on the Wrong Coast!), dredging is banned. Even sluicing. Why? All someone is doing is running river gravels through a device to sort out the gold. Mother Nature does much worse during flood events. Not trying to get a discussion on the rights or wrongs of prospecting, so will leave this here.

The other thing that came to mind is something that still happens up in Canada; don't know about here in the lower 48 though. There are also strict mining laws up in Canada, but still enough money to be made (barely) where there's enough tax $$ coming in that the gov't doesn't ban the practice there as well. However, over the past few years, there have been ever increasingly rigid water clarity laws put into place. And yet, many municipalities up there and even some larger towns have (and still do!) dumped raw sewage into the rivers! Yes, you heard me right - RAW SEWAGE!! The link below is just one of the MANY news stories covering this subject. In this one news report, it states how more than 54 BILLION GALLONS of raw sewage had been dumped into Canadian rivers in 2015!! Fortunately, a search of sewage in American rivers turns up sewage entering the waterways via storm drains and sewers during large rain events. So maybe not quite the problem here as our northern friends.

Now I realize this is getting off the original topic a bit, and I also know that gov't isn't supposed to be discussed here, but there are aspects and results of gov't that directly affect the farming communities and our daily lives. But the next time you hear about some farm getting shut down because their operation smells too bad or the new fancy houses that just went up don't like the all the cow and pig and tractor sounds, just keep this in mind.

The "real" threat to the farming community is the constant threat of over-regulation. Yes, some regulation is good. It's there for the Aholes that just don't give a rip about other people or the environment. But for the small scale farmer struggling to get by, and doing their level best to keep their operation going as it has been for over a hundred years maybe, AND without harming the environment one single iota, much of this over-regulation is slamming the lid on a lot of lives and an entire lifestyle, not to mention a widespread source of small business economics.

I apologize for the anger that shows within my words, but not for the meaning. It's a touchy subject for me. I'll end this here.

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