If you haven't yet watched The Last 100 Miles, I strongly recommend doing so. It's a short documentary about the declining water quality in the lower Deschutes River.
The video can be seen here:
If, after seeing the film, you are moved to do so, please write to Governor Tina Kotek to request that she champion this cause, and compel Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to start enforcing the Clean Water Act. You can also write to PG&E and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs.
This is only one small issue in a world of larger issues, but it is local, eminently solvable, and very important to fly fishers and those whose livelihood relies on a robust healthy fishery.
I was quite surprised to find how writing just one letter went a long way in helping me feel less impotent about the issues facing us today. Please don't sit by idly and watch one of the country's best fisheries decline in the face of corporate greed and lack of integrity.
Once it goes it'll never come back (and then what will you do with all those Chubby Chernobyls)?
The video can be seen here:
If, after seeing the film, you are moved to do so, please write to Governor Tina Kotek to request that she champion this cause, and compel Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to start enforcing the Clean Water Act. You can also write to PG&E and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs.
This is only one small issue in a world of larger issues, but it is local, eminently solvable, and very important to fly fishers and those whose livelihood relies on a robust healthy fishery.
I was quite surprised to find how writing just one letter went a long way in helping me feel less impotent about the issues facing us today. Please don't sit by idly and watch one of the country's best fisheries decline in the face of corporate greed and lack of integrity.
Once it goes it'll never come back (and then what will you do with all those Chubby Chernobyls)?
