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EPA may ease rules for water transfer
Fishermen scored a victory this year when they successfully argued sediment and heated water flowing out of the Schoharie Reservoir was ruining trout habitat in a world renowned fly fishing stream, the Esopus Creek. The New York City De-partment of Environmental Protection was ordered to pay as much as $5.75 million in civil penalties, and it had to get a Clean Water Act permit for its Shandaken Tunnel piping system, which transfers water from one part of the Catskill mountains to another. The permit requires the city to develop strategies for protecting trout habitat in that portion of its vast upstate drinking water collection system. The Environmental Protection Agency is on the verge of undercutting the basis for the argument used successfully in the case by Trout Unlimited, Riverkeeper and the New York Attorney General.
Spill probe as beauty spot lake reopens
THE CHASE beauty spot where thousands of rare fish died after a sewage leak has been reopened as investigators continue inquiries into the cause and long-term effects of the spill. The spill - in the form of a grey fungus -covered large areas of water in the 250-acre National Trust-owned beauty spot at Woolton Hill, near Newbury last month. A walker reported the spill after seeing dead fish including brown trout and endangered bullhead and lamprey floating on the surface. The Environment Agency estimated more than 2,000 fish had died along with other marine life in the chalk stream and an adjoining lake. An agency spokesman said this week: "The National Trust has reopened the area but is warning people not to swim or let their pets go in the water. .
Humans are well designed for an omnivorous diet
QLast weekend we had cottage guests. We knew they were vegetarians and prepared menus accordingly. All was well until I declared I was going fishing, and invited them to come. This led to a tirade on the evils of fishing — fish have rights too, they feel pain, yada, yada. I kind of lost it, and the rest of the weekend was frosty. Now I feel guilty — and haven't wet a line since! Do you think fishing is really mean, or bad ethics-wise? AI shouldn't touch this one with a ten-foot fly rod. I'm a fisherman, and I eat the fish I catch. Yum! Moreover, the last time I dealt with a fish question (involving a Siamese fighter and a cat) I got more nasty letters than on any subject but gay marriage. But like a trout to the fly, I rise again. Animal rights advocates usually begin with the claim that fish can feel pain.
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