help at yuba

[WET1]

We had the same problem many times in Idaho. All the reservoirs were either created for power or farming and it seems their best interests never coincide with those of producing fish. Some parts if the rivers fluctuate up to 6 feet because of the fact they only dump through the turbines at peak demand time. The worst thing we have to deal with there on all the snake river impoundments now is the feds forcing us to dump lots of water to "flush" the salmon smolts to the ocean instead of taking on the tree huggers and killing the million plus arctic terns that took up residence on the artificial island the crops built below Bonneville dam. These terns have been proven to eat millions of smolts as they emerge below the dam disoriented. They are a non-native species and the tree huggers won't let them or the island be removed. Same goes with the sea lions that have taken up residence right in the fish ladders.

Fishermen are considered second class citizens and their $ and political clout minimized mostly because we are all so opinonated we cannot succesfully organize.

Sorry TD, I did not know Yuba was created for power generation instead of farming... Thanks for setting me straight...
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