Soapbox Speach
If you were to put the history of earth into 24 hours, humanity has been here for 3 seconds. 3 seconds and look what we have done.
Sea levels rising, entire species extinct, over 10,000 species per year. Gone. Never to be seen again.
If you think that this is not effecting you, guess what, it is. Look at the food chain, we are dependent on other species for us to survive and what makes up an irreplaceable of the food chain? Fish
.
Fish are one of the most endangered species there are. Throughout 28 native trout, three are extinct and six are listed as endangered or threatened and thirteen of twenty five of the remaining trout occupy less than 25 percent of their historical habitat.
If you look at some trout and all species of salmon they spend their summer months in freshwater to reproduce and their winter months in the ocean. Anything blocking the flow of a river can completely wipe out a species.
Dams are blocking this flow and treating rivers like machines. Dams are like taking cattle away from cowboys and telling them it’s a favor.
You may of heard of a solution to this problem called fish ladders which are supposed to let fish pass through dams. They let some fish though but the majority don't make it. Especially on a river where there is multiple dams they do not work. They are as pointless as a car without wheels.
Let's take a second to admire a species that deserves our respect. These fish enter an extreme state of vulnerability that is shallow water. We need to accept these fish like there are our own.
In 2013 on the 4 snake river dams in Washington only 1 sockeye salmon made it through all 4 dams. 1. The snake river dames only make up 4% of the region's power. Think about it, that's 1% per dam.
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 issued that any dam contributing to the endangerment of a species is required to be breached.
The 11 million dollar Snake River feasibility study stated that the all 4 dams are required to be breached due to the endangerment of the snake river sockeye salmon. This study was ignored.
The question is not what we can add to fix this problem. We are constantly for solutions that try to replace what nature has always done for millions and millions of years.
Fish hatcheries are intended to be a solution but are problem within itself. Fish hatcheries create inbred fish with little to no genetic diversity in order to replicate a natural salmon run. These fish then mate with native fish wearing down the gene pool. Hatchery fish also mate with other inbred fish which is basically is first cousins mating with first cousins.
We need to take out these dams and hatcheries, we need to let mother nature do what it has always done for millions of years. Leave it alone. Fish are incredibly resilient and if you give them half a chance they will come back. You know what, a problem is not final until you accept defeat, I do not accept defeat. You have a voice, we need that voice, by signing petitions against dams and hatcheries you can share that voice. So let nature do what it has always done. So let the rivers run free.
Thank you for your time.
Sea levels rising, entire species extinct, over 10,000 species per year. Gone. Never to be seen again.
If you think that this is not effecting you, guess what, it is. Look at the food chain, we are dependent on other species for us to survive and what makes up an irreplaceable of the food chain? Fish
.
Fish are one of the most endangered species there are. Throughout 28 native trout, three are extinct and six are listed as endangered or threatened and thirteen of twenty five of the remaining trout occupy less than 25 percent of their historical habitat.
If you look at some trout and all species of salmon they spend their summer months in freshwater to reproduce and their winter months in the ocean. Anything blocking the flow of a river can completely wipe out a species.
Dams are blocking this flow and treating rivers like machines. Dams are like taking cattle away from cowboys and telling them it’s a favor.
You may of heard of a solution to this problem called fish ladders which are supposed to let fish pass through dams. They let some fish though but the majority don't make it. Especially on a river where there is multiple dams they do not work. They are as pointless as a car without wheels.
Let's take a second to admire a species that deserves our respect. These fish enter an extreme state of vulnerability that is shallow water. We need to accept these fish like there are our own.
In 2013 on the 4 snake river dams in Washington only 1 sockeye salmon made it through all 4 dams. 1. The snake river dames only make up 4% of the region's power. Think about it, that's 1% per dam.
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 issued that any dam contributing to the endangerment of a species is required to be breached.
The 11 million dollar Snake River feasibility study stated that the all 4 dams are required to be breached due to the endangerment of the snake river sockeye salmon. This study was ignored.
The question is not what we can add to fix this problem. We are constantly for solutions that try to replace what nature has always done for millions and millions of years.
Fish hatcheries are intended to be a solution but are problem within itself. Fish hatcheries create inbred fish with little to no genetic diversity in order to replicate a natural salmon run. These fish then mate with native fish wearing down the gene pool. Hatchery fish also mate with other inbred fish which is basically is first cousins mating with first cousins.
We need to take out these dams and hatcheries, we need to let mother nature do what it has always done for millions of years. Leave it alone. Fish are incredibly resilient and if you give them half a chance they will come back. You know what, a problem is not final until you accept defeat, I do not accept defeat. You have a voice, we need that voice, by signing petitions against dams and hatcheries you can share that voice. So let nature do what it has always done. So let the rivers run free.
Thank you for your time.