As if I didn’t already have enough on my plate with 40 Rivers, that other double-secret site, and the Fall semester on the way, I thought I’d add to the fun.
Announcing Ecofly. A site dedicated to Education, Opinion, and Reporting on Environmental/Conservation Issues of Concern to Fly Fishermen.
There are still a few things to tweak, but for the most part, it’s ready to roll.
So go check it out, bookmark it, add it to your RSS reader, link to it from your own site, etc.
Here’s an interesting opinion piece from the New York Times on drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale, particularly, in the Catskills. Something tells me that this is gonna happen, whether we like it or not. But my crystal ball also says that the battle over this issue hasn’t even started to heat up yet.
Personally, I think that those who wish to keep the drilling out of the Catskills need to concede that this is gonna happen, and instead of fighting to stop this from happening completely, they need to focus their efforts on protecting sensitive areas of the Catskills from being exploited. Particularly, making sure that sensitive ecosystems have adequate buffer zones in place to protect them from the both the infrastructure that will be in place to extract the natural gas- such as roads, wells, and pipelines, as well as a little breathing room so that when there are leaks- and mark my words, there will be leaks- there will be time to deal with them accordingly before they do serious damage.
That’s how I feel. How about you?
Making my way to the Lake Michigan surf in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
I be back!
Gimme a few days to catch up, and I’ll tell you all about my travels…
locked and loaded
I’ll be gone for a couple weeks on another fishing trip. Hey, someone’s gotta do it, might as well be me.
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