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Sun 12 May 2002 10:29
by Kevin McGehee
in Coweta County, GA
[Wackadoodle]
[Flyover Blogdom]
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When it comes to the environment, seems there’s never any good news that isn’t also bad news. Consider the Chattahoochee rainbow trout for instance. You can tell just from the headline: “Wild trout in Chattahoochee not to everyone’s liking”
Those trout are a reason for anglers and environmentalists to celebrate. Klein says this batch is the latest proof that trout can reproduce in the river north of Atlanta.
For others, particularly government regulators trying to balance environmental concerns with metro Atlanta’s growth, the fish present a dilemma.
While the fry indicate a healthy river, safeguarding them to breed would almost certainly come at a high price. The additional costs would probably start with tighter controls on wastewater treatments and urban runoff from hot asphalt and construction sites.
Sorry, but it seems to me the present existing controls have done nicely to preserve the health of this fish population. But environmentalism can’t survive without problems to solve, so of course they have to make up problems where none exist.
Hey, you don’t suppose that’s where “global warming” came from, do you? Nah…
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