I love being attacked for providing objective information. All I was trying to attempt was correct some of Brian's many inaccuracies about river restoration and why they do the things they do. I have major issue with Brian calling every project a "failure" with no objective reasoning. He seems to concentrate on projects that have been constructed in the last several years that are actively changing as designed. For instance, the "failed" side-channel that has disconnected from the mainstem. It may be disconnected at 450 cfs, but when the river is 1000 cfs, like it is in the late winter/early spring when juveniles are present, it is connected and providing useful rearing habitat. Does that make it a "failure"? He has already called a project a "failure" that hasn't even been completed. His idea of "failure" is entirely subjective and has no objective basis. The thing is, the TRRP has already hypothesized how large-scale restoration will affect a multitude of things within the Trinity basin. They have developed objective metrics for evaluating the program. It is all available to the public. I would strongly encourage anyone who is interested in the river or restoration to read the Trinity River Flow Evaluation, the Record of Decision (ROD), and/or the Integrated Assessment Plan (IAP). All of which can be found here: http://www.trrp.net/program-structur...nal-documents/
Tim, my mind is not closed at all. In fact I welcome other viewpoints. Just because someone has a opposing viewpoint does not mean its valid though. There's lots of people who buy into the Flat Earth Theory, should I act like their opinion about the shape of the earth is valid? I also do not think all fishermen are ignorant, of course there are some, but its like that with any group. I don't understand why correcting someone spreading blatant misinformation is an issue.
Mogaru, I appreciate all the personal attacks. Unfortunately, the Trump administration did in fact suspend the Trinity River Adaptive Management Working Group, which was the stakeholder input group. See here: https://www.redding.com/story/news/l...ngs/342513001/
This will be my last post since the Kiene board does not want to hear from people who actually work in the fishery science world. If anyone has any questions about river restoration, the Trinity River, or any thing related to them, I'll be happy to answer them via PM.
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
― Issac Asimov
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