Folks,
I am asking my friends and fishing acquaintances for a real favor. It is not often that I am so compelled but this is one of those important moments that I feel it is necessary to act…to get off my butt and actually make a difference.

The whacko chemophobes are at it again. What kind of an ill-informed moron can come out with a statement like rotenone “kills everything"? What a shame that these nuts are nixing restoration of imperiled fish all across the West. More evidence that this nation is dominated by ecological illiterates.

How to Kill a Reborn River

On Washington's soon-to-be-freed Elwha, fisheries managers are snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

• By: Ted Williams

• First Photo by: Tom O'Keefe
• Other photos by Greg Thomas

http://www.audubonmagazine.org/articles/conservation/wake-bp-and-restore-wyoming-s-soda-lake

http://neveryetmelted.com/2011/11/09/restoration-of-paiute-cutthroat-trout-blocked-by-environmentalists/

(Washington, D.C., September 21, 2011) Feral cat colonies bring together a series of high risk elements that result in a ‘perfect storm’ of rabies exposure, according to Steve Holmer, senior policy analyst at American Bird Conservancy.

Scott Church has been kind enough to archive almost all my past articles. This was out of the blue. Thanks so much Scott! I really appreciate this. Remember I owe you a few striper trips to Cape Cod or albie trips to Montauk or, preferably, both.
http://www.scottchurchdirect.com/ted-williams-archive.aspx